Wife Of Walnut Veterinarian Is Killed In Crash. Mrs. M. E. Wesner Crushed To Death Under Overturned Auto As Family Is Returning From Church Sunday. Homeward bound from church shortly after 11 o'clock Sunday morning at Normandy, Mrs. M. E. Wesner, 47, wife of a Walnut veterinarian and a prominent civic and church worker, was fatally injured in a crash between an auto driven by her husband an one piloted by a Chicago traveling salesman, Siegfried Burg, 29 E. Madison street.
The crash occurred as Dr. Wesner was making a left-hand turn into his driveway 100 years east of the Normandy school. According to information given at inquest conducted by Coroner a. A. Meyer at the Ross funeral home in the afternoon, Dr. Wesner did not signal and the Chicago auto, behind him, traveling about 55 miles an hour, struck the Wesner machine and overturned it.
A door of the veterinarian's auto flew open and Mrs. Wesner was tossed out. The auto overturned upon her, causing crushing injuries which soon brought death. Her husband and two children, Virginia and Joan, were not injured except for scratches and bruises.
Dr. Harold Hopkins of Walnut testified at the inquest that Mrs. Wesner lived but five minutes and was unconscious after the crash.
Dr. Wesner stated that he had asked his daughters, riding in the rear seat, to look and see if a car was approaching from behind. They said none was visible and he proceeded to turn without signaling.
Jurors hearing the testimony were Roy Brewer, foreman; Ernest Bumphrey, John Winger, A. L. Stickel, Fletcher Kaiser and dick Ross.
Mrs. Wener was [a] member of the Methodist church, the Eastern Star and the Walnut Household Science club.
Source: Bureau County Tribune, Princeton, Illinois, Friday, June 2, 1939, Page 6
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Mrs. Jennie Swanson and Mrs. Blanche Johnson attended the funeral services of Mrs. Wesner of Walnut Wednesday.
Source: Bureau County Tribune, Princeton, Illinois, Friday, June 9, 1939, Page 2
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Father: Laird Newlin, born in Crawford Co., Illinois
Mother: Annie Katherine Morris, born in Crawford Co., Illinois
The crash occurred as Dr. Wesner was making a left-hand turn into his driveway 100 years east of the Normandy school. According to information given at inquest conducted by Coroner a. A. Meyer at the Ross funeral home in the afternoon, Dr. Wesner did not signal and the Chicago auto, behind him, traveling about 55 miles an hour, struck the Wesner machine and overturned it.
A door of the veterinarian's auto flew open and Mrs. Wesner was tossed out. The auto overturned upon her, causing crushing injuries which soon brought death. Her husband and two children, Virginia and Joan, were not injured except for scratches and bruises.
Dr. Harold Hopkins of Walnut testified at the inquest that Mrs. Wesner lived but five minutes and was unconscious after the crash.
Dr. Wesner stated that he had asked his daughters, riding in the rear seat, to look and see if a car was approaching from behind. They said none was visible and he proceeded to turn without signaling.
Jurors hearing the testimony were Roy Brewer, foreman; Ernest Bumphrey, John Winger, A. L. Stickel, Fletcher Kaiser and dick Ross.
Mrs. Wener was [a] member of the Methodist church, the Eastern Star and the Walnut Household Science club.
Source: Bureau County Tribune, Princeton, Illinois, Friday, June 2, 1939, Page 6
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Mrs. Jennie Swanson and Mrs. Blanche Johnson attended the funeral services of Mrs. Wesner of Walnut Wednesday.
Source: Bureau County Tribune, Princeton, Illinois, Friday, June 9, 1939, Page 2
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Father: Laird Newlin, born in Crawford Co., Illinois
Mother: Annie Katherine Morris, born in Crawford Co., Illinois
Wife Of Walnut Veterinarian Is Killed In Crash. Mrs. M. E. Wesner Crushed To Death Under Overturned Auto As Family Is Returning From Church Sunday. Homeward bound from church shortly after 11 o'clock Sunday morning at Normandy, Mrs. M. E. Wesner, 47, wife of a Walnut veterinarian and a prominent civic and church worker, was fatally injured in a crash between an auto driven by her husband an one piloted by a Chicago traveling salesman, Siegfried Burg, 29 E. Madison street.
The crash occurred as Dr. Wesner was making a left-hand turn into his driveway 100 years east of the Normandy school. According to information given at inquest conducted by Coroner a. A. Meyer at the Ross funeral home in the afternoon, Dr. Wesner did not signal and the Chicago auto, behind him, traveling about 55 miles an hour, struck the Wesner machine and overturned it.
A door of the veterinarian's auto flew open and Mrs. Wesner was tossed out. The auto overturned upon her, causing crushing injuries which soon brought death. Her husband and two children, Virginia and Joan, were not injured except for scratches and bruises.
Dr. Harold Hopkins of Walnut testified at the inquest that Mrs. Wesner lived but five minutes and was unconscious after the crash.
Dr. Wesner stated that he had asked his daughters, riding in the rear seat, to look and see if a car was approaching from behind. They said none was visible and he proceeded to turn without signaling.
Jurors hearing the testimony were Roy Brewer, foreman; Ernest Bumphrey, John Winger, A. L. Stickel, Fletcher Kaiser and dick Ross.
Mrs. Wener was [a] member of the Methodist church, the Eastern Star and the Walnut Household Science club.
Source: Bureau County Tribune, Princeton, Illinois, Friday, June 2, 1939, Page 6
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Mrs. Jennie Swanson and Mrs. Blanche Johnson attended the funeral services of Mrs. Wesner of Walnut Wednesday.
Source: Bureau County Tribune, Princeton, Illinois, Friday, June 9, 1939, Page 2
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Father: Laird Newlin, born in Crawford Co., Illinois
Mother: Annie Katherine Morris, born in Crawford Co., Illinois
The crash occurred as Dr. Wesner was making a left-hand turn into his driveway 100 years east of the Normandy school. According to information given at inquest conducted by Coroner a. A. Meyer at the Ross funeral home in the afternoon, Dr. Wesner did not signal and the Chicago auto, behind him, traveling about 55 miles an hour, struck the Wesner machine and overturned it.
A door of the veterinarian's auto flew open and Mrs. Wesner was tossed out. The auto overturned upon her, causing crushing injuries which soon brought death. Her husband and two children, Virginia and Joan, were not injured except for scratches and bruises.
Dr. Harold Hopkins of Walnut testified at the inquest that Mrs. Wesner lived but five minutes and was unconscious after the crash.
Dr. Wesner stated that he had asked his daughters, riding in the rear seat, to look and see if a car was approaching from behind. They said none was visible and he proceeded to turn without signaling.
Jurors hearing the testimony were Roy Brewer, foreman; Ernest Bumphrey, John Winger, A. L. Stickel, Fletcher Kaiser and dick Ross.
Mrs. Wener was [a] member of the Methodist church, the Eastern Star and the Walnut Household Science club.
Source: Bureau County Tribune, Princeton, Illinois, Friday, June 2, 1939, Page 6
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Mrs. Jennie Swanson and Mrs. Blanche Johnson attended the funeral services of Mrs. Wesner of Walnut Wednesday.
Source: Bureau County Tribune, Princeton, Illinois, Friday, June 9, 1939, Page 2
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Father: Laird Newlin, born in Crawford Co., Illinois
Mother: Annie Katherine Morris, born in Crawford Co., Illinois
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