Askov American., 1941-11-13
Crossing Mishap
Takes Two Lives
At Willow River
Mrs. Frank Price and Miss
Leona Price Fatally In.
jured Last Thursday.

Two Willow River people, Mrs.
Frank Price, %, and her sister-in-law,
Miss Leona Price, Is, were fatally in
jured, and Mrs. Prices two-year old
daughter, Dona Mae, miraculously
escaped with but minor bruises when
the auto in which they were riding
was struck by a Northern Pacific
passenger train on the main crossing
in that village last Thursday morn
ing about 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Price, who was driving, evil
dently did not see or hear the ap-
preaching south bound train. Both
ladies were thrown a considerable
distance as was also the car. The
older woman died almost instantly
and Leona passed away shortly be-
fore reaching the Moose Lake Com
munity hospital where she was being
taken by Theodore Anderson, a pas
sing motorist, whose home is in Moose
Lake. The baby, thrown clear of the
wreckage, was also brought to the
hospital where she has fully re-
covered.
Mrs. Stanley Price.
Mrs. Stanley Price, the former Ger
trude Fillion of Bruce, Wis, was
born there on October /, 1918. She
was united in marriage to Frank
Price on September IA, 1881, at ST..
Paul and they have since made their
home on farm three miles west of
Willow River. To this union were
born three children, Duane, 9; Theo-
dore, 4; and Dona Mae, 2.
Besides her husband and the chill
dren, Mrs. Price also leaves her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Fillion of
Bruce, Wis. five brothers, Donald
Theodore and Gilbert, st. Paul; Ralph
in the Army at Seattle, WASH; and
William of Bruce; six sisters, Floy
Fillion, Bruce; Catherine Fillion, st.
Paul; Elmira, Mrs. Coleman, Califor-
MIA; Beth, Mrs. Barney Shultz, Michi-
gan: Dolly, Mrs. John Hansen, st.
Paul; and Winifred, Mrs. Frank Heft,
Wisconsin.
Leona Price.
Born in Willow River on January
80, 1926, Leona Price, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Price, had
been the chief homemaker on the
family farm west of the village since
the death of her mother several years
ago. She had been a student in the
Willow River school and had taken
care of four smaller brothers and
sisters, Raphael, Martin, Bernice and
Marion. Her other brothers and sis
tiers are Frank and Stanley of Will
low River, William of st. Paul, Ernest
and Leo of Shell Lake, Wis; Helen,
Mrs. Martin Hyska, and Frances, Mrs.
Robert Hyska, of st. Paul; Irene,
Mrs. Ivan Peterson and Stella, Mrs.
Eddie Mach, both of Bruno.
Double Funeral Monday.
Funeral services were conducted
from st. Mary's Catholic church at
Willow River Monday morning at 10
o'clock with Father Stanley Libold
officiating and the bodies were laid
to rest in the church cemetery. The
pallbearers for Mrs. Frank Price were
Jake Novak, Heber Thompson, Will
liam Pembleton, Frank Novak, James
Stepan and Herbert Mielke For
Leona Price the pallbearers were
Victor, Walter, Ted, Edward and Mil
ton Price and Edward Bohaty, all
cousins of the deceased.
Among those from away who came
for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Hyska and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Hyska of st. Paul, Ern-
est and Leo Price and Miss Myla Ryd-
berg of Shell Lake, Wis, Mrs. Will
liam Fillion of Bruce, Wis, and Theo-
dore, Donald and Catherine Fillion
of st. Paul.
The entire Willow River commune
ty extends deep sympathy to the
sorrowing relatives in their hour of
sadness.