Salem Woman Killed In Highway Accident: 1942

STEFFENSMEIER, HOOTMAN

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 10/8/2014 at 06:31:43

**Handwritten: Rec-Rep. 16 July 1942

SALEM WOMAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT

Mrs. Steve Steffensmeier, 70, of Salem was killed and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Florence Steffensmeier was seriously injured Sunday morning in an auto collision on highway No. 16 north of St. Paul in Lee county.

The other car was driven by Frank W. Hootman, 25, of Birmingham, who is a guard in the ordnance plant near Burlington. Hootman was not seriously injured.

According to Lee county authorities the Steffensmeier car was crossing the highway when it was struck broadside by the other car.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book D, Page 158, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA