MEMBERS of the Knights of Columbus lodge will serve as active and honorary pallbearers at the funeral services for J. F. Albright. 316 Fourteenth street, a victim of the blast and fire which Monday destroyed several buildings at the southeast corner of Fifth and Pearl streets... .Services will be held at, the Cathedral of the Epiphany this morning at 9 o'clock. Rev. J. P. McGuire will celebrate the mass and Rev. T. J. McCarty, pastor, will preach the funeral sermon. Interment will be in Calvary cemetery... Mr. Albright was the proprietor of the Presto-Lite and Columbia Storage Battery shop where the explosion is believed to have occurred. He had lived in Sioux City many years and was well known here. Mr. Albright took an active part in all activities of the Knights of Columbus lodge.
Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa) 19 May 1927, Thu
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THE silence of deep mourning lies over two homes in Sioux City, that of John Albright and that of Mr. and Mrs. William Bronkhorst, elderly parents of John Bronhorst. Both John Albright and John Bronkhorst were victims or the explosion and fire which startled Sioux City Monday night...
Mrs. Albright lies, grief stricken, on her bed, or at times gets up and attempts to do little things about her house, a house which never again will echo to her husband's cheery voice, yet a house of which every room speaks to her of him. Friends and neighbors are kind, but human kindness in times of loss, especially such a tragically sudden loss, is a clumsy thing and Mrs. Albright must bear her sorrow alone. There are no children's hands to comfort her, no children's lips to speak loving words, for twice before, once, almost as tragically as last night, death has visited her home. First the dark garbed specter called her youngest son when he was 10 years of age. On his second visit he snatched up her only other son, who was killed in an automobile (motorcycle) accident when he was 20 years of age. But through both sorrows she had her husband at her side. This time she is alone. When word of the explosion first reached her, it was not definitely known whether or not Mr. Albright was in his shop at the time. There were several hours of anxious hope, during which time friends attempted tor keep Mrs. Albright at home. The strain was to great for her, however. Truth, even though it meant the deepest sorrow, was better than uncertainty. Mrs. Albright insisted on going to the scene of the tragedy. When she got downtown she identified her husband's automobile. It was certain then that he was among the smoldering ruins. It was all that her friends could do to get her away from the building, so frantic were her efforts to dash into the flames in a mad search for her husband's body.
Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa) 18 May 1927, Wed
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Death of son John Vincent Albright:
WAS FORMER LEMARS BOY.
John Albright Killed in Motorcycle Accident in Newark.
LeMars. Io., Sept. 10. Special: John Albright one of the motorcyclers killed at Newark, N. J., a son of John F. Albright,- of Denver, Colo., was born here. His father was county treasurer in Plymouth county for several years In the early 90s. The family moved to Denver some years ago.
Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa) 11 Sep 1912, Wed
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Iowa Death Records
Name John F Albright
Gender Male
Age 63
Birth Year 1864
Death Date 16 May 1927
Death Place Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
Father B F Albright
Mother Mary Ann Sophia
Spouse Susan Albright