Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Clarence Robert Ewurs, 1902-1941

Daily Iowegian - 11 February 1941
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Clarence Ewers Former Resident Here Car Victim
Son of Mrs. B. O. Buck, of Numa,
Dies in Dixon, Illinois, Hospital After Bridge Crash
  Word has been received here today of the tragic death of Clarence Robert Ewers, of Dixon, Illinois, former resident of Numa, who died at the Dixon hospital Monday as the result of auto accident injuries, which he received last Wednesday. Few details are known concerning the wreck here except that Ewer's car skidded and crashed into a bridge.
  In death Mr. Ewers leaves his wife, Dorothy, who was formerly Miss Dorthy Cline, of this city. He also leaves two children. Mr. Ewers was 38 years of age, and was the stepson of Mr. B. O. Buck and son of Mrs. Buck, of Numa.
  Besides his parents, wife and children, he leaves the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Anna Tharp, of Numa, Mrs. B. Hungate, of Centerville, Mrs. George Compton, of Dixon, Illinois, and brother, Paul, of Chicago.
  The body will arrive here at 6:00 o'clock Wednesday via the Rock Island and funeral services will be held at the Methodist church at Jerome Wednesday at 2:00 o'clock. Burial will be in the Jerome cemetery. They body will lie in state at the Johnson funeral home before removed to Numa for burial.
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Clarence Robert Ewurs was born 27 December 1902 in Iowa, son of Charles H. Ewurs (10 July 1876-22 May 1909 - buried in Jerome Cemetery) and Glendoris Irene Bailey (27 Sept 1879-23 June 1962; buried in Jerome Cemetery; and married second Benjamin Otto Buck), died 10 February 1941 in an automobile accident in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, and was buried in the Jerome Cemetery.  He married Dorothy Cline of Centerville, Iowa. 
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Census Records of Clarence Robert Ewurs
--1910 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Bellair, Appanoose, Iowa; Roll: T624_390; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 12; Image: 1041.  [Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA]
--1920 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Bellair, Appanoose, Iowa; Roll: T625_477; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 7.  [Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA] Listed as Clarence Buck.
--1925 Iowa State Census; Place: Numa, Appanoose, Iowa; Roll: IA1925_1593; Images: 26, 27 and 28.  [Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA]
--1930 U.S. Federal Census, Place: Dixon, Lee, Illinois; Roll: 523; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 119.0.  [Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA]

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