Florence May York 1902 - 1946

CARLSON, YORK

Posted By: Connie J Swearingen (email)
Date: 1/14/2024 at 18:47:11

The Mapleton Press
22 August 1946

Funeral Services Held for 3 Women Killed on Friday

Mrs. Sanders and Daughter Buried at Danbury and Mrs. York Near Castana

Funeral services were held Sunday and Monday for the 3 Mapleton and Danbury women who were instantly killed Friday morning when the pickup truck in which they were riding collided with a North Western passenger train at a railroad crossing near Danbury.

Double services were held Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church at Danbury for Mrs. Roy Sanders, 38-year-old Danbury resident and driver of the truck, and her daughter, Mrs. C. Earl York, 21-year-old resident of Mapleton.

Services for the third occupant of the truck, Mrs. Clifford York, 44-year-old Mapleton resident and mother-in-law of Mrs. C. Earl York were held Monday afternoon in the Methodist church in Mapleton.

Relatives and friends from Mapleton, Danbury, Castana, Smithland and other towns in this territory filled both churches to capacity in extending their sympathy to members of the bereaved families in their most untimely losses.

The accident occurred at a railroad crossing 1 mile east of Danbury at about 10:30 o'clock Friday morning as the women were returning to Danbury from a trip in the country to gather sweet corn.

Mrs. Sanders was driving the Sanders truck, traveling west, the same direction the train was traveling on its way from Carroll to Sioux City. Her daughter and the latter's mother-in-law had left Mapleton about 8.30 o'clock in the morning.

R. S. Brown, a farmer living near the scene of the accident, was driving a short distance behind the Sanders truck and witnessed the collision.

The highway makes a sharp turn to the north at the railroad crossing where the accident occurred. The crossing is not obscured from the highway.

Bodies of the women were found near the twisted wreckage at the truck nearly 100 feet from the crossing.

Parts of the truck were scattered along the railroad rightofway.

The seat cushion was a short distance from the scene of the collision, while the fenders, the drive shaft, the cab and other parts were scattered along the tracks, with the chassis nearly 100 feet away.
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Mrs. Sanders had been employed for some time to transport mail from the North Western railroad station at Danbury to the Danbury post office and was on her way to the station to pick up mail from the train involved in the collision. Her husband farms near Danbury.

Rev. Garner Osborn, pastor of the Methodist church at Danbury, officiated at the double funeral services held at Danbury for Mrs. Sanders and her daughter, Mrs. C. Earl York.

He was assisted by Rev. George A. Osborn, pastor of the Methodist church in Mapleton.

Burial was in the Danbury cemetery under the direction of the Henry Fitzpatrick Funeral home of Danbury.

Pallbearers for Mrs. York were Louis Ahlwardt, Fred Oberreuter, John Keitges, Gordon Bell and Tom Barry of Danbury and Fran k Edgington of Mapleton.

Pallbearers for Mrs. Sanders were H. B. Canty, Henry Craig, Charles Jensen, Leslie Sexton and Earl Patten of Danbury.

Misses Helen and Marie Wenger, Sarah Durst, May Palmer, Dorothy Norman and Betty Ahlwardt and Mrs. Lola Durst of Danbury sang "Rock of Ages," "Break Thou the Bread of Life " and "Now the Day Is Over." Mrs. D. M. Durst of Danbury accompanied them at the piano.

Louise Albertina Larson was born February 21, 1908 to Charles P. and Alma Larsen at Ute, Ia.

At the age of 11 she moved with her parents to Nebraska, going to Martin, S. D., in 1923.

She was married to Hoy Sanders September 20,1924, in Martin. They moved to Danbury in 1928.

She is survived by her widower, son, LeRoy and 3 daughters, Della, Helen and Donna Mae, all of Danbury; her mother, Mrs. Alma Dicks of Battle Creek; 1 sister, Mrs. Sophia Davis of Danbury; 1 brother, Oscar Larson of VanMetre, S. D.; and 1 grandson, Kenneth Earl York of Mapleton.

Marie Sanders was born to Louise Larson and Roy Sanders at Tuthill, S. D., May 23, 1925, and moved to Danbury at the age of 3.

She was graduated from Danbury High school and was a member of the Danbury Methodist church until she recently transferred her membership to the Methodist church in Mapleton.

She was employed in War work in Ogden, Utah for 2 years.

She was married January 8, 1915, in Kansas City, Mo., to C. Earl York of Mapleton, who was then receiving his discharge from the Army Air corps.

They have resided in an apartment here in the home of Mrs. Inez Bright on North 7th street for the last year while he has been employed as mall messenger between the Mapleton railroad stations and post office.

Surviving Mrs. York are her widower, an 8-month-old son, Kenneth Earl; her father, Roy Sanders; 3 sisters, Delia, Helen and Donna Mae, and 1 brother, LeRoy, all of Danbury.

Rev. Osborn, pastor of the Mapleton Methodist church, was in charge of services for Mrs. Clifford York in the Methodist church here Monday afternoon, assisted by Rev. Osborn of Danbury.

Interment was in Center cemetery near Castana under direction of the Byers Funeral home of Mapleton.

Ted Olson and Lawrence Carlson, of Turin, Oscar Olson of Ute, and Edwin Anderson, Arvid Erlandson and Beecher Lamb of Castana were pallbearers.

A quartet from Castana sang.

Florence May Carlson, daughter of Eric and Anna Carlson, was born June 27, 1902, in Belvidere township near Castana where she resided until her marriage.

She attended rural schools near Castana and the National Business Training school in Sioux City.

She was married June 28, 1921, to Clifford York in Onawa. They resided on farms near Castana and Mapleton until last March when they moved to their home here on South Sixth Street.

She was a member of the Methodist church in Mapleton.

Surviving are her widower, who is employed by the Edgington Implement Co. in Mapleton; 2 sons, Clifford Earl York and Vernon Raymond York of Mapleton; 1 grandson, Kenneth Earl York of Mapleton; her father, Eric Carlson of Castana; 3 sisters, Mrs. Freda Roberg of Turin, Mrs. Ella Knoff of Castana and Mrs. Edna Hodges of Blencoe; and 3 brothers, Albin Carlson of Castana, William Carlson of Smithland and Alfred Carlson of Lawton.