Son of Elizabeth Anne Hather Anderson (b.~1857 IA, d. 1882-1893 CA)
------------------------------------------------
ROY W. ANDERSON SHOOTS SELF IN OMAHA SUNDAY
Wealthy Bridge Man, Whose Father Lives Here, Suicides; Business Worries Blamed
Roy W. Anderson, 48 years old and a son of W. A. Anderson, Ord, passed away Sunday in an Omaha hospital, having lived only a few hours after shooting himself through the head Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church here yesterday Rev. W. H. Wright had charge of the services and music was furnished by a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. Mark Tolen, Mrs. Joseph P. Barta, Dr. F.L. Blessing and R. J. Stoltz, with Mrs. Marion Cushing at the piano. Pall-bearers were Dr. George Gard, Frank Johnson, Joseph P. Barta, Arthur Mensing, Wm. Heuck and Marion Cushing.
Mr. Anderson was a graduate of the Ord schools and since 1905 had been in business at Red Oak, Ia., where he became the wealthy superintendent of the Red Oak Iron and Bridge Works and also owner of radio station KICK.
He had been married three times, the first two marriages ending in divorces. Just two months ago Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Cecilia Bender, a 21 year old Omaha girl.
Mrs. Anderson said her husband awoke Sunday morning and started for the office of an Omaha bridge construction company which he represented at Red Oak, Ia. Apparently he was in the best of health and spirits the previous evening, she said. The janitor of the apartment house in which Mr. and Mrs. Anderson made their residence saw him enter the garage and about an hour later, hearing someone groaning in the garage, entered and found Mr. Anderson dying with a revolver wound in his head, apparently caused by his own hand. He was taken to a hospital and died soon afterward.
A note left by Mr. Anderson gave no reason for his act, though it stated that he intended to commit suicide. “He had been working too hard and that might have been the reason,” Mrs. Anderson told police. Business worries are generally credited as being the cause of Mr. Anderson taking his own life.
Accounts in the state papers say that Mr. Anderson's life was insured for $85,000 and that the various policies were not invalidated by suicide. Only one man in Red Oak, Ia., carried more insurance than Anderson.
A bright student while in school here and a hard worker after he entered business, Mr. Anderson was credited with having made a great success in the business world. He has visited here several times in recent years, making the trips in an aeroplane supplied him by his company. Besides his father and stepmother, he leaves one sister, Mrs. Jason L. Abernethy, of Ord. The home of Mr. Anderson's first wife and the two daughters born to them is in Des Moines. His second wife and his widow live in Omaha.
The Ord Quiz - Thur, Jan 21 1932, Pg 1, Col 1
------------------------------------------------
ROY W. ANDERSON SHOOTS SELF IN OMAHA SUNDAY
Wealthy Bridge Man, Whose Father Lives Here, Suicides; Business Worries Blamed
Roy W. Anderson, 48 years old and a son of W. A. Anderson, Ord, passed away Sunday in an Omaha hospital, having lived only a few hours after shooting himself through the head Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church here yesterday Rev. W. H. Wright had charge of the services and music was furnished by a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. Mark Tolen, Mrs. Joseph P. Barta, Dr. F.L. Blessing and R. J. Stoltz, with Mrs. Marion Cushing at the piano. Pall-bearers were Dr. George Gard, Frank Johnson, Joseph P. Barta, Arthur Mensing, Wm. Heuck and Marion Cushing.
Mr. Anderson was a graduate of the Ord schools and since 1905 had been in business at Red Oak, Ia., where he became the wealthy superintendent of the Red Oak Iron and Bridge Works and also owner of radio station KICK.
He had been married three times, the first two marriages ending in divorces. Just two months ago Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Cecilia Bender, a 21 year old Omaha girl.
Mrs. Anderson said her husband awoke Sunday morning and started for the office of an Omaha bridge construction company which he represented at Red Oak, Ia. Apparently he was in the best of health and spirits the previous evening, she said. The janitor of the apartment house in which Mr. and Mrs. Anderson made their residence saw him enter the garage and about an hour later, hearing someone groaning in the garage, entered and found Mr. Anderson dying with a revolver wound in his head, apparently caused by his own hand. He was taken to a hospital and died soon afterward.
A note left by Mr. Anderson gave no reason for his act, though it stated that he intended to commit suicide. “He had been working too hard and that might have been the reason,” Mrs. Anderson told police. Business worries are generally credited as being the cause of Mr. Anderson taking his own life.
Accounts in the state papers say that Mr. Anderson's life was insured for $85,000 and that the various policies were not invalidated by suicide. Only one man in Red Oak, Ia., carried more insurance than Anderson.
A bright student while in school here and a hard worker after he entered business, Mr. Anderson was credited with having made a great success in the business world. He has visited here several times in recent years, making the trips in an aeroplane supplied him by his company. Besides his father and stepmother, he leaves one sister, Mrs. Jason L. Abernethy, of Ord. The home of Mr. Anderson's first wife and the two daughters born to them is in Des Moines. His second wife and his widow live in Omaha.
