Leo Richard BEIREIS

BEIREIS, SUNDE, RANSFORD, HOPKINS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:44

Leo Richard Beireis
27 April 1911 ---- 27 February 1931

FALL FROM TREE FATAL TO LEO BEIREIS
Meets Tragic Death When Falling Tree Limb Hits Branch on Which He is Leaning.

Leo Beireis, 19, was fatally injured Friday afternoon when he fell from a tree he was trimming
in front of the James Keleher residence on Northwest 4th street. Young Beireis was trimming the tree and when the limb he was sawing broke off, it crashed down onto the limb on which he was
leaning, breaking it off and Beireis dropped 25 feet to his death on the solid ground below. He lit squarely on his head, fracturing the skull.

Funeral services were held at the home on North Iowa Avenue Sunday afternoon. Burial was in the
Goldfield cemetery.

Young Beireis was born and raised in Eagle Grove, attended the local high school and was always regarded as a steady, reliable and industrious young man. The sincerest sympathy of everybody is extended the parents and other relatives who were so suddenly plunged into grief. The following obituary was prepared and read at the funeral services by the Rev. James Overby of the Baptist
church:

Obituary
Leo Richard, eldest son of W. G. and Aureal Beireis, was born April 27, 1911 and departed this life Feb. 27, 1931, at the age of 19 years and 10 months. He leaves to mourn his death, besides his father and mother, one brother, Herbert, two sisters, Mrs. A. J. Sunde and Vera May, all at home, with many other relatives and friends. Leo, in his childhood, attended both the Methodist and Baptist Sunday Schools. He has spent his entire life in Eagle Grove, where he had many friends among his acquaintances.

Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon conducted by the Rev. James Overby, pastor of the Baptist church. Burial was made in the Goldfield cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. F. Ransford of Humboldt and Mr. and Mrs. Emery Ransford of Dubuque were here to attend the funeral.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
March 5, 1931

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[son of William Granville Beireis and Aureal (Hopkins) Beireis]