Obit: Gunderson, Ida (25 Augl 1916)

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Surnames: Barkman, Barkman, Bernard, Bunch,  Fulton, Gunderson, Keith, Westhouse

----Sources: The day book, August 23, 1916, LAST EDITION, Chicago, IL; Newspaper Rockford Republic, The Wisconsin tobacco reporter., September 08, 1916; Ladysmith news-budget, September 01, 1916, City Edition; Dziennik Chicagoski, August 26, 1916

JOY RIDE May CAUSE DEATH

----Another "joy ride" ended disastrously when an auto crashed into an Irving Park street car at Sheridan road early this morning. In the car were three men and two women. The most seriously injured are: Ida Gunderson, Greenwood, Wis.,  who May die; Mabel Westhouse, 1734 Roscoe, and T. D. Bunch, U.S. mail service, 4432 N. Winchester av. R. M. Keith, 917 Elmwood av., Evanston, the owner of the auto, and G. W. Fulton, 818 Reba pl., escaped with slight bruises. At the police station Keith and Fulton first gave fictitious names. They explained this by saying Keith was married. The police say the man appeared to be intoxicated. August 23, 1916, LAST EDITION, Chicago, IL

----Miss Ida Gunderson living at Greenwood was one of seven persons injured in Chicago in a collision between a street car and an auto. Miss Gunderson was taken to a Chicago hospital, and her condition is serious. Ladysmith news-budget, September 01, 1916, City Edition
 

----At Lake View Hospital, she died yesterday Ida Gunderson from Greenwood, Wis., as a result of the Wednesday morning,) when she rode with several in the car that fell the electric tram on Sheridan Road and Irving Park boul. The driver of the car R. H. Keith from Evanston and three others frequent riders slightly up they have been cured. Miss Gunderson had a fractured skull and an internal damage. Keith, whose arrested, he says that driving in the car, will allow! Take to it passing two women and one man. He is in custody accused of drove a car while drunk of the system. Dziennik Chicagoski, August 26, 1916

----Ida Gunderson of Greenwood, Wis., injured when an automobile driven by R. H. Keith, Evanston, was struck by a street car at Sheridan road and Irving Park boulevard, died in the Lake view hospital at Chicago. The Wisconsin tobacco reporter., September 08, 1916

----Tram and Automobile in Collision--Chicago on August 23rd.--Seven people were injured, one of them seriously, during a Clash here today between one Tram and one Automobile. Miss Ida Gunderson, Greenwood, Wis., Was led directly to a Hospital and is in a critical Condition. Others who came to confess were R. H. Keith, Evanston, III., F. C. Barkman, Kansas City, G. A., Falcon, Evanston, III., C. F. Bernard, Sedalia, Mo., P. D. Bunch, and Miss Mabel Westhouse, Chicago.  Keith was arrested following a complaint from the tram driver who claimed that
he was drunk. Minneapolis tidende, August 31, 1916

Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL, ca1910
 

Irving Park Blvd & E. Kedzie, Chicago, IL

Lake View Hospital, Chicago, IL ca1910

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Obit: Gunderson, Ida (26 Augl 1916)

Gunderson, Ida (26 Augl 1916) female
Death occurred in Rockford, Illinois
Residence Place Greenwood, Wisconsin
Death Place Rockford, Illinois
Newspaper Rockford Republic