San Mateo Times Thursday, March 13, 1952
Woman Killed By Lark on Way From Church
Husband, Casual Spectator at Scene, Finds Out Own Wife Is Victim
Mrs. Marguerite Peltier, 65, of 724 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, was instantly killed this morning when she stepped in front of the northbound Southern Pacific Lark-express train from Los Angeles-at the Fifth avenue railroad crossing, on her way home from mass at St. Matthew's Catholic church.
Her body was hurled 183 feet by the impact and came to rest only 68 feet south of the Fourth avenue crossing, almost a block away. The impact tore her shoes off. Beads from a rosary she had been carrying and torn pages of her prayer book were scattered along the right of way for nearly a block. The crucifix of her rosary was lying next to her body.
Pastor Administers Rites The Rev. Edward J. Meagher, pastor of St. Matthew's, was summoned and administered the last rites of the church.
Mrs. Peltier's husband, Semerria, had been walking to meet her at the time, after noticing she was late in arriving home from church, and was attracted to the accident scene by the crowd of spectators. He did not know the victim was his wife until he looked through the window of a police car and saw one of her shoes and her purse, which he recognized.
Just before recognizing her effects, he had been inquiring of Officer Howard R. Darknell who the woman was who had been killed. Stunned when he realized she was his wife, he was placed in the police car and taken to the Patterson & O'Connell chapel, where he later made positive identification.
He was taken home and placed in the care of his 10 sons and daughters, who had been summoned to his home, alter being notified of the accident.
Witnesses were at a loss to explain why Mrs. Peltier walked directly in front of the train. They said the crossing gates were down, the alarm bell ringing and the train plainly visible.
Her family said her hearing was perfectly good and that this could not have been responsible for the accident. Police indicated they believed she must have had her mind on something else and was oblivious of the bells and the onrushing train.
Four Blocks to Stop
It took the 20-coach Lark from Fifth Avenue to First Avenue to stop after the accident. Ordinarily, the train does not stop at San Mateo but makes a scheduled stop at Burlingame and had been slowing gradually for this.
Mrs. Peltier was struck about 8:25 a. m. as she stepped onto the northbound tracks at Fifth avenue. She was headed eastward to her home, and according to her family had walked the same route daily after hearing mass at St. Matthew's. They said she was "afraid of trains" and had told them she had to wait each morning for a long tram to pass.
Witness Story
One eyewitness, J. C. Holmes of 490 Henry Avenue, San Jose, a Southern Pacific employee who had been working with others on a switch nearby, said he saw Mrs. Peltier starting across and that the gates were coming down and the bells ringing. He said he yelled to her to hurry when he noticed how close the train was, as she reached the space between the northbound and southbound tracks. But she did not increase her pace, he said, and was struck before she could get across the northbound track. "She almost made it, at that," he said.
Police identified the conductor of the train, No. 73, as Louis F. Parr, 1580 Washington Street, San Francisco, and the engineer as Harry Scott, also of San Francisco.
Lived Here Eight Years
According to Officer Darknell, Mrs. Peltier had left home about 7:30 this morning to attend 7:45 mass. She was a native of Concordia, Kan., and she and her family had lived here about eight years.
Besides her husband, she leaves the following sons and daughters: Semerria Peltier Jr. of San Mateo, a truck driver for the city: E. M. Peltier carpenter, also of San Mateo; U. J. Peltier of Bakersfield, Mrs. Valeria Meadows of Sacramento; Francis Peltier, United States Navy, San Diego; Albert Peltier, carpenter, San Mateo; Adelore E. and Rose Marie Peltier, both of San Mateo; Mrs. Dorothy Jaiferies of San Mateo, and Mary Smith of Hayward.
Funeral services are pending at the Patterson & O'Connell chapel.
