WYNN HERBERT STEVENSON, b. April 17, 1914, Fonda, Pocahontas Co., Iowa; d. October 25, 1936, Lohrville, Iowa.
Wynn was the eldest son of Vera (Wyckoff) and George Stevenson. He went to elementary school in Lanesboro, Iowa, and then to Lohrville High School in Lohrville, Iowa. He played trumpet in the band at school, making the All-State Band. He also played Baseball, Basketball, and Football there.
After he graduated in May 1931, he worked for the American Cabinet Co. while living with his aunt Ella (Wyckoff) Grigsby and uncle Joe Grigsby in Rockford, Illinois. Wynn was engaged to his high school sweetheart, Gayle Waters, and was traveling back to Illinois after visiting her in Iowa, when his car collided with a train at a railroad crossing in Clinton, Iowa in a blinding snowstorm. He died instantly at the age of 22. His funeral was held at the Presbyterian Church of Lake City, Iowa. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Lohrville, Iowa.
Wynn was the eldest son of Vera (Wyckoff) and George Stevenson. He went to elementary school in Lanesboro, Iowa, and then to Lohrville High School in Lohrville, Iowa. He played trumpet in the band at school, making the All-State Band. He also played Baseball, Basketball, and Football there.
After he graduated in May 1931, he worked for the American Cabinet Co. while living with his aunt Ella (Wyckoff) Grigsby and uncle Joe Grigsby in Rockford, Illinois. Wynn was engaged to his high school sweetheart, Gayle Waters, and was traveling back to Illinois after visiting her in Iowa, when his car collided with a train at a railroad crossing in Clinton, Iowa in a blinding snowstorm. He died instantly at the age of 22. His funeral was held at the Presbyterian Church of Lake City, Iowa. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Lohrville, Iowa.
WYNN HERBERT STEVENSON, b. April 17, 1914, Fonda, Pocahontas Co., Iowa; d. October 25, 1936, Lohrville, Iowa.
Wynn was the eldest son of Vera (Wyckoff) and George Stevenson. He went to elementary school in Lanesboro, Iowa, and then to Lohrville High School in Lohrville, Iowa. He played trumpet in the band at school, making the All-State Band. He also played Baseball, Basketball, and Football there.
After he graduated in May 1931, he worked for the American Cabinet Co. while living with his aunt Ella (Wyckoff) Grigsby and uncle Joe Grigsby in Rockford, Illinois. Wynn was engaged to his high school sweetheart, Gayle Waters, and was traveling back to Illinois after visiting her in Iowa, when his car collided with a train at a railroad crossing in Clinton, Iowa in a blinding snowstorm. He died instantly at the age of 22. His funeral was held at the Presbyterian Church of Lake City, Iowa. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Lohrville, Iowa.
Wynn was the eldest son of Vera (Wyckoff) and George Stevenson. He went to elementary school in Lanesboro, Iowa, and then to Lohrville High School in Lohrville, Iowa. He played trumpet in the band at school, making the All-State Band. He also played Baseball, Basketball, and Football there.
After he graduated in May 1931, he worked for the American Cabinet Co. while living with his aunt Ella (Wyckoff) Grigsby and uncle Joe Grigsby in Rockford, Illinois. Wynn was engaged to his high school sweetheart, Gayle Waters, and was traveling back to Illinois after visiting her in Iowa, when his car collided with a train at a railroad crossing in Clinton, Iowa in a blinding snowstorm. He died instantly at the age of 22. His funeral was held at the Presbyterian Church of Lake City, Iowa. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Lohrville, Iowa.
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