SOLDIER'S WIODW DROWNS IN RIVER
Mrs. M. F. Bagley met a tragic death when she fell into the Maquoketa river near the home of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Abbott, last Friday night. During the day Mrs. Bagley had been unusually nervous, and had grieved over the death of her husband, and baby, and had told her people that she would go to Aurora to visit friends. During the early evening she left the home of her mother, and following her disappearance the family and neighbors made a diligent search for her, but could not get trace of her that night. The following morning her body was found in the river by her step-father, Otto Fisk, and Mr. Abbott. The family believes that in her grief she preferred to be alone, and went to the river bank and in the darkness of the night lost her footing and fell into the stream. The bank where the accident happened rises ten or twelve feet nearly straight up from the water, and the fall must have stunned her so that she was unable to stand up for the water was only two or three feet deep.
Alice Carr was born at Lamont, Iowa, November 23rd, 1887, and lived practically all of her life in Lamont. On November 7th, 1917, she was united in marriage with M. F. Bagley, and for a time she and her husband lived at Charles City and later at Duluth, Minnesota. Mr. Bagley went to France with the American Expeditionary Forces in June, 1918, and died there of pneumonia October 8th, 1919. Since the death of her husband, she spent the greater part of the time with her sister, Mrs. Elmer Abbott and mother, Mrs. Otto Fisk, of this city. Mr. Bagley was a member of the 343rd Infantry, 88th Division and about six weeks ago Mrs. Bagley had received word from the war department that the remains of her husband would be shipped to the States and that they are expected here at any time.
Mrs. Bagley is survived by her mother, Mrs. Fisk, three sisters, Mrs. Clyde Malone of Strawberry Point; Mrs. Elmer Abbott and Miss Anna Carr of Manchester; and two brothers, Harry Carr of Duluth, Minn., and Lawrence Carr of this city. One daughter was born on September 6th, 1918, but lived only a short time. Her father, Peter Carr, passed away last April.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in this city Monday morning, at nine o'clock; Rev. Father Linkenmeyer of Lamont had charge of the services. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery in this city. Among the relatives and friends who were here from a distance to attend the funeral services were Edward Bagley of Davenport, a brother, James Bagley, of Rock Island, Illinois, a brother- in-law, and C. M. Schaffer, of Rock Island, Illinois, an uncle of the deceased's late husband, and Harry Carr, of Duluth, brother of the deceased.
The tragic death of this attractive young woman brings a great sorrow to all those who were attached to her by tender family ties and sincere sympathy is felt for those who mourn for her.
Manchester Democrat - Manchester, Iowa - September 8, 1920
Mrs. M. F. Bagley met a tragic death when she fell into the Maquoketa river near the home of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Abbott, last Friday night. During the day Mrs. Bagley had been unusually nervous, and had grieved over the death of her husband, and baby, and had told her people that she would go to Aurora to visit friends. During the early evening she left the home of her mother, and following her disappearance the family and neighbors made a diligent search for her, but could not get trace of her that night. The following morning her body was found in the river by her step-father, Otto Fisk, and Mr. Abbott. The family believes that in her grief she preferred to be alone, and went to the river bank and in the darkness of the night lost her footing and fell into the stream. The bank where the accident happened rises ten or twelve feet nearly straight up from the water, and the fall must have stunned her so that she was unable to stand up for the water was only two or three feet deep.
Alice Carr was born at Lamont, Iowa, November 23rd, 1887, and lived practically all of her life in Lamont. On November 7th, 1917, she was united in marriage with M. F. Bagley, and for a time she and her husband lived at Charles City and later at Duluth, Minnesota. Mr. Bagley went to France with the American Expeditionary Forces in June, 1918, and died there of pneumonia October 8th, 1919. Since the death of her husband, she spent the greater part of the time with her sister, Mrs. Elmer Abbott and mother, Mrs. Otto Fisk, of this city. Mr. Bagley was a member of the 343rd Infantry, 88th Division and about six weeks ago Mrs. Bagley had received word from the war department that the remains of her husband would be shipped to the States and that they are expected here at any time.
Mrs. Bagley is survived by her mother, Mrs. Fisk, three sisters, Mrs. Clyde Malone of Strawberry Point; Mrs. Elmer Abbott and Miss Anna Carr of Manchester; and two brothers, Harry Carr of Duluth, Minn., and Lawrence Carr of this city. One daughter was born on September 6th, 1918, but lived only a short time. Her father, Peter Carr, passed away last April.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in this city Monday morning, at nine o'clock; Rev. Father Linkenmeyer of Lamont had charge of the services. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery in this city. Among the relatives and friends who were here from a distance to attend the funeral services were Edward Bagley of Davenport, a brother, James Bagley, of Rock Island, Illinois, a brother- in-law, and C. M. Schaffer, of Rock Island, Illinois, an uncle of the deceased's late husband, and Harry Carr, of Duluth, brother of the deceased.
The tragic death of this attractive young woman brings a great sorrow to all those who were attached to her by tender family ties and sincere sympathy is felt for those who mourn for her.