San Mateo Times Friday, March 14, 1952
PELTIER--In San Mateo, March 13. 1952, Rosanna Peltier, beloved wile of Semerria Peltier, San Mateo: devoted mother of Emmelien M. Peltier, San Mateo. Ulysses J. Peltier, Bakersfield: Mrs. Wayne Meadows, Sacramento; Semerria W. Peltier, Albert B. Peltier. San Mateo; Mrs. Earl Smith, Castro Valley; Francis J. Peltier, U. S. Navy; Mrs. James Jaiferies, Adelore E. and Rose Marie Peltier, San Mateo. Sisters, Sisters M. Jerome and M. James, Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, Kansas: Frank, Henry, Alfred and Francis Bombardier, Concordia, Kansas.
A member of St. Anthony's Guild of St. Matthew's Church. A native of Concordia.
Funeral service will be conducted Saturday, March 15, 1952, at 1:30 p. m. from the chapel of Patterson & O'Connell, 136 Second Avenue, San Mateo, thence to St. Matthew's church, where a requiem high mass will be offered for the repose of her soul commencing at 9 a. m. The rosary will be recited this evening (Friday) at 7:45. Interment, St. John's Cemetery, San Mateo.
Woman Killed By Lark on Way From Church
Husband, Casual Spectator at Scene, Finds Out Own Wife Is Victim
Mrs. Marguerite Peltier, 65, of 724 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, was instantly killed this morning when she stepped in front of the northbound Southern Pacific Lark-express train from Los Angeles-at the Fifth avenue railroad crossing, on her way home from mass at St. Matthew's Catholic church.
Her body was hurled 183 feet by the impact and came to rest only 68 feet south of the Fourth avenue crossing, almost a block away. The impact tore her shoes off. Beads from a rosary she had been carrying and torn pages of her prayer book were scattered along the right of way for nearly a block. The crucifix of her rosary was lying next to her body.
Pastor Administers Rites The Rev. Edward J. Meagher, pastor of St. Matthew's, was summoned and administered the last rites of the church.
Mrs. Peltier's husband, Semerria, had been walking to meet her at the time, after noticing she was late in arriving home from church, and was attracted to the accident scene by the crowd of spectators. He did not know the victim was his wife until he looked through the window of a police car and saw one of her shoes and her purse, which he recognized.
Just before recognizing her effects, he had been inquiring of Officer Howard R. Darknell who the woman was who had been killed. Stunned when he realized she was his wife, he was placed in the police car and taken to the Patterson & O'Connell chapel, where he later made positive identification.
He was taken home and placed in the care of his 10 sons and daughters, who had been summoned to his home, alter being notified of the accident.
Witnesses were at a loss to explain why Mrs. Peltier walked directly in front of the train. They said the crossing gates were down, the alarm bell ringing and the train plainly visible.
Her family said her hearing was perfectly good and that this could not have been responsible for the accident. Police indicated they believed she must have had her mind on something else and was oblivious of the bells and the onrushing train.
Four Blocks to Stop
It took the 20-coach Lark from Fifth Avenue to First Avenue to stop after the accident. Ordinarily, the train does not stop at San Mateo but makes a scheduled stop at Burlingame and had been slowing gradually for this.
Mrs. Peltier was struck about 8:25 a. m. as she stepped onto the northbound tracks at Fifth avenue. She was headed eastward to her home, and according to her family had walked the same route daily after hearing mass at St. Matthew's. They said she was "afraid of trains" and had told them she had to wait each morning for a long tram to pass.
Witness Story
One eyewitness, J. C. Holmes of 490 Henry Avenue, San Jose, a Southern Pacific employee who had been working with others on a switch nearby, said he saw Mrs. Peltier starting across and that the gates were coming down and the bells ringing. He said he yelled to her to hurry when he noticed how close the train was, as she reached the space between the northbound and southbound tracks. But she did not increase her pace, he said, and was struck before she could get across the northbound track. "She almost made it, at that," he said.
Police identified the conductor of the train, No. 73, as Louis F. Parr, 1580 Washington Street, San Francisco, and the engineer as Harry Scott, also of San Francisco.
