Kate BALLARD

BALLARD, KEITH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/21/2007 at 19:56:22

Des Moines Daily News
December 17, 1916

DOUBLE FUNERAL HELD OF VICTIMS OF TRAIN CRASH

EAGLE GROVE- Dec.10 — A double funeral was held at Eagle Grove Thursday, when the bodies of K. K. Keith, president of the Iowa Jeweler's association, and Miss Kate Ballard, killed at a railroad crossing accident, were buried. The accident occurred when Keith and Miss Ballard, who was a life long friend, failed to see a Great Western passenger train approaching. It struck their automohile between the wheels and carried it a quarter of a mile. Keith, who was born in 1870, had lived in Eagle Grove for 19 years and was one of the most successful jewelers and opticians in the state. Miss Ballard had lived here about 20 years ago.