Andres, Mary M. (1899-1940)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1940 Dec 11 p. 1

Birth date: 1899

text of obituary:

Two Women Killed In Auto Accident At Roswell, N. Mex.

ACCIDENT TAKES LIFE OF MARY ANDRES AND MARIE BOESE; TWO OTHERS INJURED

Relatives and friends here and at Goessel were shocked by the tragic news that came Tuesday noon stating that Mary Andres and Marie Boese were killed in an automobile accident near Roswell, New Mexico, early that morning. The two others in the car, Augusta Unruh and Katie Andres, sister of Mary, were seriously injured. Miss Unruh suffered a fracture of the frontal base of the skull and according to late reports today is in a critical condition.

The four women left in the car of Mary Andres Monday morning for a vacation in Mew [sic New] Mexico and California. Having spent Monday night somewhere in or near Clovis, New Mexico, they continued their trip early Tuesday morning with the intention of spending the day at Carlsbad Caverns.

At Roswell they crashed into the rear of a truck with semi-trailer just before dawn, — at about five o'clock A.M. The truck had broken down Monday in the traffic lane on the main highway, where it was left until Tuesday. Evidently the truck was not seen soon enough in the light of the Andres car to avoid the crash.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1 Jan 1941 p. 5