THE EVENING JOURNAL - WASHINGTON IOWA - MAY 15, 1926 Anna Elizabeth DENCKER STOCKMAN (posters great-Aunt) Late yesterday afternoon Mrs. W. I. STOCKMAN of West Chester community, 47 years of age and the mother of 13 children sucumbed to injuries recieved earlier in the day in a runaway accident north of West Chester. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternon in the Methodist church at West Chester and will be conducted by Rev. P. B. GRAY. Interment will be in the cemetery at Brighton, her former home. HARNESS BREAKS IS CAUSE Mrs. STOCKMAN in company with 2 of her younger children Mildred and Earl was on her way to West Chester to take part in a school picnic, when it is supposed that the harness on the horse she was driving broke, permitting one of the shafts to drop. The horse began kicking and ran, overturning the buggy and throwing Mrs. STOCKMAN to the hard ground with considerable force. She was hurried to the Washington County Hospital as speedily as possible, but she suffered from a very severe concussion of the brain and lived only about six hours. Neither of the children were hurt. DEATH BLOW TO FAMILY Her husband and children are overcome with grief over the tragic death of the wife and mother. The home life centered around her and the home is now vastly changed and saddened place. Mrs. STOCKMAN as number of years ago united with the Christian church at Brighton and for her home life and in her association with her neighbors exemplified the principles of her religon in a forceful way. She was a daughter of Henry and Lucretia (VLEREBOME) DENCKER. Anna DENCKER was born near Princeton, New Jersey April 1, 1879. She came with her parents to Washington Co. when about twelve years old. The DENCKER family was formerly well known residents of the Brighton Community. MARRIED IN 1897 She was married to Will F. STOCKMAN on Sept. 13, 1897 and they had lived in Washington Co. ever since, with the exception of a few years spent in Jefferson Co. and Henry Counties. For several years past they had lived on what is known as the Lon BRINDLEY farm, northeast of West Chester. She is survived by her father, who lives in Rock Island, by her husband and the following children, all of whom live in Washington Co. John, Samuel, William, Osie, Clark, Leo, Lee, Virgil, Dora, Ivan, Mildred, Earl, and Louis. Three sisters, Mrs. Sadie (Sarah) Simpson and Mrs. Grace Maitlen of Rock Island and Mrs. Emma Delp of Ohio and one brother Louis Dencker of Des Moines also survive. Later Obit from West Chester, Iowa The funeral of Mrs. William STOCKMAN was held here in the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. It was the largest attendance of any funeral that has been held here for several years. The funeral was preached by the Rev. COLEMAN of Keota, Iowa and the Rev. LINDENMAYER and Supt. of the Schools. This makes two sad accidents we have had here in the past few weeks and one can never tell what the next will be or when. It is as the Rev. GRAY said in the sermon, it is the best plan to be ready all the time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: A picture of Anna and her family is included in my family web site. Anna's maternal grandmother was Juith Ann STRYKER - from Long Island N.Y. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.rootsweb.com/~iascott/scott.htm List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L