Clarence A. Fronsdahl (1889-1933)

FRONSDAHL, CONYERS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 7/5/2021 at 14:39:39

From Nevada Evening Journal October 19, 1933 (page 1)

FORMER SLATER MAN WAS KILLED

CLARENCE FRONSDAHL VICTIM OF DITCH CAVEIN LATE WEDNESDAY

Special to the Journal.
Slater, Oct 19--Clarence Fronsdahl, 45, Des Moines man who met death in ditch cavein, Wednesday, was formerly of Slater, being a son of Mrs. Bertha Fronsdahl of this place.

Fronsdahl was a foreman on a ditch crew working on 28th crew working on Twenty-eighth street. When the cavein occurred he was covered to the waist and pinned against the edge of the ditch.

Fellow workman extricated Fronsdahl from the ditch not more than two or three minutes after he had been pinned to the dirt wall. He was taken to a fire station and an attempt made to revive him.

Fronsdahl had been a city employee, serving in various capacities since 1918, including 18 months on the city police force.

His widow will receive $1,000 through his membership in the Police Burial and Protective association

Fronsdahl is survived by his wife, a daughter Helen, a son Robert, six brothers and one sister, besides the aged mother of this place.

The brothers are A. B., Hans and Oley of this place, Milford of Ames, Martin of Boone and Chester of Des Moines, while the sister is Mrs. Will Connyer [should be Conyers] of Fulton, Ill.

No inquest was held but the funeral arrangements were as yet undetermined. It is probable that the funeral and interment will be in Des Moines.