Iowa
Old Press
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury co., Iowa
Friday, June 19, 1931
Page B3, Column 3
KICK BY HORSE PROVES FATAL
C. A. Montgomery, of Sloan, Dies in Sioux City Hospital
Injuries suffered June 5 when he was kicked by a horse on his
farm near Sloan, Ia., proved fatal Thursday to C. A. Montgomery,
39 years old, in a Sioux City hospital. Death was believed to
have been caused by peritonitis. The accident occurred when
Montgomery was hitching the horse to a wagon. The animal kicked
him in the abdomen. Survivors include: His widow; daughter,
Mildred of Sloan, Ia.; a brother, Melvin; a sister, Mrs. Elsie
Maloy (sic--Malloy), and his father, John Montgomery, all of
Sioux City. The body is at a funeral home in Whiting, Ia.,
pending completing funeral arrangements.
[transcribers note-- Claude Arthur Montgomery died 18 June 1931. -transcribed by V.R. April 2007]
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury co., Iowa
Saturday, June 20, 1931
Page 2B, Column 1
C. A. MONTGOMERY
Last rites will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the
Christian church at Sloan, Ia., for Claude A. Montgomery, 38
years old, who died Thursday in a Sioux City hospital from
injuries suffered when he was kicked by a horse on June 5.
Interment will be in the Sloan cemetery. Members of the Sloan I.
O. O. F. lodge will have charge of services at the grave. Mr.
Montgomery, who has been a resident of Woodbury county 17 years,
was active in I. O. O. F. circles and the Rebekah lodge at Sloan.
He served as district deputy grand master of the I. O. O. F.
[transcribers note-This funeral notice is accompanied by a very nice photo of Claude. -transcribed by V.R. April 2007]