Glenn H. Kingman (1900-1932)

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Posted By: Debra Scott Hierlmeier (email)
Date: 11/14/2008 at 17:52:27

GLENN HAROLD KINGMAN 1900-1932
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Killed Instantly Struck By Auto
Impact Hurls Body Eight Feet, Over Fence into Corn Field. Jury finds Accident Unavoidable

Glenn Kingman was instantly killed Friday morning about two o’clock, on paved highway No. 7, about two miles north of Avoca, just over the line in Shelby county, being hit by an auto owned by Sam Garlow and driven by Mat Petersen Jr. Petersen was accompanied by Joe Garlow and lady friend enroute to the lady’s home at Harlan, after attending a Thanksgiving dance at Walnut.

Glenn Kingman and Alvin Niemann, in the Niemann car, had also attended the dance at Walnut and were enroute to Harlan. As they reached the foot of the Petersen hill, just over the Shelby county line, they had engine and light trouble. They stopped, parking the car with two wheels off the paving, and tried to adjust their car trouble without success. The Garlow car was coming over the hill, met two cars and passed them midway on the hill just before reaching the Niemann car. Joe Garlow states he saw the parked car and a man standing on the paving beside the car. Mat Petersen, who was driving, turned out to pass and as he did so, the man stepped out farther in the road. Petersen turned his car farther to the left and the man continued in the same direction. The left fender of the car struck the man. By this time Petersen had two wheels off the paving beside the car. By this time Petersen had two wheels off the paving and turned his car to the right, with all brakes set, the car skidded for some distance down the road, turning completely over, landing on its wheels in the ditch.

The three occupants of the Garlow car were sitting in the front seat, were scratched and bruised but not dangerously hurt. As they picked themselves out of the car, young Niemann came running to them, asking “Where is Glenn?” as he had seen the car lift him. This was the first Garlow and Petersen knew who they hit. The boys began looking and going down the side of the bank and saw the body lying over the fence in the cornfield. They examined him and found he was dead. Other cars arriving in a short time; one was sent for help and to notify officials. The sheriff at Harlan and Deputy Sheriff Oxley of Avoca and the coroner of Shelby county were soon at the scene. Blust Bros. were called and the body taken to the Blust Funeral Home and the young man’s parents notified. Mr. Kingman’s wife was visiting relatives in Indiana.

Examination of the body disclosed both legs broken, one of them in two places, one arm broken and neck dislocated. The impact was so great that Mr. Kingman’s shoes, hose and part of his clothing was jerked off his body.

The coroner’s jury at the inquest held Monday afternoon in Harlan returned a verdict of death from an accident unavoidable.

Glenn Harold Kingman, born at Oakland, Iowa, March 16, 1900, was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Mont Kingman. Coming to Avoca when a small, boy, Glenn attended the Avoca schools and spent the greater part of his life in this vicinity.

Mary 1, 1925, he was united in marriage to Miss Imogene L. McKenna, at Des Moines, Iowa. For some time past he has been associated with his father, M. L. Kingman, in operating the Kingman Café. He was a member of the Elks lodge at Atlantic, and the United Commercial Travelers association, having spent some time as a traveling salesman out of Des Moines.

Glenn Kingman was a young man of mechanical mind and handy with machinery; he could accomplish almost anything of mechanical nature.

In association with his parents, by courteous treatment and the aptness of making friends, the Kingman Café was built up to a fine business, being well known over this section of Iowa. Glenn had many friends among young and old because he always carried a smile for everyone and proved himself a good business man. Closely associated with his father and mother, in business, from early childhood, taught him how ….(article incomplete)
MAN IS INSTANTLY KILLED BY AUTO
Machine Hurls Glenn Kingman of Avoca Eighty Feet
Walking on Pavement

Avoca, Ia., Glenn H. Kingman, 32, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Monte L. Kingman, was instantly killed about 2:15 am Friday when he was struck by a car driven by Joe Garlow, 24, son of Sam Garlow, Avoca postmaster, on Iowa highway No 7 in Shelby county about two miles north of Avoca.

Kingman, accompanied by Alvin Nieman of Avoca, was on his way to Harlan after attending a Thanksgiving dance at Walnut Thursday night.

Witnesses of the accident said that Kingman stepped out from behind the Neiman car , which was parked on the pavement with the lights out.

Garlow, who was driving a girl friend home to Harlan from the same dance, swerved to the left to avoid the Nieman car and struck Kingman.

The force of the impact threw the Garlow car into the ditch on the east side of the road and it overturned. Garlow and his companion escaped serious injury.

Deputy Sheriff Ed Oxley of Avoca was called and found the body of Kingman more than eighty feet from the place of the accident. His overcoat, coat, shoes and hat had been torn from him as he was struck and were found scattered along the pavement.

Discovering that the accident had happened in Shelby county, Oxley called Sheriff George Jensen and Coroner Herman Bocken of Shelby county, who took charge of the case.

Kingman’s wife, who has been visiting friends at Fort Wayne, Indiana for several weeks was notified immediately of the accident. Kingman has been working for his father in the Kingman Café in Avoca. His father is county commander of the American Legion.

From the Scrapbooks of Bessie Gross Gustafsen
Source: Avoca Journal Herald, Council Bluffs Nonpareil