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**NOTE See Martha Alice's parent's memorial pages for census info when she was still in her parent's family household.
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(Martha) Alice was one of only two daughters of her parents Robert Moffat Dodds & Sophia Isabella Simpson.
Alice had 6 brothers who fiercely protected both sisters from harm while growing up in rural Minnesota.
Alice was Valedictorian of her Northfield, MN High School class in 1900 and again of her 1904 Carleton College class.
Alice and Arthur Eugene Rayner married Aug 21, 1907 in King County, WA.
Alice's Dodds family members were always close, though separated by years and miles. Many of the family visited her & Arthur in Washington.
Her parents and her brother Clarence came from Mankato. MN, to Washington State, to live with the Rayners for about 2 years and were there for the 1920 census.
Alice and Arthur's untimely death was a great shock and a deep sadness for everyone.
Following is a transcription of the newspaper article describing the circumstances of Alice & Arthur's death.
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RAYNER, MR.& MRS. E.C. RAYNER died in accident 9-3-1938
"Everett Daily Herald" 9-5-1938
TWO ARE KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH ON ROAD NORTH
"Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Rayner of Box 189, Mercer Island, were killed and three others were injured in a terrific automobile crash on the Pacific highway one and one quarter miles south of the Skagit county line in Snohomish Co. Saturday night.
The injured were Miss May Schoelkopf 20, niece of the Rayners, who suffered bad lacerations of the legs, Carl Rubenstein, 58, Seattle financier and Captain Louis Knaplich, 955 Empire building, Seattle.
Rubenstein and Knaplich southbound after a business trip to Anacortes were knocked unconscious. Miss Schoelkopf was riding in the northbound automobile of the Rayners. They were going to visit another niece of the Rayners, Mrs. Walter Geske of Bellingham. The accident happened late in the afternoon, but in broad daylight.
Rayner, according to Coroner L.S. Challacombe, who with state patrolmen investigated apparently had tried to pass another car and may have suffered a heart attack or other sudden illness. His car swerved so that it was hit virtually broadside in the southbound lane of traffic, the coroner said. The accident apparently happened with no warning and both cars were going at a high rates of speed. Both were demolished."
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Alice's niece mentioned in the article was Amy Elizabeth Schoelkopf- daughter of Alice's only sister-Elizabeth Kellogg Dodds-Schoelkopf. Amy survived and eventually made a full recovery, though she had sustained terrible leg wounds in the accident that took many months of rehabilitation.
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**NOTE See Martha Alice's parent's memorial pages for census info when she was still in her parent's family household.
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(Martha) Alice was one of only two daughters of her parents Robert Moffat Dodds & Sophia Isabella Simpson.
Alice had 6 brothers who fiercely protected both sisters from harm while growing up in rural Minnesota.
Alice was Valedictorian of her Northfield, MN High School class in 1900 and again of her 1904 Carleton College class.
Alice and Arthur Eugene Rayner married Aug 21, 1907 in King County, WA.
Alice's Dodds family members were always close, though separated by years and miles. Many of the family visited her & Arthur in Washington.
Her parents and her brother Clarence came from Mankato. MN, to Washington State, to live with the Rayners for about 2 years and were there for the 1920 census.
Alice and Arthur's untimely death was a great shock and a deep sadness for everyone.
Following is a transcription of the newspaper article describing the circumstances of Alice & Arthur's death.
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RAYNER, MR.& MRS. E.C. RAYNER died in accident 9-3-1938
"Everett Daily Herald" 9-5-1938
TWO ARE KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH ON ROAD NORTH
"Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Rayner of Box 189, Mercer Island, were killed and three others were injured in a terrific automobile crash on the Pacific highway one and one quarter miles south of the Skagit county line in Snohomish Co. Saturday night.
The injured were Miss May Schoelkopf 20, niece of the Rayners, who suffered bad lacerations of the legs, Carl Rubenstein, 58, Seattle financier and Captain Louis Knaplich, 955 Empire building, Seattle.
Rubenstein and Knaplich southbound after a business trip to Anacortes were knocked unconscious. Miss Schoelkopf was riding in the northbound automobile of the Rayners. They were going to visit another niece of the Rayners, Mrs. Walter Geske of Bellingham. The accident happened late in the afternoon, but in broad daylight.
Rayner, according to Coroner L.S. Challacombe, who with state patrolmen investigated apparently had tried to pass another car and may have suffered a heart attack or other sudden illness. His car swerved so that it was hit virtually broadside in the southbound lane of traffic, the coroner said. The accident apparently happened with no warning and both cars were going at a high rates of speed. Both were demolished."
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Alice's niece mentioned in the article was Amy Elizabeth Schoelkopf- daughter of Alice's only sister-Elizabeth Kellogg Dodds-Schoelkopf. Amy survived and eventually made a full recovery, though she had sustained terrible leg wounds in the accident that took many months of rehabilitation.