Manchester Democrat - Manchester, Iowa - September 8, 1920
SOLDIER'S WIODW DROWNS IN RIVER
Mrs. M. F. Bagley met a tragic death when she fell into the Maquoketa river near the home of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Abbott, last Friday night. During the day Mrs. Bagley had been unusually nervous, and had grieved over the death of her husband, and baby, and had told her people that she would go to Aurora to visit friends. During the early evening she left the home of her mother, and following her disappearance the family and neighbors made a diligent search for her, but could not get trace of her that night. The following morning her body was found in the river by her step-father, Otto Fisk, and Mr. Abbott. The family believes that in her grief she preferred to be alone, and went to the river bank and in the darkness of the night lost her footing and fell into the stream. The bank where the accident happened rises ten or twelve feet nearly straight up from the water, and the fall must have stunned her so that she was unable to stand up for the water was only two or three feet deep.
Alice Carr was born at Lamont, Iowa, November 23rd, 1887, and lived practically all of her life in Lamont. On November 7th, 1917, she was united in marriage with M. F. Bagley, and for a time she and her husband lived at Charles City and later at Duluth, Minnesota. Mr. Bagley went to France with the American Expeditionary Forces in June, 1918, and died there of pneumonia October 8th, 1919. Since the death of her husband, she spent the greater part of the time with her sister, Mrs. Elmer Abbott and mother, Mrs. Otto Fisk, of this city. Mr. Bagley was a member of the 343rd Infantry, 88th Division and about six weeks ago Mrs. Bagley had received word from the war department that the remains of her husband would be shipped to the States and that they are expected here at any time.
Mrs. Bagley is survived by her mother, Mrs. Fisk, three sisters, Mrs. Clyde Malone of Strawberry Point; Mrs. Elmer Abbott and Miss Anna Carr of Manchester; and two brothers, Harry Carr of Duluth, Minn., and Lawrence Carr of this city. One daughter was born on September 6th, 1918, but lived only a short time. Her father, Peter Carr, passed away last April.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in this city Monday morning, at nine o'clock; Rev. Father Linkenmeyer of Lamont had charge of the services. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery in this city. Among the relatives and friends who were here from a distance to attend the funeral services were Edward Bagley of Davenport, a brother, James Bagley, of Rock Island, Illinois, a brother- in-law, and C. M. Schaffer, of Rock Island, Illinois, an uncle of the deceased's late husband, and Harry Carr, of Duluth, brother of the deceased.
The tragic death of this attractive young woman brings a great sorrow to all those who were attached to her by tender family ties and sincere sympathy is felt for those who mourn for her.
Manchester Democrat - Manchester, Iowa - September 8, 1920
Mrs. M. F. Bagley met a tragic death when she fell into the Maquoketa river near the home of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Abbott, last Friday night. During the day Mrs. Bagley had been unusually nervous, and had grieved over the death of her husband, and baby, and had told her people that she would go to Aurora to visit friends. During the early evening she left the home of her mother, and following her disappearance the family and neighbors made a diligent search for her, but could not get trace of her that night. The following morning her body was found in the river by her step-father, Otto Fisk, and Mr. Abbott. The family believes that in her grief she preferred to be alone, and went to the river bank and in the darkness of the night lost her footing and fell into the stream. The bank where the accident happened rises ten or twelve feet nearly straight up from the water, and the fall must have stunned her so that she was unable to stand up for the water was only two or three feet deep.
Alice Carr was born at Lamont, Iowa, November 23rd, 1887, and lived practically all of her life in Lamont. On November 7th, 1917, she was united in marriage with M. F. Bagley, and for a time she and her husband lived at Charles City and later at Duluth, Minnesota. Mr. Bagley went to France with the American Expeditionary Forces in June, 1918, and died there of pneumonia October 8th, 1919. Since the death of her husband, she spent the greater part of the time with her sister, Mrs. Elmer Abbott and mother, Mrs. Otto Fisk, of this city. Mr. Bagley was a member of the 343rd Infantry, 88th Division and about six weeks ago Mrs. Bagley had received word from the war department that the remains of her husband would be shipped to the States and that they are expected here at any time.
Mrs. Bagley is survived by her mother, Mrs. Fisk, three sisters, Mrs. Clyde Malone of Strawberry Point; Mrs. Elmer Abbott and Miss Anna Carr of Manchester; and two brothers, Harry Carr of Duluth, Minn., and Lawrence Carr of this city. One daughter was born on September 6th, 1918, but lived only a short time. Her father, Peter Carr, passed away last April.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in this city Monday morning, at nine o'clock; Rev. Father Linkenmeyer of Lamont had charge of the services. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery in this city. Among the relatives and friends who were here from a distance to attend the funeral services were Edward Bagley of Davenport, a brother, James Bagley, of Rock Island, Illinois, a brother- in-law, and C. M. Schaffer, of Rock Island, Illinois, an uncle of the deceased's late husband, and Harry Carr, of Duluth, brother of the deceased.
The tragic death of this attractive young woman brings a great sorrow to all those who were attached to her by tender family ties and sincere sympathy is felt for those who mourn for her.
Manchester Democrat - Manchester, Iowa - September 8, 1920
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