Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-25
ENGINEER SPARE IS
KILLED in WRECK / T: |!
FORMER DELAWARE co UNITY
BoYsLosEs LIFE IN RAlLRo DAD
WRECK AT; oLDs, IOWA. zss
PIONEERS PASS AWAY, DURING WEEK
Thomas Dunlap Of Hopkinton and c,
S. Harvey of 4. Delaware s
Answer Summons. ~,

3S Mrs. Edward Putnam Of this city
\ received the sad intelligence on Sun
day that her half brother George "A.
II Spare, had been instantly killed in q
railroad accident near Olds, Iowa,
while he was at his; post of duty as
q engineer on the Minneapolis & st.
Louis railway. S The remains Of Mr..
Spare were brought to Manchester on
& Monday, and taken to the home of
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Putnam, where funeral
services will be held on Thursday af-
n ternOOn at two % clock. Interment
will be made in the cemetery at Rock
+ Prairie. Rev. II. F. Moore Of the
Congregational church, will conduct
the services. 5sS
George Arthur Spare was born in
4 10 Davis cvOunty, Illinois, May A.
III and lived with his parents near
I Apple River, illinois, until his moth
er's death in 1874. He then lived
with his grandpar Mr.. and Mrs
". C.. Spare in Galena, Illinois, until
1875, when he went to- live with his
father, Arthur Spare, near c COlesburg,
I IOWa.3t#In 1882 he came with his faith:
3er to Rock Prairie, where he resided
until about 1S92. He spent consider:
s able time in his younger days in the
western part Of Iowa and South Da-
I kOta. In 1895 Mr.. Spare began rail-
rOading, entering the employ Of the
4 Iowa Central, now better known Il $
) the Minneapolis & st. Louis. Dur
Il ing this long time Mr.. Spare formed
F a wide acquaintance among the men
ON this line. He worked his way up
from the lower position Of trainmen
until he was given the position of
i engineer. He@W one of the most
\ trusted and competent railroad men
on the division over which he run,
and never figured in any mishaps,
until the one on Saturday night when
ghs lost his life. Il Il Esj 33S,
Mr.. Spare made his headquarters
at OskaloOsa, !, Iowa, where he was
widely known. He was a member Of
/ the Order: of Eagles, and was a
n highly respected membe Of that or
ganization Among the men who ac-
@companied the remains to A1anches-
X ter were Arthur S. .sa Shaw, w orthyy
4 President, and Bert a. Groce. Worthy.
Chaplain Of the Order Of Eagl of
4 $Dskaloosa; Charles M @Sleeth, an en-
\ Sgineer and personal friend Of the de-
ceased engineer and w. N. Gallaghz
seE; preside lent of the d Brot herhnod of
4 RAILWAY ainmen. .sAll OF these gem
Etlemen$ were allow lodge men Of N r
Spare. and spoke in the highest terms
SOf their COM panion who met such .5;a.
tragic death. The men who accom-
panied the body of Mr.. Spare to m an n
chester expressed their deep sorrow
over the death OF their friend.
5 Mr.. Spare leaves to mourn his
death his father; Arthur Spare, who
resides at Cantonment, Florida, and
- brother, J. q: Spare. Of. Hunter,
North Dakota, and the following half.
brothers and lf-sisters:: Mrs. Ed
ward Putnam Of Manchest ter; Mrs
Eugene snowden and Mrs. Ernest
sSnowden, Of near Pasad lena, Florida;
Mrs. James Daffin OF Moline, F'lorida;.
and David Spare, who resides in Ok
lahoma, and Louis Spare, who resides
with his father at Cantonment, Flor
Ida. .Ss!E H. 4; t42 49, .;S5 X 3; H. iE
The relatives are extended the sim
cere sympathy Of many friends in
this great sorrow that has come to
their homes. N 3a,' 5.s..