Bakeman, F. W. 1886-1953

BAKEMAN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 10/6/2016 at 18:25:21

Alton Democrat of April 9, 1953

Former Hawarden Conductor Ends Life - F. W. Bakeman, 65, retired railroad conductor, died of asphyxiation late Tuesday afternoon in what was described as suicide by Sioux County Coroner Charles Vander Ploeg and Sheriff Harry Dykstra. They said Mr. Bakeman, who had been in ill health since last fall when he retired from railroad work, attached a hose to the exhaust of his car while it was in the family garage at Hawarden.

Mrs. Bakeman discovered the body, the sheriff said. Mr. Bakeman had been a conductor on a freight and passenger run between Hawarden and Yankton on the Chicago and North Western line. A note reportedly was left to his wife by Mr. Bakeman, but Its contents were not revealed by the coroner.

Surviving are the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Alice Rosenburg of Hot Springs, S.D., and a son.
Bud Bakeman of Los Angeles.

(The Sioux County cemetery index list Frank W. Bakeman as born 1886 died 1953 WWI Veteran buried Grace Hill cemetery Hawarden IA.)