The Altoona Herald, Altoona, IA
June 26, 1913

MRS. HATCHER
US KILLED

Fast Train Catches Her at the
Rock Island Crossing and
She is Hurled to Her Death

Mrs. Mary E. Hatcher aged
about 67, wife of Jerimiah Hatcher
met her death in a most horrible
manner on last Friday, morn
ing about 7:30 o'clock by being
struck by one of the Rock Island
east bound limited passenger
trains. She had been doing some
shopping about town early in the
morning and had started across
the Rock Island tracks to the
Inter-Urban, when the east bound
passenger train caught her on
the crossing. Being very hard of
hearing it is supposed that she
didn't hear the approaching train,
which struck her hurling her
some ten or fifteen feet. The
train was running slow and stopped
at once, assistance rushed to
her immediately and medical aid
arrived at once, but she was un-
conscious. She was placed on a
stretcher and taken to her home
where she died almost as soon as
reaching the house. Her death
was a shock to all and especially
to her family, her husband having
no knowledge that she was even
off the place until she was brought
homo on a stretcher unconscous.
Her son Ben had just left on an In
ter-Urban car for Mitchellville,
the car having pulled out of town
just as the train struck his mother.
He was aware of some accident
but gave no thought of it
being any of his folks as he had
left them at home, when the car
reached Mitchellville he was notified
of the accident and rushed
home by automobile. Her daughter
Mrs. Roy Ogden was at her
mother's side at once, but the
mother never regained consciousness
after being-struck by the
train. It seems she was struck
more by one side of the engine
and it is thought was not on the
track but so near that the cross
bar on the front of the engine
struck her. She was not badly
bruised but upon examination
it was found that her back was
broken and a bruise on her head
with it is thought internal injuries.
The news spread over the town
and community at once and all
were appaled at the awful acci-
dent and their sympathy went out
to the bereaved family, She
leaves a husband and one son still
at home, with five daughters and
two sons all of whom are married
with the exception of one daughter
who has been in California.

Mary E. Hatcher was born in Belmont
County Ohio, August 20, 1848.
At about 14 years of age she united
with the Methodist Episcopal church
at Piney, Ohio. At the age of 19 she
moved with her parents to Bend Fork,
while there she married Jeremiah
Hatcher of Ben Fork at the age of 22
years July 2 1868. They lived there
until the fall of 1871, when they moved
to Johnson county, Iowa, in 1872
April 5th they moved to Colfax county
Nebraska arriving there on the 6th.
of May. Those, were pioneer days
and but two familes resided there at
that time. From there they moved
to Altoona Iowa in the spring of 190l.
On June 30th 1913 she was struck by
a fast train on the Bock Island Rail
Road receiving injuries which caused
her death almost instantaneously.
One daughter, Emma J. preceded her
to the great beyond. She leaves to
mourn ner loss, beside her husband,
three sons, Orville D. of Mitehellville,
Iowa, Lindsey S. of Westport, S.D.,
Benjamin H. of Altoona; five daughters,
being Mrs. Anna Belle Jones, of
Montrose, Colorado, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Terry, of Orange, California;
Mrs. Grace Arnold, of Denver, Colorado;
Miss Carrie S. Hatcher of Long
Beach, California; Mrs. Esther V.
Ogden of Altoona. The funeral ser-
vices were conducted from the Metho-
dist church Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, conducted by her former past-
er Rev. M. Stahl of Menlo, assisted
bv the local paster Rev. E. J. Laird
and Rev. N. Brighton, of the Christian
church, after which the remains
were laid to rest in the Altoona ceme-
tery. The floral offerings were many
the casket being banked io floral offer-
ings from relatives, friends and so-
cieties. The Aid Society in which she
was a never tiring worker, and the
Pbilathea and Plus Ultra classes sent
beautiful designs.

The relatives present at the funeral
were; Her sisters-Mrs. Henry Bair
and husband of Mt. Vernon, Iowa
Mrs. L. K. Watters and husband of
Chicago, Mrs. Ellsworth Hudnutt
and husband of Grinnell, Iowa, Mrs.
J. A. Barrett aod husband of Cedar
Falls Iowa, Mrs. L. A. Toland and
son of Ruthven, Iowa. Brothers-
W. R. Lindsey, Shadyside, Ohio,
J. V. Lindsey and wife of Mitchellville,
Mr. Hatchers brother and sister,
Thomas J. Hatcher of Bethesda
Ohio, Mrs. S. V. Chandler of Aurora
Illinois. Son and daughters- Lindsey
S. Hatcher and wife of Westport,
S. D. Oiville D. Hatcher and wife of
Mitchellville, Mrs. Grace Arnold and
daughter of Denver Colorado, Miss
Carrie Hatcher of Long Beach
California. Nephews—Tom Watters of
Grinnell Iowa, Mr. Floyd A. Barrett
and wife of DeSoto and Mrs. G. Griffith,
of Grimes, Mr. Jeff Hatcher of
Belmont Ohio, Mr. Ross Lindsey of
St. Clairville, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Hatcher of Colfax, Iowa,and
Mrs. Frank Matz of Sioux City Iowa.


CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our very deepest
thanks to those who were so kind
to us in our sad hour of bereavement.
— J. Hatcher, Family and Relatives.


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