Anna "Ruth" Dawson's death certificate lists her cause of death as Metatastic Carcinoma - Infected surgical wound.
Fatalities May 15, 1968
tornado at Charles City:
MRS. RAY (SADIE) CHAMBERS.
MRS. VIRVAL DAWSON.
MAY GAULT.
MARIE GREENLESS.
HARRY HALL.
JOHN KNEISEL.
MRS. JOHN (MINNIE) KNEISEL.
MRS. LeLANE (FLORINE) LEACH.
MURRAY LOOMER.
ARTHUR JACOBS.
AUGUST MERTIN.
ROBERT STOTTS.
MRS. CHARLES (LELA) WOLFF.
Charles City tornado May 15, 1968
A Virtual Cemetery
Robert Stotts was a student teacher from the University of Northern Iowa and the youngest victim of the Charles City tornado on May 15, 1968, at age 22. Sarah (Sadie) Chambers was 77. The Kneisels — he was 89 and she was 83 — were killed in their Cedar Terrace apartment; Greenless, 82, also died at Cedar Terrace; Gault, 85, died in her north side home; Jacobs, 82, was killed in his office at Jacobs Elevator; Wolff, 77, died in her Freeman Street residence; Merten and Hall, both 67, were killed in Merten's shoe repair shop near Trowbridge and from debris that struck Hall's Sears van respectively; Leach, 54, died en route to a Waterloo hospital from her injuries; Dawson, 45, died at home on 19th Avenue; and Loomer, the oldest victim at age 95, died at home on Richings Street.
Fatalities May 15, 1968
tornado at Charles City:
MRS. RAY (SADIE) CHAMBERS.
MRS. VIRVAL DAWSON.
MAY GAULT.
MARIE GREENLESS.
HARRY HALL.
JOHN KNEISEL.
MRS. JOHN (MINNIE) KNEISEL.
MRS. LeLANE (FLORINE) LEACH.
MURRAY LOOMER.
ARTHUR JACOBS.
AUGUST MERTIN.
ROBERT STOTTS.
MRS. CHARLES (LELA) WOLFF.
Charles City tornado May 15, 1968
A Virtual Cemetery
Robert Stotts was a student teacher from the University of Northern Iowa and the youngest victim of the Charles City tornado on May 15, 1968, at age 22. Sarah (Sadie) Chambers was 77. The Kneisels — he was 89 and she was 83 — were killed in their Cedar Terrace apartment; Greenless, 82, also died at Cedar Terrace; Gault, 85, died in her north side home; Jacobs, 82, was killed in his office at Jacobs Elevator; Wolff, 77, died in her Freeman Street residence; Merten and Hall, both 67, were killed in Merten's shoe repair shop near Trowbridge and from debris that struck Hall's Sears van respectively; Leach, 54, died en route to a Waterloo hospital from her injuries; Dawson, 45, died at home on 19th Avenue; and Loomer, the oldest victim at age 95, died at home on Richings Street.
Anna "Ruth" Dawson's death certificate lists her cause of death as Metatastic Carcinoma - Infected surgical wound.
Fatalities May 15, 1968
tornado at Charles City:
MRS. RAY (SADIE) CHAMBERS.
MRS. VIRVAL DAWSON.
MAY GAULT.
MARIE GREENLESS.
HARRY HALL.
JOHN KNEISEL.
MRS. JOHN (MINNIE) KNEISEL.
MRS. LeLANE (FLORINE) LEACH.
MURRAY LOOMER.
ARTHUR JACOBS.
AUGUST MERTIN.
ROBERT STOTTS.
MRS. CHARLES (LELA) WOLFF.
Charles City tornado May 15, 1968
A Virtual Cemetery
Robert Stotts was a student teacher from the University of Northern Iowa and the youngest victim of the Charles City tornado on May 15, 1968, at age 22. Sarah (Sadie) Chambers was 77. The Kneisels — he was 89 and she was 83 — were killed in their Cedar Terrace apartment; Greenless, 82, also died at Cedar Terrace; Gault, 85, died in her north side home; Jacobs, 82, was killed in his office at Jacobs Elevator; Wolff, 77, died in her Freeman Street residence; Merten and Hall, both 67, were killed in Merten's shoe repair shop near Trowbridge and from debris that struck Hall's Sears van respectively; Leach, 54, died en route to a Waterloo hospital from her injuries; Dawson, 45, died at home on 19th Avenue; and Loomer, the oldest victim at age 95, died at home on Richings Street.
Fatalities May 15, 1968
tornado at Charles City:
MRS. RAY (SADIE) CHAMBERS.
MRS. VIRVAL DAWSON.
MAY GAULT.
MARIE GREENLESS.
HARRY HALL.
JOHN KNEISEL.
MRS. JOHN (MINNIE) KNEISEL.
MRS. LeLANE (FLORINE) LEACH.
MURRAY LOOMER.
ARTHUR JACOBS.
AUGUST MERTIN.
ROBERT STOTTS.
MRS. CHARLES (LELA) WOLFF.
Charles City tornado May 15, 1968
A Virtual Cemetery
Robert Stotts was a student teacher from the University of Northern Iowa and the youngest victim of the Charles City tornado on May 15, 1968, at age 22. Sarah (Sadie) Chambers was 77. The Kneisels — he was 89 and she was 83 — were killed in their Cedar Terrace apartment; Greenless, 82, also died at Cedar Terrace; Gault, 85, died in her north side home; Jacobs, 82, was killed in his office at Jacobs Elevator; Wolff, 77, died in her Freeman Street residence; Merten and Hall, both 67, were killed in Merten's shoe repair shop near Trowbridge and from debris that struck Hall's Sears van respectively; Leach, 54, died en route to a Waterloo hospital from her injuries; Dawson, 45, died at home on 19th Avenue; and Loomer, the oldest victim at age 95, died at home on Richings Street.
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