Lawanna Jones, from the Denver area, married Arthur August "Art" Wolf, when she was around 16-17 years old. Arthur "Art" was a brother to Orpha Elliott of Englewood, Colorado.
The picture is of Lawanna and their little girl Leotta Mae Wolf.
According to the obituary, Lawanna is survived by her father, step mother, one brother and one sister, all of Denver, Colorado.
This is the obituary:
October 24, 1949
THREE KILLED IN BREWSTER ACCIDENT
Car Driven In Front Of Fast Freight
Arthur A. Wolfe, 56, his wife, Lawanna Vivien, 19, and their daughter, Arletta (which this name is wrong, her name is Leota Mae) who would have been two years old in December were killed instantly Friday evening at 6:24 o'clock, central time, at a railroad crossing in Brewster when a car in which they were riding was struck by an eastbound diesel powered Rock Island freight train.
The car was carried some 250 feet under one of the cars of the train, the wheels of which had not gone over the vehicle, but had rolled it to the place where it was found almost in front of the railroad depot. The three bodies were found inside the car. Sight of one driving south on the highway at the point where the accident happened is obscured by an elevator, and there are no warning signals at the crossing. Railroad employees at a speed of 42 miles per hour when it reached the crossing, and had given the usual whistle signal for the crossing.
Eye witnesses who had stopped their automobile south of the crossing to allow the train to pass, say the Wolfe car was traveling at a speed of from 15 to 20 miles an hour and they thought the driver intended to stop, but he drove straight ahead onto the crossing, evidently not hearing the train or seeing the headlights.
The Wolfe home had been on a farm northeast of Brewster. Funeral services for the three victims of the mishap were held from the Methodist church in Brewster, Sunday afternoon conducted by clergymen Fortner, Ruffner and Gillam, with internment in the Brewster cemetery.
If anyone sees this, that knows of Lawanna Jones's family that married Art Wolf, please contact me. We would like to know more about her and her family. Art Wolfe was my grandfather and we would love to know more about our step-grandmother and Aunt. There was a lady at Brewster that told one of my sisters that Lawanna was pregnant again and that her and Art accepted God as their just before the accident.
Thank you. Lawanna's step-granddaughter
The picture is of Lawanna and their little girl Leotta Mae Wolf.
According to the obituary, Lawanna is survived by her father, step mother, one brother and one sister, all of Denver, Colorado.
This is the obituary:
October 24, 1949
THREE KILLED IN BREWSTER ACCIDENT
Car Driven In Front Of Fast Freight
Arthur A. Wolfe, 56, his wife, Lawanna Vivien, 19, and their daughter, Arletta (which this name is wrong, her name is Leota Mae) who would have been two years old in December were killed instantly Friday evening at 6:24 o'clock, central time, at a railroad crossing in Brewster when a car in which they were riding was struck by an eastbound diesel powered Rock Island freight train.
The car was carried some 250 feet under one of the cars of the train, the wheels of which had not gone over the vehicle, but had rolled it to the place where it was found almost in front of the railroad depot. The three bodies were found inside the car. Sight of one driving south on the highway at the point where the accident happened is obscured by an elevator, and there are no warning signals at the crossing. Railroad employees at a speed of 42 miles per hour when it reached the crossing, and had given the usual whistle signal for the crossing.
Eye witnesses who had stopped their automobile south of the crossing to allow the train to pass, say the Wolfe car was traveling at a speed of from 15 to 20 miles an hour and they thought the driver intended to stop, but he drove straight ahead onto the crossing, evidently not hearing the train or seeing the headlights.
The Wolfe home had been on a farm northeast of Brewster. Funeral services for the three victims of the mishap were held from the Methodist church in Brewster, Sunday afternoon conducted by clergymen Fortner, Ruffner and Gillam, with internment in the Brewster cemetery.
If anyone sees this, that knows of Lawanna Jones's family that married Art Wolf, please contact me. We would like to know more about her and her family. Art Wolfe was my grandfather and we would love to know more about our step-grandmother and Aunt. There was a lady at Brewster that told one of my sisters that Lawanna was pregnant again and that her and Art accepted God as their just before the accident.
