Injuries Fatal to Pedestrian
Woman is 38th County Traffic Victim
A 78 year old pedestrian, Mrs. Myrtle Lucy Abney, 1419 Meadow court, died Thursday night in St. Anthony hospital of injuries suffered less than five hours earlier when she was struck down by a car as she attempted to cross 15th avenue at Keefe street.
Driver of the car which struck Mrs. Abney, was Tony M. Aden, 56, 1728 7th st. He was arrested on a charge of failing to yeild the right of way to a pedestrian.
Mrs. Abney was a native of Beardstown, born June 10, 1875. She had lived in Rockford 38 years, coming here from Sterling. She was a member of First Baptist church, and a graduate of Beardstown high school.
Surviving are her husband George, whom she married Feb. 22, 1903; a sister, Mrs. Lenore McLelland, Chicago.
A special note on the loss of a son in WWl
Wednesday, Dec 04, 1918 / Rockford Republic / Rockford, IL / Page 2
George Abney Is Slain In Battle In France Nov. 1
Hero Of Many Battles And Charges Over the Top Falls in Fighting “Over There”--Another Gold Star on Rockford’s Service Flag
Somewhere in France a little heap of earth and a wooden cross marks the grave of Private George Abney jr., and another blue star of Rockford’s service flag turns to gold, for last evening Mr. and Mrs. George Abney, 203 Kilburn avenue, received official notice from the war department that their son had made the supreme sacrifice in the salvation of democracy. The young soldier was killed in action in France Nov. 1, 1918.
Coming as it does after the signing of the armistice, the news is a sad shock to the bereaved parents and other relatives here, for great plans for the home-coming of this intrepid fighter had been laid, and high hopes of his coming through the strife safely were entertained.
Woman is 38th County Traffic Victim
A 78 year old pedestrian, Mrs. Myrtle Lucy Abney, 1419 Meadow court, died Thursday night in St. Anthony hospital of injuries suffered less than five hours earlier when she was struck down by a car as she attempted to cross 15th avenue at Keefe street.
Driver of the car which struck Mrs. Abney, was Tony M. Aden, 56, 1728 7th st. He was arrested on a charge of failing to yeild the right of way to a pedestrian.
Mrs. Abney was a native of Beardstown, born June 10, 1875. She had lived in Rockford 38 years, coming here from Sterling. She was a member of First Baptist church, and a graduate of Beardstown high school.
Surviving are her husband George, whom she married Feb. 22, 1903; a sister, Mrs. Lenore McLelland, Chicago.
A special note on the loss of a son in WWl
Wednesday, Dec 04, 1918 / Rockford Republic / Rockford, IL / Page 2
George Abney Is Slain In Battle In France Nov. 1
Hero Of Many Battles And Charges Over the Top Falls in Fighting “Over There”--Another Gold Star on Rockford’s Service Flag
Somewhere in France a little heap of earth and a wooden cross marks the grave of Private George Abney jr., and another blue star of Rockford’s service flag turns to gold, for last evening Mr. and Mrs. George Abney, 203 Kilburn avenue, received official notice from the war department that their son had made the supreme sacrifice in the salvation of democracy. The young soldier was killed in action in France Nov. 1, 1918.
Coming as it does after the signing of the armistice, the news is a sad shock to the bereaved parents and other relatives here, for great plans for the home-coming of this intrepid fighter had been laid, and high hopes of his coming through the strife safely were entertained.
Injuries Fatal to Pedestrian
Woman is 38th County Traffic Victim
A 78 year old pedestrian, Mrs. Myrtle Lucy Abney, 1419 Meadow court, died Thursday night in St. Anthony hospital of injuries suffered less than five hours earlier when she was struck down by a car as she attempted to cross 15th avenue at Keefe street.
Driver of the car which struck Mrs. Abney, was Tony M. Aden, 56, 1728 7th st. He was arrested on a charge of failing to yeild the right of way to a pedestrian.
Mrs. Abney was a native of Beardstown, born June 10, 1875. She had lived in Rockford 38 years, coming here from Sterling. She was a member of First Baptist church, and a graduate of Beardstown high school.
Surviving are her husband George, whom she married Feb. 22, 1903; a sister, Mrs. Lenore McLelland, Chicago.
A special note on the loss of a son in WWl
Wednesday, Dec 04, 1918 / Rockford Republic / Rockford, IL / Page 2
George Abney Is Slain In Battle In France Nov. 1
Hero Of Many Battles And Charges Over the Top Falls in Fighting “Over There”--Another Gold Star on Rockford’s Service Flag
Somewhere in France a little heap of earth and a wooden cross marks the grave of Private George Abney jr., and another blue star of Rockford’s service flag turns to gold, for last evening Mr. and Mrs. George Abney, 203 Kilburn avenue, received official notice from the war department that their son had made the supreme sacrifice in the salvation of democracy. The young soldier was killed in action in France Nov. 1, 1918.
Coming as it does after the signing of the armistice, the news is a sad shock to the bereaved parents and other relatives here, for great plans for the home-coming of this intrepid fighter had been laid, and high hopes of his coming through the strife safely were entertained.
Woman is 38th County Traffic Victim
A 78 year old pedestrian, Mrs. Myrtle Lucy Abney, 1419 Meadow court, died Thursday night in St. Anthony hospital of injuries suffered less than five hours earlier when she was struck down by a car as she attempted to cross 15th avenue at Keefe street.
Driver of the car which struck Mrs. Abney, was Tony M. Aden, 56, 1728 7th st. He was arrested on a charge of failing to yeild the right of way to a pedestrian.
Mrs. Abney was a native of Beardstown, born June 10, 1875. She had lived in Rockford 38 years, coming here from Sterling. She was a member of First Baptist church, and a graduate of Beardstown high school.
Surviving are her husband George, whom she married Feb. 22, 1903; a sister, Mrs. Lenore McLelland, Chicago.
A special note on the loss of a son in WWl
Wednesday, Dec 04, 1918 / Rockford Republic / Rockford, IL / Page 2
George Abney Is Slain In Battle In France Nov. 1
Hero Of Many Battles And Charges Over the Top Falls in Fighting “Over There”--Another Gold Star on Rockford’s Service Flag
Somewhere in France a little heap of earth and a wooden cross marks the grave of Private George Abney jr., and another blue star of Rockford’s service flag turns to gold, for last evening Mr. and Mrs. George Abney, 203 Kilburn avenue, received official notice from the war department that their son had made the supreme sacrifice in the salvation of democracy. The young soldier was killed in action in France Nov. 1, 1918.
Coming as it does after the signing of the armistice, the news is a sad shock to the bereaved parents and other relatives here, for great plans for the home-coming of this intrepid fighter had been laid, and high hopes of his coming through the strife safely were entertained.
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