Ronald Higgason, 17, of Eldora was killed Monday when the car he was driving crashed into a tree in Hardin County.
Another newspaper had someone else at the wheel:
1942-06-02 Waterloo Daily Courier, Page 13:
Eldora Accident
Victim's Rites to
Be on Wednesday
(Courier Special Service)
Eldora, Ia.—Funeral services for Ronald Higgason, 20, who died Monday morning in Ellsworth hospital at Iowa Falls of injuries received in an auto accident Sunday night, will be held Wednesday afternoon at Union, where he was born. He leaves a widowed mother and several brothers and sisters.
Higgason was a passenger in a car driven by Roger Carr of New Providence. Other occupants of the car were Garrett and Leonard Gilder of Wellsburg, and Margaret Bitters and Gail Larson, both of Iowa Falls. Neither the Gilders nor Carr were injured.
The young women suffered several broken bones and body bruises.
On page 11 in the same edition:
Hardin Memorial
Day Death Toll
Climbs to Four
Eldora, la. - Lester Sorenson, 22, Radcliffe, died Monday, bringing to four the Hardin county automobile death toll over the Memorial holiday weekend.
Sorenson was injured in an accident near Hubbard Saturday that claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs Godfrey Goretske, of New Providence.
Ronald Higgason. 18, Eldora, died in an Iowa Falls hospital. His car crashed into a tree at Iowa Falls. Two girls were injured in the same accident.
Ronald Higgason, 17, of Eldora was killed Monday when the car he was driving crashed into a tree in Hardin County.
Another newspaper had someone else at the wheel:
1942-06-02 Waterloo Daily Courier, Page 13:
Eldora Accident
Victim's Rites to
Be on Wednesday
(Courier Special Service)
Eldora, Ia.—Funeral services for Ronald Higgason, 20, who died Monday morning in Ellsworth hospital at Iowa Falls of injuries received in an auto accident Sunday night, will be held Wednesday afternoon at Union, where he was born. He leaves a widowed mother and several brothers and sisters.
Higgason was a passenger in a car driven by Roger Carr of New Providence. Other occupants of the car were Garrett and Leonard Gilder of Wellsburg, and Margaret Bitters and Gail Larson, both of Iowa Falls. Neither the Gilders nor Carr were injured.
The young women suffered several broken bones and body bruises.
On page 11 in the same edition:
Hardin Memorial
Day Death Toll
Climbs to Four
Eldora, la. - Lester Sorenson, 22, Radcliffe, died Monday, bringing to four the Hardin county automobile death toll over the Memorial holiday weekend.
Sorenson was injured in an accident near Hubbard Saturday that claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs Godfrey Goretske, of New Providence.
Ronald Higgason. 18, Eldora, died in an Iowa Falls hospital. His car crashed into a tree at Iowa Falls. Two girls were injured in the same accident.
Family Members
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Hazel Avonelle "Avonelle" Higgason Rash
1908–2004
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Frances Marian Higgason Lewis Mayer
1911–1984
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Wallace Bruce "Wally" Higgason
1912–1974
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Orville John Higgason
1914–1996
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Robert Max Higgason Sr
1916–2007
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Vern Higgason
1918–1919
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Arlene Higgason Bitters
1921–2004
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William Dinsmore "Bill" Higgason
1923–1970
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Bettie Colleen Higgason Dix
1926–2019
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