Tom Helscher's
wife
Sylvia (Zieler) Helscher
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Sylvia Helscher was born Dec. 31, 189 at Victor, KS. to George M. Ziegler and Clara Ellen (Van Amburd) Ziegler. Sylvia had 8 brothers and sisters --Edith (Hall), Dora (Moote), Sophronia (Veverka, Delbert, Leon, Oliver, Otto and Harold --all of whom survived her. When she was a small child, her parents moved the family to a farm south of Natoma, KS.
When the 1910 census of Natoma City was taken, Sylvia was working as a servant for Harry and Bertha Viles. A few months later, Nov. 18, 1920, Sylvia married a farmer named Thomas A. Helscher, with whom she had a son named Bryan and a daughter named Charlotte who married Loyall Newton. Thomas died in 1934 and on Jan. 25, 1947, she married Perry Bray. She and Perry lived on a farm northwest of Zurich until 1959, when they moved to Stockton. Perry survived Sylvia who died on July 20, 1961, in Russell, KS and was buried in Mt. Hermon Cemetery in Paradise, KS.
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From the Paradise Farmer Jan. 27, 1930:
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This paper failed to mention last week, a serious and rather unusual automobile accident which occurred at the railroad crossing at Paradise just about dusk the even of Jan. 14.
N.W. Wilcox driving a Whippet sedan in which were also Mrs. Tom Helscher and Mrs. Edith Wickham was driving south through town, the party being on their way to a theatre program at Russell. A freight train was standing across the road, but an oil car, painted white, which stood directly ahead, blended so nicely with the snow, which covered the ground, that the driver failed to see the car until too late to stop his auto. In the crash which followed, Mrs. Helscher escaped with a few scratches above the face, but Mrs. Wickham was more severly bruised. She was injured and there were internal injuries which have kept her confined to her bed most of the time since. She was able to be up for the first time Jan. 24. It is not believed the injuries will be permanent.
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This paper failed to mention last week, a serious and rather unusual automobile accident which occurred at the railroad crossing at Paradise just about dusk the even of Jan. 14.
N.W. Wilcox driving a Whippet sedan in which were also Mrs. Tom Helscher and Mrs. Edith Wickham was driving south through town, the party being on their way to a theatre program at Russell. A freight train was standing across the road, but an oil car, painted white, which stood directly ahead, blended so nicely with the snow, which covered the ground, that the driver failed to see the car until too late to stop his auto. In the crash which followed, Mrs. Helscher escaped with a few scratches above the face, but Mrs. Wickham was more severly bruised. She was injured and there were internal injuries which have kept her confined to her bed most of the time since. She was able to be up for the first time Jan. 24. It is not believed the injuries will be permanent.
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