Henry, Ervin Edward 1885-1953

HENRY, BRAGG

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/25/2012 at 13:21:45

From the Hawarden Independent of Nov 19, 1953
Hawarden Man Killed Tuesday.
Ervin Edward Henry, 62 years of Hawarden, was killed when he drove his ear into a Northwestem train at 5:35 P.m. Tuesday. The accident happened at the west end of 10th Street within the city limits of Hawarden just east of the new South Dakota bridge. The railroad tracks at this point are on a high grade and Mr. Henry drove up an incline in the road to go over the tracks- The Northwestern train, headed for Huron, S. D., did not have much speed and the Henry car hit the first freight car behind the diesel engine. It is apparent that the elderly man did not see the train.

The collision telescoped the front of the car, shoved the motor back under the floor boards, tilted up the steering column and crushed Mr. Henry's chest. The machine was thrown back only a short distance from the tracks, probably ten or 15 feet.

Mr. Henry died in the Hawarden hospital shortly after he was
taken there in an ambulance. He was alone in his car at the time
the accident. The deceased was retired and lived in Hawarden. He is survived by his widow, a daughter and a brother.

Sheriff Dykstra, deputy Ted Hoogland and patrolman George Dunn with Coroner Charles Vander Ploeg, investigated the accident late Tuesday and report that |Mr. Henry died of internal injuries suffered in the crash.

More information listed in the Hawarden Independent of Dec 14, 1950
56 Years Near Here Ervin, Edward Henry, a son of Jerry Henry and Ida Bragg, spent 66 years of his life in Hawarden and vicinity. He was born July 2, 1885, at Atkinson, Neb., where he lived four years. He then came to Hawarden with his parents who settled on a farm west of Hawarden. In 1944 he retired from the farm and he and his wife came to live.
For many years he was a member of the First Methodist church in Hawarden. Survivors are his widow Thelma a step-daughter, Mrs. Ethel Hamon of Sioux City; a foster aughter, Laura Maria, sister, Mrs. Newton Tiller of Bellevue, Neb.; a brother, Merton Henry, of the Big Springs vicinity and two grandsons, Orville and Ervin Murphy.