Lived Here Eight Years
According to Officer Darknell, Mrs. Peltier had left home about 7:30 this morning to attend 7:45 mass. She was a native of Concordia, Kan., and she and her family had lived here about eight years.
Besides her husband, she leaves the following sons and daughters: Semerria Peltier Jr. of San Mateo, a truck driver for the city: E. M. Peltier carpenter, also of San Mateo; U. J. Peltier of Bakersfield, Mrs. Valeria Meadows of Sacramento; Francis Peltier, United States Navy, San Diego; Albert Peltier, carpenter, San Mateo; Adelore E. and Rose Marie Peltier, both of San Mateo; Mrs. Dorothy Jaiferies of San Mateo, and Mary Smith of Hayward.
Funeral services are pending at the Patterson & O'Connell chapel.
San Mateo Times Friday, March 14, 1952
PELTIER--In San Mateo, March 13. 1952, Rosanna Peltier, beloved wile of Semerria Peltier, San Mateo: devoted mother of Emmelien M. Peltier, San Mateo. Ulysses J. Peltier, Bakersfield: Mrs. Wayne Meadows, Sacramento; Semerria W. Peltier, Albert B. Peltier. San Mateo; Mrs. Earl Smith, Castro Valley; Francis J. Peltier, U. S. Navy; Mrs. James Jaiferies, Adelore E. and Rose Marie Peltier, San Mateo. Sisters, Sisters M. Jerome and M. James, Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, Kansas: Frank, Henry, Alfred and Francis Bombardier, Concordia, Kansas.
A member of St. Anthony's Guild of St. Matthew's Church. A native of Concordia.
Funeral service will be conducted Saturday, March 15, 1952, at 1:30 p. m. from the chapel of Patterson & O'Connell, 136 Second Avenue, San Mateo, thence to St. Matthew's church, where a requiem high mass will be offered for the repose of her soul commencing at 9 a. m. The rosary will be recited this evening (Friday) at 7:45. Interment, St. John's Cemetery, San Mateo.
San Mateo Times Thursday, March 13, 1952
Woman Killed By Lark on Way From Church
Husband, Casual Spectator at Scene, Finds Out Own Wife Is Victim
Mrs. Marguerite Peltier, 65, of 724 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, was instantly killed this morning when she stepped in front of the northbound Southern Pacific Lark-express train from Los Angeles-at the Fifth avenue railroad crossing, on her way home from mass at St. Matthew's Catholic church.
Her body was hurled 183 feet by the impact and came to rest only 68 feet south of the Fourth avenue crossing, almost a block away. The impact tore her shoes off. Beads from a rosary she had been carrying and torn pages of her prayer book were scattered along the right of way for nearly a block. The crucifix of her rosary was lying next to her body.
Pastor Administers Rites The Rev. Edward J. Meagher, pastor of St. Matthew's, was summoned and administered the last rites of the church.
Mrs. Peltier's husband, Semerria, had been walking to meet her at the time, after noticing she was late in arriving home from church, and was attracted to the accident scene by the crowd of spectators. He did not know the victim was his wife until he looked through the window of a police car and saw one of her shoes and her purse, which he recognized.
Just before recognizing her effects, he had been inquiring of Officer Howard R. Darknell who the woman was who had been killed. Stunned when he realized she was his wife, he was placed in the police car and taken to the Patterson & O'Connell chapel, where he later made positive identification.
He was taken home and placed in the care of his 10 sons and daughters, who had been summoned to his home, alter being notified of the accident.
Witnesses were at a loss to explain why Mrs. Peltier walked directly in front of the train. They said the crossing gates were down, the alarm bell ringing and the train plainly visible.
Her family said her hearing was perfectly good and that this could not have been responsible for the accident. Police indicated they believed she must have had her mind on something else and was oblivious of the bells and the onrushing train.
Four Blocks to Stop
It took the 20-coach Lark from Fifth Avenue to First Avenue to stop after the accident. Ordinarily, the train does not stop at San Mateo but makes a scheduled stop at Burlingame and had been slowing gradually for this.
