Meyer, Andrew G. (1911-1926)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1926 Mar 31 p. 8

Birth date: 1911

text of obituary:

PONY FALLS, CAUSING DEATH OF SCHOOL BOY

Andrew G. Meyer, fifteen-year-old son of George H. Meyer, residing about eight miles east of Sedgwick, died this morning of injuries sustained when a pony he was riding fell on him.

Andrew is a school boy and when school was dismissed Friday afternoon, about 3:30 the teacher asked him and another lad if they would take her pay check to one of the members of the school board so that he could sign the voucher to make it negotiable. The boys walked about two miles to the Meyer home, where the school board member was at work. After getting the pay check signed, Andrew caught his poney [sic] and the two lads mounted the animal and started back to the schoolhouse. On the way, a cow suddenly ran into the road ahead of the pony, causing him to jump and stumble. The animal fell, alighting on top of the Meyers boy rendering him unconscious, from which condition he never recovered. The other lad was partially stunned by the fall but was not badly hurt and summoned aid. The injured boy was carried to the home of a neighbor and physicians from Sedgwick and Newton immediately summoned, but he could not be aroused, and he died Saturday morning.

— Evening Kansan