MAN HOSPITALIZED AS A RESULT OF MISHAP
Fred Boostrom, 80, of 1857 Washington St., is a patient in Cottage Hospital as a result of an auto accident Wednesday night on Highway 167 between Wataga and Victoria.
Mr. Boostrom sustained possible rib fractures when the auto in which he was a passenger skidded on the slippery highway, went out of control and overturned. Other occupants of the car were Cecil A. Peterson and his wife, the latter a niece of Mr. Boostrom. The Petersons reside at the same Washington Street address.
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson received bruises and were treated at Cottage Hospital, where the latter remained as a patient overnight.
The family was en route home at the time of the accident from Rockford, where earlier that day they attended funeral services for a relative.
Mr. Boostrom is expected to remain as a hospital patient for two or three more days.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 2, 1953
Funeral services for Fred A Boostrom, 80, of 1857 Washington St, who died Saturday at 11:10 AM in Cottage Hospital, will be conducted Tuesday at 2PM in the Stackhouse Funeral Home at Cambridge. The Rev. Leman Olsenius, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, will officiate and burial will be in the Andover Cemetery at Cambridge. Friends may call this evening at the Hinchliff and Wilson Funeral Home.
Mr. Boostrom was born in Warren County, February 3, 1873, and resided there and in Galesburg until 1918. He attended Galesburg schools. Prior to moving to Cambridge in 1918 he had been employed as a motorman on the Galesburg street railway system and was a member of the Street Car Employees Union. During the time the Plaza Theater was in operation, Mr. Boostrom served as one of the stage employees. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church. He was engaged in farming at Cambridge from 1918 to 1946, returning to Galesburg in the latter year. He had made his home here with a niece, Mrs. Cecil Peterson of the Washington Street address.
Surviving are two brothers, Emil of Minneapolis and Charles of Des Plaines, and a number of nieces and nephews. His wife preceded him in death in 1945.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 11, 1953
Fred Boostrom, 80, of 1857 Washington St., is a patient in Cottage Hospital as a result of an auto accident Wednesday night on Highway 167 between Wataga and Victoria.
Mr. Boostrom sustained possible rib fractures when the auto in which he was a passenger skidded on the slippery highway, went out of control and overturned. Other occupants of the car were Cecil A. Peterson and his wife, the latter a niece of Mr. Boostrom. The Petersons reside at the same Washington Street address.
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson received bruises and were treated at Cottage Hospital, where the latter remained as a patient overnight.
The family was en route home at the time of the accident from Rockford, where earlier that day they attended funeral services for a relative.
Mr. Boostrom is expected to remain as a hospital patient for two or three more days.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 2, 1953
Funeral services for Fred A Boostrom, 80, of 1857 Washington St, who died Saturday at 11:10 AM in Cottage Hospital, will be conducted Tuesday at 2PM in the Stackhouse Funeral Home at Cambridge. The Rev. Leman Olsenius, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, will officiate and burial will be in the Andover Cemetery at Cambridge. Friends may call this evening at the Hinchliff and Wilson Funeral Home.
Mr. Boostrom was born in Warren County, February 3, 1873, and resided there and in Galesburg until 1918. He attended Galesburg schools. Prior to moving to Cambridge in 1918 he had been employed as a motorman on the Galesburg street railway system and was a member of the Street Car Employees Union. During the time the Plaza Theater was in operation, Mr. Boostrom served as one of the stage employees. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church. He was engaged in farming at Cambridge from 1918 to 1946, returning to Galesburg in the latter year. He had made his home here with a niece, Mrs. Cecil Peterson of the Washington Street address.
Surviving are two brothers, Emil of Minneapolis and Charles of Des Plaines, and a number of nieces and nephews. His wife preceded him in death in 1945.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 11, 1953
MAN HOSPITALIZED AS A RESULT OF MISHAP
Fred Boostrom, 80, of 1857 Washington St., is a patient in Cottage Hospital as a result of an auto accident Wednesday night on Highway 167 between Wataga and Victoria.
Mr. Boostrom sustained possible rib fractures when the auto in which he was a passenger skidded on the slippery highway, went out of control and overturned. Other occupants of the car were Cecil A. Peterson and his wife, the latter a niece of Mr. Boostrom. The Petersons reside at the same Washington Street address.
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson received bruises and were treated at Cottage Hospital, where the latter remained as a patient overnight.
The family was en route home at the time of the accident from Rockford, where earlier that day they attended funeral services for a relative.
Mr. Boostrom is expected to remain as a hospital patient for two or three more days.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 2, 1953
Funeral services for Fred A Boostrom, 80, of 1857 Washington St, who died Saturday at 11:10 AM in Cottage Hospital, will be conducted Tuesday at 2PM in the Stackhouse Funeral Home at Cambridge. The Rev. Leman Olsenius, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, will officiate and burial will be in the Andover Cemetery at Cambridge. Friends may call this evening at the Hinchliff and Wilson Funeral Home.
Mr. Boostrom was born in Warren County, February 3, 1873, and resided there and in Galesburg until 1918. He attended Galesburg schools. Prior to moving to Cambridge in 1918 he had been employed as a motorman on the Galesburg street railway system and was a member of the Street Car Employees Union. During the time the Plaza Theater was in operation, Mr. Boostrom served as one of the stage employees. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church. He was engaged in farming at Cambridge from 1918 to 1946, returning to Galesburg in the latter year. He had made his home here with a niece, Mrs. Cecil Peterson of the Washington Street address.
Surviving are two brothers, Emil of Minneapolis and Charles of Des Plaines, and a number of nieces and nephews. His wife preceded him in death in 1945.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 11, 1953
Fred Boostrom, 80, of 1857 Washington St., is a patient in Cottage Hospital as a result of an auto accident Wednesday night on Highway 167 between Wataga and Victoria.
Mr. Boostrom sustained possible rib fractures when the auto in which he was a passenger skidded on the slippery highway, went out of control and overturned. Other occupants of the car were Cecil A. Peterson and his wife, the latter a niece of Mr. Boostrom. The Petersons reside at the same Washington Street address.
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson received bruises and were treated at Cottage Hospital, where the latter remained as a patient overnight.
The family was en route home at the time of the accident from Rockford, where earlier that day they attended funeral services for a relative.
Mr. Boostrom is expected to remain as a hospital patient for two or three more days.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 2, 1953
Funeral services for Fred A Boostrom, 80, of 1857 Washington St, who died Saturday at 11:10 AM in Cottage Hospital, will be conducted Tuesday at 2PM in the Stackhouse Funeral Home at Cambridge. The Rev. Leman Olsenius, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, will officiate and burial will be in the Andover Cemetery at Cambridge. Friends may call this evening at the Hinchliff and Wilson Funeral Home.
Mr. Boostrom was born in Warren County, February 3, 1873, and resided there and in Galesburg until 1918. He attended Galesburg schools. Prior to moving to Cambridge in 1918 he had been employed as a motorman on the Galesburg street railway system and was a member of the Street Car Employees Union. During the time the Plaza Theater was in operation, Mr. Boostrom served as one of the stage employees. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church. He was engaged in farming at Cambridge from 1918 to 1946, returning to Galesburg in the latter year. He had made his home here with a niece, Mrs. Cecil Peterson of the Washington Street address.
Surviving are two brothers, Emil of Minneapolis and Charles of Des Plaines, and a number of nieces and nephews. His wife preceded him in death in 1945.
GALESBURG REGISTER-MAIL: MAY 11, 1953
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