Published by the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Tuesday, August 21, 1973
Four Fulton county persons returning home from work at the Bendix corporation in South Bend were killed in a five-fatality, two-car, headon collision early this morning on U.S. 31, near Lakeville. The victims were George WEIDNER Jr., 49, R.R. 5, Rochester; Miss Vivian WENTZEL, 50, R.R. 1, Kewanna; Alfred LIMING, 51, Rochester; Arthur [SHIDLER], 33, Rochester, and John W. DEMPSEY, 72, South Bend. Boyd [SHIDLER], 36, Akron is in critical condition in the intensive care unit of South Bend Memorial hospital. The St. Joseph county sheriff's department stated the accident occurred at 12:25 o'clock about eight miles south of South Bend and 36 miles north of Rochester. The car with the Fulton county residents was going south. Witnesses told officers that the Dempsey auto was going north in the southbound lane of the dual-lane highway and had narrowly missed several north bound vehicles before crashing into the Fulton county car, which was driven by Liming. The Liming auto left 86 feet of skid marks. All five persons apparently were killed instantly, police said.......
Published by the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Wednesday, August 22, 1973
Final rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good funeral home for Alfred Laverne LIMING, 51, R.R. 3, Rochester, who was killed early Tuesday morning in a five-fatality, two-car collision on U.S. 31 near Lakeville. The Rev. Raymond SKELTON will officiate. Burial will be in the Citizens cemetery here. The American Legion Post 36 and he VFW will conduct graveside services. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Thursday where the F&AM lodge 79 will conduct memorial services at 6 p.m. Mr. Liming was born July 21, 1922, in Star City to Leo and Emma CRAGER LIMING. His marriage was July 21, 1946, to Georgia THOMPSON, who survives. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Masonic lodge in Logansport and the Disabled Veterans organization, also Logansport. Surviving with his wife are his mother, Mrs. Russell COLE, Delphi; one step-daughter, Mrs. Nancy HOFFMAN, Rochester, and one step-son, Earl BECK, Rochester; four step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren, and one brother, Harold LIMING, Logansport.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1973 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Four Fulton county persons returning home from work at the Bendix corporation in South Bend were killed in a five-fatality, two-car, headon collision early this morning on U.S. 31, near Lakeville. The victims were George WEIDNER Jr., 49, R.R. 5, Rochester; Miss Vivian WENTZEL, 50, R.R. 1, Kewanna; Alfred LIMING, 51, Rochester; Arthur [SHIDLER], 33, Rochester, and John W. DEMPSEY, 72, South Bend. Boyd [SHIDLER], 36, Akron is in critical condition in the intensive care unit of South Bend Memorial hospital. The St. Joseph county sheriff's department stated the accident occurred at 12:25 o'clock about eight miles south of South Bend and 36 miles north of Rochester. The car with the Fulton county residents was going south. Witnesses told officers that the Dempsey auto was going north in the southbound lane of the dual-lane highway and had narrowly missed several north bound vehicles before crashing into the Fulton county car, which was driven by Liming. The Liming auto left 86 feet of skid marks. All five persons apparently were killed instantly, police said.......
