The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-11
BROK E HIS NECK.
E. w. SEVERENCE FOUND
S:.st DEAD ON THE ROAD. q

e. w. SEVERENCE FOUND.
DEAD ON THE ROAD. #
His Neck Was Broken--O ther
H. Particulars. O. III; ;25
The usual quietude OF our COM.
munity has rarely been SO startled.
as on last Friday afternoon when the
announcement was made that E. w.
Severance, who resides on section q,
in Elk township, had been found
dead, on the public road, near the
Harvey Shepard farn north Of town,
his neck being broken. Thomas
Payne was the first to discover the.
dead man and he hastened to this city.
and made the sad and startling an
nouncement. The coroner. together
with the city newspaper reporters and
several citizens were soon upon the.
ground and found that the report
was only too true, and all that was
mortal of E.. w. Severence had pass:
ed away: The body was conveyed to
the H. M. Palm undertaking rooms.
where it remained until the following
day, before it was taken to the home
in Elk township. -, ~..
In his case the Destroyer came like:
a thief in the night. Upon un-
til the moment of his death he
was driving along the public road,
without perhaps the slightest admon-
ition that the grim monster had
marked him as his own. He has been
in this City during the forenoon at
tending to some business matters and
departed for home about 1890 O clock
p. M, and was found only short
time afterwards. He has been more.
or less subject to heart disease ever
since he was a lad eight years old,
and would at times become uncon-
scious. Taking into consideration
the fact that the old gentleman was
seventy years old, it. seems reason
able to believe that Mr.. Severence
was overcome with beart disease, and
that the team finding themselves
without a driver, increased their
speed, and the old gentleman, in an
unconscious state, was dashed to the
ground, his neck being, broken by.
the The team WAS pt,Ired
near the Moncelle farm, having run
about half a mile, after gaining
their liberty. 49,. 49, >.....H
Mr.. Severance was born in Cam
bridge, Conn, in 1925, coming to
Blackhawk county, Iowa, in an early
day, and remained in that county
until five years ago, when he migrated
to this county. He leaves an aged
wife, two daughters and five sons to
mourn his death-the two girls and
one boy living here. kilograms were
sent to the other boys bearing the
sad news. Edward, of Harris, Iowa,
Charles, of Nebraska, Lewis, of Hud-
son, Iowa, came, but his son, William,
of Los Angeles, California, was sick
with typhoid fever, and not expecting
him to live, his young wife had tele-
graphed the father to come to his
bedside. Short services were held at
the home Monday forenoon, and in
the afternoon at o'clock funeral SER
vices were held at the Presbyterian
church in this city, conducted by Rev.
Wilson Aull, after which the remains
were laid to rest in the Worthington
cemetery. .:
He was possessed of an upright and
manly nature, a kind heart and gen
ial disposition, and leaves behind
him the record of an honorable and
manly life, and the good opinion of
all with whom he had business rela-
tions. His friends were numerous
and his enemies few-he being his
own worst enemy. When, a respected
citizen is so suddenly called to the
unknown world, it serves as note of
warning to many of US, who in this
age of rush and activity, we scarce
ly pause to give a thought to the
hereafter, and we are admonished
that life is really and truly uncer-
tain, and that Gods ways are not our
own. There are none so ungodly, so
frivilous or careless, that do not,
upon such an occasion, ponder and
question themselves upon that all
important question, "What of eter-
nity?" Who shall answer, but every