The bodies of the four members of the Carey family killed in the automobile accident at Butler Saturday night were all interred in one grave in the Hicksville cemetery.  The auto in which they were driving was a Chevrolet two passenger roadster.  Mr. and Mrs. Carey occupied the seats.  The youngest child sat upon its mother's lap and the oldest boy sat in the front of the machine.  It is estimated that the train which struck them was traveling at a speed of 70 miles per hour, as it was running late.  Mr. Carey carried a $1000 life insurance policy in the Lincoln Life.

 

As a sequel to the Carey accident at Butler Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Ora Zigler and child, who were on their way home, had a runaway.  Their horse became frightened at the noise of the train and the smashing of the Carey automobile and ran away, throwing the occupants out.  They were all bruised up some but Monday were feeling as well as might be expected after such an exciting experience.  They were near the scene of the accident when the crash came. - Auburn Dispatch

THE EDGERTON EARTH

Thursday, December 10, 1953

 

Former Milford Resident Dies

    Mrs. Carl Miller, age 44, a former resident of Milford Township died in a hospital  at Ft. Wayne last Thursday.  Mr. and Mrs. Miller with their family had moved from Milford Township to Mark Center last March.

    Mrs. Miller had been afflicted with sugar diabetes for several months, but, had only been critically ill for a short time.  She had been a patient at the Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville before being removed to Ft. Wayne.

    Mrs. Miller was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, its Rosary and Altar Societies, St. Michael's Study Club, The Milford Township Grange and the Mark Center Educational Society.

    Surviving are the husband, eight sons, two daughters and two brothers, Everett Harter of Gary, Ind., and Francis Harter, Churubusco, Ind.

    Funeral services were conducted from St. Michael's Church, Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. John Flynn officiating.  Burial was in the Forest Home Cemetery at Hicksville.

(Submitted by Kate Watson)

THE BLADE, Toledo, OH, August 24, 1964

 

Defiance Boy Drowns In River Hole

 

    Defiance, O., Aug. 24 – A 10-year-old Defiance boy drowned yesterday when he stepped into a hole while wading in the Auglaize River.

    The victim was Roger Kiessling, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kiessling.

    The boy was fishing with his brother, Marvin, and a neighbor boy, when he began wading in the shallow water.  He apparently stepped off the edge of a piece of slate into the hole, according to sheriff’s deputies.    His father said the boy could swim only 30 or 40 feet.    The boy was born in Defiance, lived here all his life and would have been a fourth grade pupil in Slocum School.  Surviving also are brothers, Edwin, of Taylor, Mich., Marvin and Francis, also sisters, Mrs. Delbert of Cloverdale and Mrs. Laverne Miller, Defiance.     The boy was a member of First Baptist Church in Defiance.

   (Submitted by Kate Watson)