Published by the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Wednesday, August 22, 1973
Final rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good funeral home for Alfred Laverne LIMING, 51, R.R. 3, Rochester, who was killed early Tuesday morning in a five-fatality, two-car collision on U.S. 31 near Lakeville. The Rev. Raymond SKELTON will officiate. Burial will be in the Citizens cemetery here. The American Legion Post 36 and he VFW will conduct graveside services. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Thursday where the F&AM lodge 79 will conduct memorial services at 6 p.m. Mr. Liming was born July 21, 1922, in Star City to Leo and Emma CRAGER LIMING. His marriage was July 21, 1946, to Georgia THOMPSON, who survives. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Masonic lodge in Logansport and the Disabled Veterans organization, also Logansport. Surviving with his wife are his mother, Mrs. Russell COLE, Delphi; one step-daughter, Mrs. Nancy HOFFMAN, Rochester, and one step-son, Earl BECK, Rochester; four step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren, and one brother, Harold LIMING, Logansport.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1973 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published by the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Tuesday, August 21, 1973
Four Fulton county persons returning home from work at the Bendix corporation in South Bend were killed in a five-fatality, two-car, headon collision early this morning on U.S. 31, near Lakeville. The victims were George WEIDNER Jr., 49, R.R. 5, Rochester; Miss Vivian WENTZEL, 50, R.R. 1, Kewanna; Alfred LIMING, 51, Rochester; Arthur [SHIDLER], 33, Rochester, and John W. DEMPSEY, 72, South Bend. Boyd [SHIDLER], 36, Akron is in critical condition in the intensive care unit of South Bend Memorial hospital. The St. Joseph county sheriff's department stated the accident occurred at 12:25 o'clock about eight miles south of South Bend and 36 miles north of Rochester. The car with the Fulton county residents was going south. Witnesses told officers that the Dempsey auto was going north in the southbound lane of the dual-lane highway and had narrowly missed several north bound vehicles before crashing into the Fulton county car, which was driven by Liming. The Liming auto left 86 feet of skid marks. All five persons apparently were killed instantly, police said.......
Published by the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Wednesday, August 22, 1973
Final rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good funeral home for Alfred Laverne LIMING, 51, R.R. 3, Rochester, who was killed early Tuesday morning in a five-fatality, two-car collision on U.S. 31 near Lakeville. The Rev. Raymond SKELTON will officiate. Burial will be in the Citizens cemetery here. The American Legion Post 36 and he VFW will conduct graveside services. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Thursday where the F&AM lodge 79 will conduct memorial services at 6 p.m. Mr. Liming was born July 21, 1922, in Star City to Leo and Emma CRAGER LIMING. His marriage was July 21, 1946, to Georgia THOMPSON, who survives. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Masonic lodge in Logansport and the Disabled Veterans organization, also Logansport. Surviving with his wife are his mother, Mrs. Russell COLE, Delphi; one step-daughter, Mrs. Nancy HOFFMAN, Rochester, and one step-son, Earl BECK, Rochester; four step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren, and one brother, Harold LIMING, Logansport.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1973 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Four Fulton county persons returning home from work at the Bendix corporation in South Bend were killed in a five-fatality, two-car, headon collision early this morning on U.S. 31, near Lakeville. The victims were George WEIDNER Jr., 49, R.R. 5, Rochester; Miss Vivian WENTZEL, 50, R.R. 1, Kewanna; Alfred LIMING, 51, Rochester; Arthur [SHIDLER], 33, Rochester, and John W. DEMPSEY, 72, South Bend. Boyd [SHIDLER], 36, Akron is in critical condition in the intensive care unit of South Bend Memorial hospital. The St. Joseph county sheriff's department stated the accident occurred at 12:25 o'clock about eight miles south of South Bend and 36 miles north of Rochester. The car with the Fulton county residents was going south. Witnesses told officers that the Dempsey auto was going north in the southbound lane of the dual-lane highway and had narrowly missed several north bound vehicles before crashing into the Fulton county car, which was driven by Liming. The Liming auto left 86 feet of skid marks. All five persons apparently were killed instantly, police said.......
Published by the Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Wednesday, August 22, 1973
Final rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Foster & Good funeral home for Alfred Laverne LIMING, 51, R.R. 3, Rochester, who was killed early Tuesday morning in a five-fatality, two-car collision on U.S. 31 near Lakeville. The Rev. Raymond SKELTON will officiate. Burial will be in the Citizens cemetery here. The American Legion Post 36 and he VFW will conduct graveside services. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Thursday where the F&AM lodge 79 will conduct memorial services at 6 p.m. Mr. Liming was born July 21, 1922, in Star City to Leo and Emma CRAGER LIMING. His marriage was July 21, 1946, to Georgia THOMPSON, who survives. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Masonic lodge in Logansport and the Disabled Veterans organization, also Logansport. Surviving with his wife are his mother, Mrs. Russell COLE, Delphi; one step-daughter, Mrs. Nancy HOFFMAN, Rochester, and one step-son, Earl BECK, Rochester; four step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren, and one brother, Harold LIMING, Logansport.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1973 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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