Rebecca Anna (Cozzens) Siddall (1870-1936)

COZZENS, SIDDALL

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 8/5/2013 at 20:40:59

From Ames Milepost January 1937

Killed in Auto Crash

Mrs. Ira Siddall, 67, former Story county woman and well known in Nevada and Colo, was killed Sunday* about noon in a car crash while on her way home after attending church at Laurens.

Mrs. Siddall whose maiden name was Cozzens, leaves her husband, three daughters and one son.

The car driven by her husband collided with one driven by Allen Vickers, electrician, at an intersection in the northwest section of Laurens. Both machines rolled over in a ditch. Four persons were injured.

Mr. Siddall suffered chest injuries. Miss Alta Siddell, daughter of the dead woman and a theacher at Pocahontas, suffered scalp injuries. Leota Lund, a granddaughter of the Siddalls, was cut and bruised.

Mrs. Siddall already was dead from a broken neck when pulled from the wreckage. Three other children survive her.

* SUBMITTER'S NOTE: Rebecca Anna (Cozzens) Siddall died on 31 December 1936.