Mrs. Peltier was struck about 8:25 a. m. as she stepped onto the northbound tracks at Fifth avenue. She was headed eastward to her home, and according to her family had walked the same route daily after hearing mass at St. Matthew's. They said she was "afraid of trains" and had told them she had to wait each morning for a long tram to pass.
Witness Story
One eyewitness, J. C. Holmes of 490 Henry Avenue, San Jose, a Southern Pacific employee who had been working with others on a switch nearby, said he saw Mrs. Peltier starting across and that the gates were coming down and the bells ringing. He said he yelled to her to hurry when he noticed how close the train was, as she reached the space between the northbound and southbound tracks. But she did not increase her pace, he said, and was struck before she could get across the northbound track. "She almost made it, at that," he said.
Police identified the conductor of the train, No. 73, as Louis F. Parr, 1580 Washington Street, San Francisco, and the engineer as Harry Scott, also of San Francisco.
Lived Here Eight Years
According to Officer Darknell, Mrs. Peltier had left home about 7:30 this morning to attend 7:45 mass. She was a native of Concordia, Kan., and she and her family had lived here about eight years.
Besides her husband, she leaves the following sons and daughters: Semerria Peltier Jr. of San Mateo, a truck driver for the city: E. M. Peltier carpenter, also of San Mateo; U. J. Peltier of Bakersfield, Mrs. Valeria Meadows of Sacramento; Francis Peltier, United States Navy, San Diego; Albert Peltier, carpenter, San Mateo; Adelore E. and Rose Marie Peltier, both of San Mateo; Mrs. Dorothy Jaiferies of San Mateo, and Mary Smith of Hayward.
Funeral services are pending at the Patterson & O'Connell chapel.
San Mateo Times Friday, March 14, 1952
PELTIER--In San Mateo, March 13. 1952, Rosanna Peltier, beloved wile of Semerria Peltier, San Mateo: devoted mother of Emmelien M. Peltier, San Mateo. Ulysses J. Peltier, Bakersfield: Mrs. Wayne Meadows, Sacramento; Semerria W. Peltier, Albert B. Peltier. San Mateo; Mrs. Earl Smith, Castro Valley; Francis J. Peltier, U. S. Navy; Mrs. James Jaiferies, Adelore E. and Rose Marie Peltier, San Mateo. Sisters, Sisters M. Jerome and M. James, Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, Kansas: Frank, Henry, Alfred and Francis Bombardier, Concordia, Kansas.
A member of St. Anthony's Guild of St. Matthew's Church. A native of Concordia.
Funeral service will be conducted Saturday, March 15, 1952, at 1:30 p. m. from the chapel of Patterson & O'Connell, 136 Second Avenue, San Mateo, thence to St. Matthew's church, where a requiem high mass will be offered for the repose of her soul commencing at 9 a. m. The rosary will be recited this evening (Friday) at 7:45. Interment, St. John's Cemetery, San Mateo.
Woman Killed By Lark on Way From Church
Husband, Casual Spectator at Scene, Finds Out Own Wife Is Victim
Mrs. Marguerite Peltier, 65, of 724 South Delaware Street, San Mateo, was instantly killed this morning when she stepped in front of the northbound Southern Pacific Lark-express train from Los Angeles-at the Fifth avenue railroad crossing, on her way home from mass at St. Matthew's Catholic church.
Her body was hurled 183 feet by the impact and came to rest only 68 feet south of the Fourth avenue crossing, almost a block away. The impact tore her shoes off. Beads from a rosary she had been carrying and torn pages of her prayer book were scattered along the right of way for nearly a block. The crucifix of her rosary was lying next to her body.
Pastor Administers Rites The Rev. Edward J. Meagher, pastor of St. Matthew's, was summoned and administered the last rites of the church.
Mrs. Peltier's husband, Semerria, had been walking to meet her at the time, after noticing she was late in arriving home from church, and was attracted to the accident scene by the crowd of spectators. He did not know the victim was his wife until he looked through the window of a police car and saw one of her shoes and her purse, which he recognized.
