Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, September 21, 1911 DEO, the six-year-old son of IRA CROUCHE, of near LeRoy, was struck by an automobile driven by JOHN WESTFALL, of LeRoy, Sunday morning of last week and so badly injured that he died that afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Westfall had been out to his farm and was returning to LeRoy. As he came to the Crouche home he saw the children near the road and reached back in the car to get some apples to throw out to them. As he did so, his back being turned, the car veered a bit and DEO having run too close to the road was struck by one of the fenders of the car. A physician was hastily summoned and the lad given the best of attention but the injuries were such that his death occurred a few hours later. Mr. Westfall is grief stricken over the unfortunate accident as are the relatives and friends of the bereaved family The funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the home and interment followed at the Big Springs Cemetery. ---------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 14, 2009 [email protected]