Myron J. Iverson (1928-1966)

IVERSON, REICHSTEIN, MONROE, WILSON

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 1/10/2021 at 21:02:18

From Nevada Journal December 17, 1966 (page 1)

Colo Man Killed by Tractor Accident

A 37 year old farmer and the father of two children was killed Friday afternoon in a tractor accident at his farm home south of Colo.

Myron J. Iverson, prominent in the Colo farming and civic community, was killed when he fell under the wheel of his tractor while herding cattle about 12:30 p.m.

Details of the accident are not completely known and what happened can only be pieced together from the evidence that could be seen.

Gordon Holland, Collins, was on his way home from Colo when he saw an International tractor, its front wheels broken off and one rear wheel missing, at the side of the road. The tractor's motor was running and Holland knew there had been an accident.

Following the tractor's path, which went through a fence on the other side of the grader ditch, Holland saw a cow struggling to get up. Near the cow was Iverson.

Holland said that Iverson was alive but not coherent when he reached him. Les Dunshee, Colo, arrived at the scene and drive to Jack Dodd's to call the doctor and an ambulance. Iverson was dead before either arrived.

Iverson's father, C. A. Iverson, Ames, had gone on ahead to the farm buildings. He said that he and Myron had been getting in the cattle. The father didn't know that an accident had happened in the field behind him.

Apparently Iverson, herding the cows ahead of the tractor, had hit one of the animals with a tractor. The impact probably threw him off the seat of the tractor and through the door of the canvas "heat houser" mounted on the tractor. There were no fenders on the International tractor. Iverson's father said they had been taken off. He may have fallen on the wheel and been carried forward by its motion.

The tractor ran over the upper left part of his body and he also suffered a head injury.

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Iverson was born December 21, 1928 in Ames, Iowa, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Iverson. He was married to Caroline Reichstein December 23, 1950 at Fairfield, Iowa.

He was a graduate of Iowa State University, the class of 1952.

Iverson had lived in the Colo community for the past 13 years. He was active in civic affairs and was a member of the Lions Club of that city.

He is survived by his wife, Caroline, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Iverson, Ames; one son, James R., 12, one daughter, Anne, 7, a brother, Carrold Iverson of Seattle, Wash.; and two sisters, Mrs. Berry Monroe of St. Louis, Mo. and Mr. and Mrs. Rosemary Wilson of Austin, Minn.

Funeral services are pending.