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William Charles Hoover, 38, of Niles drowned Saturday [June 6, 1959] in Christiana Lake, near Edwardsburg, when a boat overturned, tossing him, his 4-year-old son, Jimmy, his wife, and two others into the water. Another boat nearby picked up the adults except Hoover, who was trying to save his son. Both went down. A rescuer, […]

PORT ROYAL, Pa. (AP) – a 32-year-old stock car race driver was fatally injured Monday [September 1, 1958] when his auto turned over on a curve during a race at the 104th annual Juniata County fair here. Dr. Robert Stoner, Juniata County coroner, identified the victim as Harold Hoose of Troy, Pa. He said Hoose […]

Separate fatal accidents in two counties in the Lawton Highway patrol district Sunday helped boost the state’s skyrocketing 1958 traffic fatality toll to 120 deaths, 15 more than at this time last year. Elsewhere in the state, three persons were killed as a result of traffic crashes Saturday and Sunday near Oklahoma City, Shawnee and […]

LODA–Lyle K. Hubler, 36, of Paxton was killed about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday [November 6, 1957] in a train-car crash at the Illinois Central Railroad crossing a block south of the depot in Loda. Witnesses said his car apparently stalled on the tracks and was hit by a freight train. Trainmen said they had blown their […]

Ben K. Hall, beloved husband of Joy L. Anderson Hall of 418 Katherine St., North Side, accidentally, on Friday, April 19, 1957; son of Beulah Nelms Hunter and the late Owen B. Hall, and brother of Owen B. Jr. Friends may call at O’Brien’s, 3724 California, at Cooper Ave., North Side. Notice of funeral later.

DOLTON – Funeral services for C. L. (Red) Hammond, 34, who died Friday [May 13, 1955] in Willow Creek, Calif., after a short illness, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Bockman Funeral Home in Dolton. Burial will be in the Dolton Cemetery. Hammond, who formerly operated a bakery in Roseland and a […]

Funeral for William Lee Hankins, 33-year-old victim of a traffic accident in Sunset Beach, Sunday [August 1, 1954], will be held Friday, with service at 2:30 p.m. in Smith’s Mortuary Chapel, Huntington Beach. Born in Coffeyville, Kan., he had lived in Huntington Beach for several years before moving to the Lakewood area. A former employee […]

Lenoir City, Tenn., Aug. 29—A young newspaper publisher apparently gave his life trying to save his sweetheart in a motor boating tragedy that took four lives [August 27, 1949] on nearby Fort Loudoun Lake. The bodies were recovered a few hours after the accident. The arms of Lloyd Hickman, 26, associate publisher of the Lenoir […]

TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 30. (AP)—One driver was instantly killed and another was injured here today [September 30, 1945] when their automobiles skidded on the one-mile track and crashed through the boundary fences during the 20-mile feature auto race at the Trenton fairgrounds. Killed was Harry Hutchinson, of Springtown, Pa., who apparently lost control of his […]

TYLER, Texas, Feb. 7. — Reburial services for Cpl. Joseph P. Holmes, USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Holmes, former Tyler residents, will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Thorndike-James Chapel. Re-burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Corporal Holmes, killed in action on Okinawa, June 16, 1945, graduated from Tyler High School […]