Stockman, Anna

STOCKMAN, DENCKER, BRINDLEY, SIMPSON, MAITLAND, DELP

Posted By: H. Vargus (email)
Date: 1/28/2007 at 14:17:09

Source: Brighton Enterprise, May 16, 1926

MRS. WILL STOCKMAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
HURT IN RUNAWAY AND PASSED AWAY AT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL FRIDAY

A tragic acciden occurred north of West Chester about noon Friday when the horse she was driving ran away and Mrs. Will Stockman received injuries from which she died six hours later.

Mrs. Stockman with two of her children, Mildred and Earl, had started with their horse and buggy to attend a school picnic and it is supposed the harness broke and frightened the horse when one of the shafts dropped. The buggy was upset and Mrs. Stockman was thrown violently against the hard ground. Neither of the children were injured.

Mrs. Stockman was hurried to the county hospital where it was found she had suffered a very severe concussion of the brain.

Mrs. Stockman was only 47 years of age having been born near Princeton, New Jersey on April 1, 1879. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dencker with whom she came to Iowa and settled near Brighton in 1891. On Sept. 18, 1897 she was united in marriage with Will F. Stockman of Brighton and their home was always in this community having been on the Lon Brindley farm northeast of West Chester several years. They were the parents of 13 children, all of whom survive.

She was a member of the Brighton Christian Church.

Besides the husband and children she is survived by her father Henry Dencker of Rock Island; three sisters, Mrs. Sadie Simpson and Mrs. Grace Maitland of Rock Island; Mrs. Emma Delp of Ohio; and one brother Louis Dencker of Des Moines. The children all live in this county and are John; Samuel; William; Osie; Clark; Leo; Lee; Virgil; Dora; Ivan; Mildred; Earl; and Louis.

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the West Chester Methodist Church with burial in Brighton Hill Crest Cemetery.