Jim DERSCHEID

DERSCHEID

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/30/2009 at 23:15:02

5 March 1935 --- 16 September 1956

Jim Derscheid, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Derscheid of Eagle Grove, was killed early Sunday when the car in which he was riding alone missed a highway 60 curve three miles south of Eagle Grove and rolled over. Authorities said Derscheid was wearing a safety belt which still held him in the driver's seat when he was found.

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
September 17, 1956

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Jim Derscheid, 21, Instantly Killed Near Eagle Grove

Jim Derscheid, 21, Troy township farmer, was instantly killed early Sunday morning when his car failed to make the turn on Highway 60, three miles south of Eagle Grove and rolled over several times into the ditch. The accident happened on the curve a mile east of the Troy bridge. The accident happened about 2 a.m. The driver, wearing a safety belt, was not thrown from the car. He was going south and apparently lost control of the car as he went into the turn. The car was completely demolished. Funeral services were held at the Eagle Grove Methodist church Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Roy Cox, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery at Eagle Grove. His death was the 15th highway fatality in Wright county in 1956. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Derscheid; eight sisters and three brothers.

Wright County Monitor, Clarion, Iowa
September 20, 1956