Foth, Jacob W. (H.) (1903-1950)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1950 Feb 2 p. 1

Birth date: 1903 Sep 30

text of obituary:

Parents and One Child Lose Lives In Auto Crash

JACOB FOTH FAMILY IN TRAGIC ACCIDENT NEAR HENDERSON, NEB.

Henderson, Neb. — A highway accident four miles west of here shortly after noon Sunday proved fatal to three members of a Henderson family, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob W. Foth and their youngest child, a daughter. The father had been an Instructor at the local high school for a number of years.

The three older children in the family were seriously injured but are reported to be recovering in the hospital at Aurora. The lone occupant of the other car was also hospitalized.

According to reports of the accident here, the two cars came together with terrific force at an intersection and Mr. Foth was killed instantly. Mrs. Foth died on the way to the Aurora hospital, and the youngest child passed away sometime later.

Mr. Foth is a native of Hillsboro, Kans., and Mrs. Foth, a registered nurse, was reared at Lehigh, Kansas. They had lived at Henderson for a number of years.

Relatives in Kansas received word that funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Foth and child are to be held at the Lehigh high school on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 2.

Mrs. Foth was the former Mary Plett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Plett of Lehigh. Mr. Foth’s mother and brother reside on a farm southwest of Hillsboro.

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