The Ord Quiz - Thur, Jan 21 1932, Pg 1, Col 1
Son of Elizabeth Anne Hather Anderson (b.~1857 IA, d. 1882-1893 CA)
------------------------------------------------
ROY W. ANDERSON SHOOTS SELF IN OMAHA SUNDAY
Wealthy Bridge Man, Whose Father Lives Here, Suicides; Business Worries Blamed
Roy W. Anderson, 48 years old and a son of W. A. Anderson, Ord, passed away Sunday in an Omaha hospital, having lived only a few hours after shooting himself through the head Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church here yesterday Rev. W. H. Wright had charge of the services and music was furnished by a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. Mark Tolen, Mrs. Joseph P. Barta, Dr. F.L. Blessing and R. J. Stoltz, with Mrs. Marion Cushing at the piano. Pall-bearers were Dr. George Gard, Frank Johnson, Joseph P. Barta, Arthur Mensing, Wm. Heuck and Marion Cushing.
Mr. Anderson was a graduate of the Ord schools and since 1905 had been in business at Red Oak, Ia., where he became the wealthy superintendent of the Red Oak Iron and Bridge Works and also owner of radio station KICK.
He had been married three times, the first two marriages ending in divorces. Just two months ago Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Cecilia Bender, a 21 year old Omaha girl.
Mrs. Anderson said her husband awoke Sunday morning and started for the office of an Omaha bridge construction company which he represented at Red Oak, Ia. Apparently he was in the best of health and spirits the previous evening, she said. The janitor of the apartment house in which Mr. and Mrs. Anderson made their residence saw him enter the garage and about an hour later, hearing someone groaning in the garage, entered and found Mr. Anderson dying with a revolver wound in his head, apparently caused by his own hand. He was taken to a hospital and died soon afterward.
A note left by Mr. Anderson gave no reason for his act, though it stated that he intended to commit suicide. “He had been working too hard and that might have been the reason,” Mrs. Anderson told police. Business worries are generally credited as being the cause of Mr. Anderson taking his own life.
Accounts in the state papers say that Mr. Anderson's life was insured for $85,000 and that the various policies were not invalidated by suicide. Only one man in Red Oak, Ia., carried more insurance than Anderson.
A bright student while in school here and a hard worker after he entered business, Mr. Anderson was credited with having made a great success in the business world. He has visited here several times in recent years, making the trips in an aeroplane supplied him by his company. Besides his father and stepmother, he leaves one sister, Mrs. Jason L. Abernethy, of Ord. The home of Mr. Anderson's first wife and the two daughters born to them is in Des Moines. His second wife and his widow live in Omaha.
The Ord Quiz - Thur, Jan 21 1932, Pg 1, Col 1
------------------------------------------------
ROY W. ANDERSON SHOOTS SELF IN OMAHA SUNDAY
Wealthy Bridge Man, Whose Father Lives Here, Suicides; Business Worries Blamed
Roy W. Anderson, 48 years old and a son of W. A. Anderson, Ord, passed away Sunday in an Omaha hospital, having lived only a few hours after shooting himself through the head Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church here yesterday Rev. W. H. Wright had charge of the services and music was furnished by a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. Mark Tolen, Mrs. Joseph P. Barta, Dr. F.L. Blessing and R. J. Stoltz, with Mrs. Marion Cushing at the piano. Pall-bearers were Dr. George Gard, Frank Johnson, Joseph P. Barta, Arthur Mensing, Wm. Heuck and Marion Cushing.
Mr. Anderson was a graduate of the Ord schools and since 1905 had been in business at Red Oak, Ia., where he became the wealthy superintendent of the Red Oak Iron and Bridge Works and also owner of radio station KICK.
He had been married three times, the first two marriages ending in divorces. Just two months ago Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Cecilia Bender, a 21 year old Omaha girl.
Mrs. Anderson said her husband awoke Sunday morning and started for the office of an Omaha bridge construction company which he represented at Red Oak, Ia. Apparently he was in the best of health and spirits the previous evening, she said. The janitor of the apartment house in which Mr. and Mrs. Anderson made their residence saw him enter the garage and about an hour later, hearing someone groaning in the garage, entered and found Mr. Anderson dying with a revolver wound in his head, apparently caused by his own hand. He was taken to a hospital and died soon afterward.
A note left by Mr. Anderson gave no reason for his act, though it stated that he intended to commit suicide. “He had been working too hard and that might have been the reason,” Mrs. Anderson told police. Business worries are generally credited as being the cause of Mr. Anderson taking his own life.
Accounts in the state papers say that Mr. Anderson's life was insured for $85,000 and that the various policies were not invalidated by suicide. Only one man in Red Oak, Ia., carried more insurance than Anderson.
A bright student while in school here and a hard worker after he entered business, Mr. Anderson was credited with having made a great success in the business world. He has visited here several times in recent years, making the trips in an aeroplane supplied him by his company. Besides his father and stepmother, he leaves one sister, Mrs. Jason L. Abernethy, of Ord. The home of Mr. Anderson's first wife and the two daughters born to them is in Des Moines. His second wife and his widow live in Omaha.
The Ord Quiz - Thur, Jan 21 1932, Pg 1, Col 1
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
