Rons, Albert H., 1909-1931

RONS, DEWEERD

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From the Boyden Reporter, July 23, 1931:

YOUNG BOYDEN FARMER INJURED IN TERRIBLE ACCIDENT

Albert Rons, twenty-two years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rons of near Boyden is near death as the result of injuries received early this week. He was assisting with loading hay on his father’s farm and had been working in the hay mouw. The heat of the hay mouw interior forced him to seek the outside air. He threw the pitchfork down to the lower floor where it remained with the prongs on the ground. Just as he started down the ladder he lost his hold and plunged downward. The handle of the fork caught him and forced its way into his intestines. His screams were heard by his father and he was rushed to a Sheldon hospital, where surgeons were called from out of town to perform an operation. His condition at this time is reported to be critical and gangrene has set in, which makes it all the more evident that he is near death.

Albert Rons was always well and favorably known in this community and his misfortune has been a shock to all who know him. He was employed by Koooiman’s Store last summer as truck driver and salesman.

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From the Sioux Center News, July 30, 1931:

ALBERT RONS, 22, DIES OF INJURIES

Scarcely one minute after warning his brother to be careful, Albert Rons, 22 years old, of Boyden, fell from the top of a hay stack on which he had been working, and was impaled on the handle of a pitch fork Saturday afternoon, July 18. Rons was rushed to the Cram hospital in Sheldon and an operation performed Saturday night. He remained conscious part of the time following his injuries, which proved too severe for his recovery. One week later, Saturday, July 25, he died.

Funeral services were held at the First Reformed Church, Boyden, with Rev. Douwstra of Hull officiating. The remains were taken to Sioux Center for burial.

Albert Rons was 22 years old. He is survived by his parents, three sisters and four brothers. He was a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rons.

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From the Boyden Reporter, July 30, 1931:

ALBERT RONS

Albert Rons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lukas Rons, was born on November 19, 1910, at Doon, Iowa, and died at the age of twenty-one years, on Saturday, July 25, 1931, as the result of injuries received from a fall on Saturday, July 18.

He was educated in the rural schools of the Boyden vicinity and attended the Boyden high school for a short time. He was later employed on his father’s farm, and for a while he was employed by the Kooiman’s store and the Boyden Bakery.

Funeral services were held at the home, and at the First Reformed church of Boyden on Tuesday, July 28, and interment was made in the family lot in the Sioux Center cemetery. Rev. Douwstra from Hull was in charge of the services.

He is survived by his parents, three sisters, Jeanette, Mina, and Alma, and four brothers, Peter, Edward, William and Lewis, as well as many other friends and relatives. He was always liked by the people of Boyden and vicinity and had a reputation of being a very capable and energetic young man. His habits were always above reproach. His quiet and unassuming manner marked him as a young man with much promise of a bright future ahead of him. His sudden death has shocked the entire community, and his parents, brothers, and sisters have the sincerest condolences from everybody.

Albert was a sincere and honest Christian and his presence could always be counted upon at any of the church services, as well as any other religious activities of the church. He died a firm believer in Christ.

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The accident and his death were covered in other area newspapers, as well, giving much the same information.

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Rons, Albert H., b. 1909, d. 1931, Memory Gardens, Sioux Center IA.

His death certificate gives his birth date as Nov. 19, 1909, in Rock Valley, Iowa; parents Lucas Rons, born in the Netherlands, and Gertie de Weerd, born in Sioux Center; died in the Cram Hospital, Sheldon at 4:10 p.m. July 25, 1931; cause, peritonitis (July 18), toxemia from gangrene of abdominal wound (onset July 22); an operation, drainage of abdomen, was performed on July 18; manner of injury, perforation of rectum from[?] fork.