Just before recognizing her effects, he had been inquiring of Officer Howard R. Darknell who the woman was who had been killed. Stunned when he realized she was his wife, he was placed in the police car and taken to the Patterson & O'Connell chapel, where he later made positive identification.
He was taken home and placed in the care of his 10 sons and daughters, who had been summoned to his home, alter being notified of the accident.
Witnesses were at a loss to explain why Mrs. Peltier walked directly in front of the train. They said the crossing gates were down, the alarm bell ringing and the train plainly visible.
Her family said her hearing was perfectly good and that this could not have been responsible for the accident. Police indicated they believed she must have had her mind on something else and was oblivious of the bells and the onrushing train.
Four Blocks to Stop
It took the 20-coach Lark from Fifth Avenue to First Avenue to stop after the accident. Ordinarily, the train does not stop at San Mateo but makes a scheduled stop at Burlingame and had been slowing gradually for this.
Mrs. Peltier was struck about 8:25 a. m. as she stepped onto the northbound tracks at Fifth avenue. She was headed eastward to her home, and according to her family had walked the same route daily after hearing mass at St. Matthew's. They said she was "afraid of trains" and had told them she had to wait each morning for a long tram to pass.
Witness Story
One eyewitness, J. C. Holmes of 490 Henry Avenue, San Jose, a Southern Pacific employee who had been working with others on a switch nearby, said he saw Mrs. Peltier starting across and that the gates were coming down and the bells ringing. He said he yelled to her to hurry when he noticed how close the train was, as she reached the space between the northbound and southbound tracks. But she did not increase her pace, he said, and was struck before she could get across the northbound track. "She almost made it, at that," he said.
Police identified the conductor of the train, No. 73, as Louis F. Parr, 1580 Washington Street, San Francisco, and the engineer as Harry Scott, also of San Francisco.
Lived Here Eight Years
According to Officer Darknell, Mrs. Peltier had left home about 7:30 this morning to attend 7:45 mass. She was a native of Concordia, Kan., and she and her family had lived here about eight years.
Besides her husband, she leaves the following sons and daughters: Semerria Peltier Jr. of San Mateo, a truck driver for the city: E. M. Peltier carpenter, also of San Mateo; U. J. Peltier of Bakersfield, Mrs. Valeria Meadows of Sacramento; Francis Peltier, United States Navy, San Diego; Albert Peltier, carpenter, San Mateo; Adelore E. and Rose Marie Peltier, both of San Mateo; Mrs. Dorothy Jaiferies of San Mateo, and Mary Smith of Hayward.
Funeral services are pending at the Patterson & O'Connell chapel.
San Mateo Times Friday, March 14, 1952
PELTIER--In San Mateo, March 13. 1952, Rosanna Peltier, beloved wile of Semerria Peltier, San Mateo: devoted mother of Emmelien M. Peltier, San Mateo. Ulysses J. Peltier, Bakersfield: Mrs. Wayne Meadows, Sacramento; Semerria W. Peltier, Albert B. Peltier. San Mateo; Mrs. Earl Smith, Castro Valley; Francis J. Peltier, U. S. Navy; Mrs. James Jaiferies, Adelore E. and Rose Marie Peltier, San Mateo. Sisters, Sisters M. Jerome and M. James, Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, Kansas: Frank, Henry, Alfred and Francis Bombardier, Concordia, Kansas.
A member of St. Anthony's Guild of St. Matthew's Church. A native of Concordia.
Funeral service will be conducted Saturday, March 15, 1952, at 1:30 p. m. from the chapel of Patterson & O'Connell, 136 Second Avenue, San Mateo, thence to St. Matthew's church, where a requiem high mass will be offered for the repose of her soul commencing at 9 a. m. The rosary will be recited this evening (Friday) at 7:45. Interment, St. John's Cemetery, San Mateo.
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