Obituary

  When word was received last Monday of the death of Mrs. Jay Conaway, the news was received with sorrow, but it was not until the body was brought to Corning Thursday that many friends here learned of the distressing details of the death of their one time friend and neighbor. Mrs. Conaway left Anamosa Wednesday in company with Mr. and Mrs. H. Yetsley, of Mt. Vernon, enroute on a trip to Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, where they expected to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frielie Conaway and become acquainted with the new grandson in the Frielie Conaway home. They spent Wednesday night in Chicago and just a mile this side of the Ohio state line the accident occurred which resulted in Mrs. Conaway's death. A car in front of the Yetsley car stopped to avoid killing a chicken, and the Yetsley car could not go around because of a car coming from the east, but were able stop clear of the car ahead. However, a large Buick car coming behind them was coming too fast to stop and crashed into the Yetsley car crumpling it between the two cars. Mrs. Conaway's death was caused by a wound in the back of her head, and externally she was not otherwise seriously injured. Mr. and Mrs. Yetsley were not seriously injured. Two members of the party in the rear car were injured, but not seriously, and all were taken to the hospital in Van Wert, Ohio. An operation was performed in the hope of saving Mrs. Conaway's life but she never regained consciousness from the time the cars struck, and her death followed on Monday after the accident on Thursday. Frielie reached his mother's bedside on Friday and Mr. Conaway and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Beck arrived in Van Wert at 3:00 a.m., on Saturday. Short services were held at the home in Anamosa on Wednesday and on Thursday the body was brought to Corning to the Hilliard Funeral Home and services were held at the Christian Church, conducted by Rev. L. W. Verts. Interment was made in Walnut Grove cemetery.
  Frances Lucinda Wright was born June 13, 1864, in Hocking county, Ohio, to Pressley Orren and Lucinda Wright. Moving with her parents she lived for a time in Illinois, and finally settled in Union county, Iowa, where she was reared to womanhood. She was first united in marriage to George W. Hubbell, to which was born one daughter, Mrs. Glenn Shewman, of Corning, Ia. On April 8, 1900, she was united in marriage to Jay A. Conaway, and to them were born four children: Rev. Frielie E. Conaway, of Boothwyn, Pa.; Lloyd E. Conaway, of El Segundo, California; Mrs. Ivan Beck, of Anamosa, Iowa; and Dr. Roy B. Conaway, of Millersburg, Iowa.
  She early confessed her faith in the Saviour and united with the Church of Christ, in whose fellowship she was always interested and active. Her religion was really lived in services of love and acts of kindness to her family and friends. Her interest was also great in the work of the women's Auxiliary of the Spanish-American War Veterans' of which she was a loyal member. In the fall of 1932 she and her husband moved from Corning, the family home, to Anamosa, where she soon became endeared to a large circle of friends.
  She departed this life on Monday, September 4, 1933, at the age of 69 years, 2 months and 21 days in the County Hospital, at Van Wert Ohio. Death being the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident while she was enroute to visit her son in the east.
  Besides her husband and five children, she is survived by seven grand sons and three grand daughters. Three sisters also survive her, Mrs. George Spurrier, of Mt. Etna, Ia.; Mrs. James Barr, of Carbon, Ia. and Mrs. Oscar Heizer, of New York.
  Those from out of the county who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barr and daughter, of Worthington, Minn.; Irvin Barr, of Centerville, Iowa; Harvey Wright, from Kent, Iowa; Ben Conaway and the Misses Crosby's, from Omaha; Earl Reclinbach and Merlin Moats, from Bridgewater; Vera Schultz, from Millersburg, Iowa; also all members of the immediate family except Lloyd, of El Segundo, California, who was unable to come.
(Adams County Free Press, Thursday, September 14, 1933)

Note: Van Wert, Ohio is in Van Wert County.