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**NOTE See Martha Alice's parent's memorial pages for census info when she was still in her parent's family household.
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(Martha) Alice was one of only two daughters of her parents Robert Moffat Dodds & Sophia Isabella Simpson.
Alice had 6 brothers who fiercely protected both sisters from harm while growing up in rural Minnesota.
Alice was Valedictorian of her Northfield, MN High School class in 1900 and again of her 1904 Carleton College class.
Alice and Arthur Eugene Rayner married Aug 21, 1907 in King County, WA.
Alice's Dodds family members were always close, though separated by years and miles. Many of the family visited her & Arthur in Washington.
Her parents and her brother Clarence came from Mankato. MN, to Washington State, to live with the Rayners for about 2 years and were there for the 1920 census.
Alice and Arthur's untimely death was a great shock and a deep sadness for everyone.
Following is a transcription of the newspaper article describing the circumstances of Alice & Arthur's death.
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RAYNER, MR.& MRS. E.C. RAYNER died in accident 9-3-1938
"Everett Daily Herald" 9-5-1938
TWO ARE KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH ON ROAD NORTH
"Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Rayner of Box 189, Mercer Island, were killed and three others were injured in a terrific automobile crash on the Pacific highway one and one quarter miles south of the Skagit county line in Snohomish Co. Saturday night.
The injured were Miss May Schoelkopf 20, niece of the Rayners, who suffered bad lacerations of the legs, Carl Rubenstein, 58, Seattle financier and Captain Louis Knaplich, 955 Empire building, Seattle.
Rubenstein and Knaplich southbound after a business trip to Anacortes were knocked unconscious. Miss Schoelkopf was riding in the northbound automobile of the Rayners. They were going to visit another niece of the Rayners, Mrs. Walter Geske of Bellingham. The accident happened late in the afternoon, but in broad daylight.
Rayner, according to Coroner L.S. Challacombe, who with state patrolmen investigated apparently had tried to pass another car and may have suffered a heart attack or other sudden illness. His car swerved so that it was hit virtually broadside in the southbound lane of traffic, the coroner said. The accident apparently happened with no warning and both cars were going at a high rates of speed. Both were demolished."
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Alice's niece mentioned in the article was Amy Elizabeth Schoelkopf- daughter of Alice's only sister-Elizabeth Kellogg Dodds-Schoelkopf. Amy survived and eventually made a full recovery, though she had sustained terrible leg wounds in the accident that took many months of rehabilitation.
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**NOTE See Martha Alice's parent's memorial pages for census info when she was still in her parent's family household.
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(Martha) Alice was one of only two daughters of her parents Robert Moffat Dodds & Sophia Isabella Simpson.
Alice had 6 brothers who fiercely protected both sisters from harm while growing up in rural Minnesota.
Alice was Valedictorian of her Northfield, MN High School class in 1900 and again of her 1904 Carleton College class.
Alice and Arthur Eugene Rayner married Aug 21, 1907 in King County, WA.
Alice's Dodds family members were always close, though separated by years and miles. Many of the family visited her & Arthur in Washington.
Her parents and her brother Clarence came from Mankato. MN, to Washington State, to live with the Rayners for about 2 years and were there for the 1920 census.
Alice and Arthur's untimely death was a great shock and a deep sadness for everyone.
Following is a transcription of the newspaper article describing the circumstances of Alice & Arthur's death.
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RAYNER, MR.& MRS. E.C. RAYNER died in accident 9-3-1938
"Everett Daily Herald" 9-5-1938
TWO ARE KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH ON ROAD NORTH
"Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Rayner of Box 189, Mercer Island, were killed and three others were injured in a terrific automobile crash on the Pacific highway one and one quarter miles south of the Skagit county line in Snohomish Co. Saturday night.
The injured were Miss May Schoelkopf 20, niece of the Rayners, who suffered bad lacerations of the legs, Carl Rubenstein, 58, Seattle financier and Captain Louis Knaplich, 955 Empire building, Seattle.
Rubenstein and Knaplich southbound after a business trip to Anacortes were knocked unconscious. Miss Schoelkopf was riding in the northbound automobile of the Rayners. They were going to visit another niece of the Rayners, Mrs. Walter Geske of Bellingham. The accident happened late in the afternoon, but in broad daylight.
Rayner, according to Coroner L.S. Challacombe, who with state patrolmen investigated apparently had tried to pass another car and may have suffered a heart attack or other sudden illness. His car swerved so that it was hit virtually broadside in the southbound lane of traffic, the coroner said. The accident apparently happened with no warning and both cars were going at a high rates of speed. Both were demolished."
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Alice's niece mentioned in the article was Amy Elizabeth Schoelkopf- daughter of Alice's only sister-Elizabeth Kellogg Dodds-Schoelkopf. Amy survived and eventually made a full recovery, though she had sustained terrible leg wounds in the accident that took many months of rehabilitation.
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