Obituaries –Mrs. Frank Rogers

MRS. FRANK ROGERS
Word was received here Wednesday in a letter from D.L. Rogers , at Rockwell , Iowa , to Frank Ruse , telling of the death of Mrs. Frank Rogers as the thir member of the family to die in the wreck at Jefferson , Iowa , Sunday which occured when a passenger train struck the Rogers car.
Mr. Rogers , and a daughter , Fern Jo , 4 , were killed instantly , Mrs. Will Rose , Mrs. Rogers Mother , escaped with minor injuries and a small son , 2 years old escaped death through sustaining a broken leg with a double fracture.
The letter to Mr. Ruse also told of the accident causing destruction of the family. Mr. Rogers had stopped at the crossing to wait for a freight train to pass, and the started across the track , to be struck by a fast moving passenger train , which had been shielded from view by the freight train.
The triple funeral was held in Rockwell Wednesday afternoon, Mr. D.L. Rogers , Miss Fern and Harold going from Mexico , and Mrs. Rogers going there direct from Youngstown, Ohio, where she had been with her daughter , Mrs. Wayne Miller who is the mother of a newly arrived baby.
The Ledger joines friends of the family in extending sincere sympathy to the Rogers' in the bereavement caused by this untimely tragedy.