Blaine, Rosannah Jane ‘Rosa’ (Hinshaw )Stark
wife of Jesse T and Joseph Newton
Burial Date: 1935, 12/12 Age: 66 Lot:493 I
| Birth: | Sep. 19, 1869 Indiana, USA |
| Death: | Dec. 8, 1935 Belpre Edwards County Kansas, USA |
 Hutchinson News, 12/9/1935: One Hutchinson Woman Victim Of the Crash Four persons, one a Hutchinson woman, were killed near Belpre at 4:55 o’clock yesterday afternoon when their car was struck by a fast Santa Fe mail train. Five other persons were injured in crashes in Hutchinson and vicinity last night and yesterday. Victims of the railroad accident were: Mrs. Rosannah Jane Blaine, 66, 515 Ave. B east, a Rice county pioneer. Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Asher, St. John, an elderly couple who operated a tourist camp. Mrs. Ella Smith of Larned, a twin sister of Mrs. Asher. All died Instantly. The four were killed instantly when their car was struck by westbound train No. 7 at the crossing about a mile east of Belpre. Bodies of Mr. Asher, who was driving, and Mrs. Blaine were found in the front seat of the demolished automobile. The sisters were thrown a considerable distance form the wreck. The locomotive was not damaged. Mr. and Mrs. Asher were pioneers of the region and Mr. Asher was an extensive landowner. Mrs. Blaine was a house guest of the Ashers and had gone with them to Mrs. Smith’s home at Larned to take her to the Asher home for a Sunday visit. They approached the crossing, which Santa Fe officials here said is an open one, from the north. Here Part of Time Mrs. Blaine was the daughter of the late Rev. W.L. Hinshaw, pioneer Sterling minister. Born in Indiana, she came to Kansas at the age of two. After the death of her first husband, J.N. Stark, she married Jess Blaine in 1910. Since Mr. Blaine’s death two years ago, she has been making her home in Los Angeles and with her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Stark Johnson, 515 Ave. B. east. Mrs. Blaine is survived by two other children, Mrs. Matilda E. Bluser, Los Angeles, and David L. Stark, Hot Springs, Ark.; two sisters, Mr. A.M. McKee and Mrs. C.A. Stone, Sterling; four brothers, J.H. Hinshaw, Hutchinson, D.J. Hinshaw, Yuma, Ariz., Dr. J. D. Hinshaw, Canon City, Col., and A.R. Hinshaw, Holliday; and six grandchildren.Hutchinson News, 12/10/1935: Mrs. Rosa BlaineFuneral services for Mrs. Rosa Blaine, who was killed Sunday in an accident near Belpre, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Methodist church at Sterling. Burial will be in the Sterling cemetery. Relatives who will be there for the services are: A daughter, Mrs. Don Bluser of Los Angeles, Calif.; a son, Lawrence Starks, Hot Springs, Ark., and two brothers, J.B. Hinshaw, Canon City, Colo., and A.R. Hinshaw, of Holliday. Family links: Children: *Calculated relationship Note: w/o Joseph Newton |
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| Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 493 I |
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| Maintained by: Theodore Blaine Originally Created by: Christina Stark Bontrage… Record added: Mar 23, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 25467061 |
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