Anna Wallace
Aug. 7, 1892-May 4, 1936
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 5, 1936, page 1, col. 1, Continue page 2, col. 1 microfilm Niles District Library
Niles Woman Killed in Traffic Crash on US-31
MRS. ANNA WALLACE IS TRAFFIC MISHAP VICTIM MONDAY P.M.
Two St. Mary's College Girls
in Other Car Both Hurt;
Both Cars Smashed
Mrs. Anna Wallace, 43, Plym road, a resident of Niles for four years, succumbed at 5:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pawating hospital to injuries sustained an hour earlier when the car she was driving collided with another at the intersection of US-31 and the Bertrand road, two miles south of the Niles city limits.
Willard Schroeder, Sr., Bertrand, accompanying Mrs. Wallace at the time of the crash, is recovering at Pawating hospital. He was cut and bruised about the face, and his condition was said today to be not serious.
Mrs. Jane Flavan, 1809 Portage street, South Bend, driver of the second car involved in the accident, and Miss Helen Newman, 8437 Wayne street, Chicago, are receiving treatment at St. Joseph hospital, South Bend. Both are students at St. Mary's college near South Bend.
Miss Newman, who sustained a fractured left leg and scalp lacerations, was said to be in “fair condition” this morning. Mrs. Flaven, whose condition was reported as good, suffered from cuts, bruises and scalp lacerations.
On Way to Niles
Mrs. Wallace, wife of Charles Wallace, a gardener, had spent the day at Bertrand and was returning home when the cars collided.
Hobart and Fred Ivans, listed as witnesses on the report obtained by Deputy Sheriff Claude Huff, told officers the car used by Mrs. Wallace and Mr. Schroeder was being turned north from the west side of the pavement when it was struck by the machine driven southward by Miss Flaven. Henry Rosenfelt, South Bend, was listed on the report as owner of the latter car.
Both cars were overturned by the impact and both Mrs. Wallace and Miss Newman were thrown to the road. Nearby motorists rushed the girls to South Bend, and Mrs. Wallace and Mr. Schroeder were brought here.
Dies In Pawating
Despite the severity of her injuries, Mrs. Wallace retained consciousness until after her arrival at the hospital. Attending physicians deported[sic] her jaw was fractured in “six or seven places.”
Mrs. Wallace, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Myer, Oberlin, O., was born Aug. 7, 1892, at Lorain, O. She was married April 5, 1912, at Crown Point, Ind., and moved here four years ago from Gary.
Survivors include the husband, Frank Wallace; a daughter, Marietta, a senior in high school here, and four sisters, and two brothers, Mrs. M. Landas, Barberton, O., Mrs. E.L. Martin, Chicago, and Joseph Myer, Mrs. C.C. Johnson, Mrs. C.L. Johnson and Frank Myer, Lorain, O.
The body is at the Rutherford funeral home, where the funeral will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon by the Rev. T.O Lee of the Methodist church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.