Halvorsen, Joyce Ruth 1926-1943

HALVORSEN, ABRAHAMSON

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Date: 9/17/2024 at 15:49:24

Note: Her mother's maiden name was Abrahamson.

FORMER AKRON GIRL KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENT FRIDAY

Miss Joyce Halvorsen and Employer On Trip Latter Also Dies Later

A former Akron girl, Miss Joyce Halvorsen, who was born and grew to young womanhood in this vicinity, met a tragic death in an auto accident on the paved highway about fifteen miles west of here, in Union county, S. D., last Friday morning.

Miss Halvorsen attended the Akron public schools before going to Beresford, S. D., to work in a café. A Sioux City daily gave the following amount of the accident;

One person was killed and another seriously injured at 4:30 a. m. Friday when their car left the road on a curve 12 miles north of Elk Point at the junction of Highways 56 and 77.

Miss Joyce Halvorsen, 19, Beresford, S. D., was instantly killed. Lyman H Triggs, 48, also of Beresford, suffered a minor back fracture and fractures of both legs. His condition was reported “very serious”. Friday night by an attending physician at St. Joseph’s hospital, to which he was brought by the Anderson funeral home ambulance from Elk Point.

The car was traveling south on Highway 77 and rolled about 200 feet after leaving the highway. It was demolished. The body of Miss Halvorson was taken to the Anderson funeral home in Elk Point. Highway Patrolman Scott and Deputy Sheriff Swen Bjork of Union county investigated.

Miss Halvorsen was employed as a waitress in a café operated by Triggs in Beresford.

Mr. Triggs died the following day in the Sioux City hospital and the remains were taken to Beresford for the funeral and burial.

Funeral services for Miss Joyce Halvorsen were held in Immanuel Lutheran church in Akron on Monday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. G. Svenson. Interment was in Riverside cemetery.

Besides her parents, Miss Halvorsen is survived by two sisters and one brother. They have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement.
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Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, November 4, 1943
Akron, Iowa

Joyce Ruth Halvorsen

Joyce Ruth Halvorsen was born in Union county on May 31, 1926 the family moving to Akron, Iowa while she was very young. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended Sunday school.

She graduated from the schools of Akron and later came to Beresford, where she was employed at the Green Globe café. She made her home here with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Claussen.

During her short residence in this community she had made many friends.

Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Halvorsen two sisters, Mrs. Fred Ludwig (Gloria); and Donna Rae; a brother Duane; and a host of relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Elk Point and Akron with burial at this latter place.

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Beresford Republic
Thursday, November 4, 1943
Beresford, SD

CAUSED GIRL’S DEATH CAR DRIVER’S NEGLIGENCE

The death of Miss Joyce Halvorsen, 18, of Beresford, formerly of Akron, was caused by “gross negligence” on the part of Lyman H. Triggs, a Union county coroner’s jury of three men decided at a recent coroner’s inquest at Elk Point. Coroner Linden Anderson announced last week.

Mr. Triggs, owner of Beresford café in which Miss Halvorsen was employed, died several days after the accident in a Sioux City hospital. Miss Halvorsen was killed instantly when the car in which she was riding with Mr. Triggs missed a corner at the junction of Highways 77 and 50, about twelve miles west of here, and then rolled about 175 feet. The accident happened early Friday morning, October 29.

Union County Sheriff Ed Ekren at the time of the accident said that a contributory factor causing the accident was excessive speed.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, November 11, 1943
Akron, Iowa