Samuel R. Dodds

DODDS, SCHMIDT

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/17/2014 at 12:01:41

VETERAN RIVERMAN, IS KILLED BY AUTO

Coroner W. F. Skelley was preparing to hold an inquest late this afternoon into the death of Samuel R. (Capt.) Dodds, 75, veteran river man, who retired several years ago to operate a service station at Rockingham Road and Lincoln Avenue, near where he was struck and fatally injured early Sunday night by an automobile driven by Melvin Hart, 21, young Winifred, Ia. farmer. Hart was being held by police on orders of Coroner Skelley pending his appearance at the inquest set for 4 p.m. in the Runge Mortuary.

Dodds, widely known to rivermen, closed his station at 8:30 and was crossing Rockingham Road preparatory to going to his home at 1460 ½ West Third Street, when he was run down. He was taken in an ambulance to Mercy Hospital where he died an hour later of a fractured skull and other injuries. He did not regain consciousness.

Hart was driving a small roadster west in Rockingham Road at about 25 miles an hour, he said. He waited at the scene of the accident until police arrived and then went to police headquarters to report. Police said Hart and Vernon Goldeman, 1834 West First Street, were the only witness to the accident.

A resident of Davenport for the past 25 years, Mr. Dodds, was born in LeClaire Township, Scott County, on May 9, 1861. He married Lillie Stacy in LeClaire in 1882.

He was a member of the Congregational Church, Snow Lodge No. 44, A. F. & A. M., of LeClaire and the Mohassan Grotto, No. 22 of Davenport.

Surviving are his wife and two daughters, Miss. Mabel Dodds, at home; Mrs. Hugo Schmidt, Davenport; one son, Russell R. Dodds of Lincoln, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. Guy E. LaGrange, Garber, Okla.; and Miss Lillie Dodds, LeClaire. One son, Dr. Logan Dodds, preceded him in death several years ago.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia., 05 Oct 1936, p.1.

The Dodds Funeral

Funeral services for Capt. Samuel Robinson Dodds, veteran river pilot, were held at the Runge chapel at 2 p.m. today with the Rev. W. H. Upton officiating. Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery.

Bearers were Smith Blackman, Dr. F. R. DeCardenas, Dan Kem, Captain W. Blair, Glen Ellertson and A. G Bush.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia., 07 Oct 1936, p. 11.

Dodds Funeral

Funeral services for S. R. Dodds was held at 2 p.m. today from the Runge Chapel with the Rev. W. A. Upton officiating. Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. F. R. Gardenas, Dan Kem, S. Blackman, William Blair, Glen Elston and A. C. Bush.

Source: The Daily Times, Davenport, Ia., 07 Oct 1936, p. 6.