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Milton Junction Telephone

August 1936

Milton Junction, Milton Twp., Rock Co., Wisconsin

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Harold [Edwin] VAN HORN, 35, Madison, died in the Madison General hospital
Monday morning from injuries received Saturday morning when the car he was driving crashed into a culvert on highway 12 near Nora. He was taking three people, all of whom were injured in the crash, from Jefferson to Madison. He regained consciousness in the hospital and told his wife that he must have drowsed at the wheel as he was driving 35 to 40 miles an hour, and his statement was corroborated by one of his companions.
Surviving besides his wife are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard VAN HORN who
are spending the summer at Albion; and two brothers, Bernard of Waukesha and Rolland.
Funeral services were held in Madison Wednesday with burial in Milton cemetery.
Among those from a distance who attended were Mr. and Mrs. P. J. FURROW, Mrs. Lucy VAN HORN and Mr. and Mrs. Walter KERSHAW of Welton, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest SAUNDERS of Delmar, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Bert SAUNDERS of Garwin, Ia., and Mr. and Mrs. Irel VAN HORN of Clinton, Iowa. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
 
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