Thank you. Lawanna's step-granddaughter
Lawanna Jones, from the Denver area, married Arthur August "Art" Wolf, when she was around 16-17 years old. Arthur "Art" was a brother to Orpha Elliott of Englewood, Colorado.
The picture is of Lawanna and their little girl Leotta Mae Wolf.
According to the obituary, Lawanna is survived by her father, step mother, one brother and one sister, all of Denver, Colorado.
This is the obituary:
October 24, 1949
THREE KILLED IN BREWSTER ACCIDENT
Car Driven In Front Of Fast Freight
Arthur A. Wolfe, 56, his wife, Lawanna Vivien, 19, and their daughter, Arletta (which this name is wrong, her name is Leota Mae) who would have been two years old in December were killed instantly Friday evening at 6:24 o'clock, central time, at a railroad crossing in Brewster when a car in which they were riding was struck by an eastbound diesel powered Rock Island freight train.
The car was carried some 250 feet under one of the cars of the train, the wheels of which had not gone over the vehicle, but had rolled it to the place where it was found almost in front of the railroad depot. The three bodies were found inside the car. Sight of one driving south on the highway at the point where the accident happened is obscured by an elevator, and there are no warning signals at the crossing. Railroad employees at a speed of 42 miles per hour when it reached the crossing, and had given the usual whistle signal for the crossing.
Eye witnesses who had stopped their automobile south of the crossing to allow the train to pass, say the Wolfe car was traveling at a speed of from 15 to 20 miles an hour and they thought the driver intended to stop, but he drove straight ahead onto the crossing, evidently not hearing the train or seeing the headlights.
The Wolfe home had been on a farm northeast of Brewster. Funeral services for the three victims of the mishap were held from the Methodist church in Brewster, Sunday afternoon conducted by clergymen Fortner, Ruffner and Gillam, with internment in the Brewster cemetery.
If anyone sees this, that knows of Lawanna Jones's family that married Art Wolf, please contact me. We would like to know more about her and her family. Art Wolfe was my grandfather and we would love to know more about our step-grandmother and Aunt. There was a lady at Brewster that told one of my sisters that Lawanna was pregnant again and that her and Art accepted God as their just before the accident.
Thank you. Lawanna's step-granddaughter
The picture is of Lawanna and their little girl Leotta Mae Wolf.
According to the obituary, Lawanna is survived by her father, step mother, one brother and one sister, all of Denver, Colorado.
This is the obituary:
October 24, 1949
THREE KILLED IN BREWSTER ACCIDENT
Car Driven In Front Of Fast Freight
Arthur A. Wolfe, 56, his wife, Lawanna Vivien, 19, and their daughter, Arletta (which this name is wrong, her name is Leota Mae) who would have been two years old in December were killed instantly Friday evening at 6:24 o'clock, central time, at a railroad crossing in Brewster when a car in which they were riding was struck by an eastbound diesel powered Rock Island freight train.
The car was carried some 250 feet under one of the cars of the train, the wheels of which had not gone over the vehicle, but had rolled it to the place where it was found almost in front of the railroad depot. The three bodies were found inside the car. Sight of one driving south on the highway at the point where the accident happened is obscured by an elevator, and there are no warning signals at the crossing. Railroad employees at a speed of 42 miles per hour when it reached the crossing, and had given the usual whistle signal for the crossing.
Eye witnesses who had stopped their automobile south of the crossing to allow the train to pass, say the Wolfe car was traveling at a speed of from 15 to 20 miles an hour and they thought the driver intended to stop, but he drove straight ahead onto the crossing, evidently not hearing the train or seeing the headlights.
The Wolfe home had been on a farm northeast of Brewster. Funeral services for the three victims of the mishap were held from the Methodist church in Brewster, Sunday afternoon conducted by clergymen Fortner, Ruffner and Gillam, with internment in the Brewster cemetery.
If anyone sees this, that knows of Lawanna Jones's family that married Art Wolf, please contact me. We would like to know more about her and her family. Art Wolfe was my grandfather and we would love to know more about our step-grandmother and Aunt. There was a lady at Brewster that told one of my sisters that Lawanna was pregnant again and that her and Art accepted God as their just before the accident.
Thank you. Lawanna's step-granddaughter
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