Wife: Dora Combs
Chatsworth Plaindealer
LESTER GILLETT KILLED IN CRASH ON HIGHWAY 66
April 18, 1946
Lester Gillett, 25, son of the Homer Gilletts, of Chatsworth, was fatally injured in an automobile collision on Route 66 between Lexington and Towanda, last Thursday morning about 11:15. He died in Brokaw hospital in Normal the same afternoon at 3:45 from injuries received.
Henry N. Livingston, 69, a resident of Towanda, was instantly killed and his daughter-in-law, Eleanor F. Livingston, 26, also a resident of Towanda died Friday morning from the same accident.
LaVern Schoon, of La Cross, Indiana, brother-in-law of Mr. Gillett and who was driver of the car in which Mr. Gillett was a passenger, was also badly injured.
CARS CRASH HEAD-ON
Mr. Gillett and Mr. Schoon had been to Bloomington and were coming north when the car driven by Mrs. Livingston headed south swung into the path of the Schoon car when she tried to pass another car stopped on the pavement.
_. P. Schantz, Lexington, who was driving behind the southbound Livingston car, was an eyewitness to the accident. Mr. Schantz told authorities the collision occurred as Mrs. Livingston attempted to pass a car parked on the highway. Mr. Schantz reported that after he gave aid to the injured, he found the parked car and the driver had disappeared.
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL
The body of Mr. Gillett was brought to the home of his parents Friday evening and was there viewed by hundreds of friends. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Chatsworth Methodist church. Services were in charge of Rev. ?.D. Simmons, pastor of the Saunemin Methodist church and Rev. H. R. Halfyard, pastor of the Chatsworth Methodist church. Fred Keup, of Pontiac sang, with Mrs. K.R. Porterfield at the organ.
There were twenty-two flower girls and boys, so great were the floral offerings.
Burial was in the Chatsworth cemetery. It was one of the most largely-attended funerals ever held in Chatsworth, the church and basement being filled to over-flowing and many found shelter in the grade school building across the street during a shower of rain. Mr. Gillett being a veteran of the _____? war, was accorded a military funeral with the _________?.
OBITUARY
Lester Miles Gillett son of Mr.and Mrs. Homer Gillett was born September 11, 1919, on a farm south of Chatsworth and died on Thursday, April 11, 1946, at 8:45 p.m. at Brokaw hospital, Normal.
On August 7, 1939, he was united in marriage to Dora ________?, of Saunemin and they made their home in Chatsworth. There are two children, Ronald, age five, and Karen , aged two.
On June 30, 19??, he made his confession to faith and was baptized at the P ______? Baptist church in P_____?, Germany, accepted into church membership by Chaplain Vern A. Gla___? of the 385th Infantry.
Before being inducted into service, Lester was engaged in farming and later was employed at the ammunition plant. He served in the Army for 1? months, fourteen months served with General Patton's Third Army in the European Theatre. He was discharged on March 23 at Fort Sheridan and arrived home on March 27th.
Surviving him are his wife and two children, his parents, five brothers and two sisters; Russell, of Ottawa; Paul of Chatsworth; Norma Martin, of Chatsworth; Gladys Bouhl, of Chatsworth; Eugene, of Forrest; Lloyd of Wilmington, and Sgt. Harry Gillett, who returned Friday from the Pacific war theatre. One sister preceded him in death.
by contributor Mary Runyon- Hanshew
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Chatsworth Plaindealer
LESTER GILLETT KILLED IN CRASH ON HIGHWAY 66
April 18, 1946
Lester Gillett, 25, son of the Homer Gilletts, of Chatsworth, was fatally injured in an automobile collision on Route 66 between Lexington and Towanda, last Thursday morning about 11:15. He died in Brokaw hospital in Normal the same afternoon at 3:45 from injuries received.
Henry N. Livingston, 69, a resident of Towanda, was instantly killed and his daughter-in-law, Eleanor F. Livingston, 26, also a resident of Towanda died Friday morning from the same accident.
LaVern Schoon, of La Cross, Indiana, brother-in-law of Mr. Gillett and who was driver of the car in which Mr. Gillett was a passenger, was also badly injured.
CARS CRASH HEAD-ON
Mr. Gillett and Mr. Schoon had been to Bloomington and were coming north when the car driven by Mrs. Livingston headed south swung into the path of the Schoon car when she tried to pass another car stopped on the pavement.
_. P. Schantz, Lexington, who was driving behind the southbound Livingston car, was an eyewitness to the accident. Mr. Schantz told authorities the collision occurred as Mrs. Livingston attempted to pass a car parked on the highway. Mr. Schantz reported that after he gave aid to the injured, he found the parked car and the driver had disappeared.
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL
The body of Mr. Gillett was brought to the home of his parents Friday evening and was there viewed by hundreds of friends. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Chatsworth Methodist church. Services were in charge of Rev. ?.D. Simmons, pastor of the Saunemin Methodist church and Rev. H. R. Halfyard, pastor of the Chatsworth Methodist church. Fred Keup, of Pontiac sang, with Mrs. K.R. Porterfield at the organ.
There were twenty-two flower girls and boys, so great were the floral offerings.
Burial was in the Chatsworth cemetery. It was one of the most largely-attended funerals ever held in Chatsworth, the church and basement being filled to over-flowing and many found shelter in the grade school building across the street during a shower of rain. Mr. Gillett being a veteran of the _____? war, was accorded a military funeral with the _________?.
OBITUARY
Lester Miles Gillett son of Mr.and Mrs. Homer Gillett was born September 11, 1919, on a farm south of Chatsworth and died on Thursday, April 11, 1946, at 8:45 p.m. at Brokaw hospital, Normal.
On August 7, 1939, he was united in marriage to Dora ________?, of Saunemin and they made their home in Chatsworth. There are two children, Ronald, age five, and Karen , aged two.
On June 30, 19??, he made his confession to faith and was baptized at the P ______? Baptist church in P_____?, Germany, accepted into church membership by Chaplain Vern A. Gla___? of the 385th Infantry.
Before being inducted into service, Lester was engaged in farming and later was employed at the ammunition plant. He served in the Army for 1? months, fourteen months served with General Patton's Third Army in the European Theatre. He was discharged on March 23 at Fort Sheridan and arrived home on March 27th.
Surviving him are his wife and two children, his parents, five brothers and two sisters; Russell, of Ottawa; Paul of Chatsworth; Norma Martin, of Chatsworth; Gladys Bouhl, of Chatsworth; Eugene, of Forrest; Lloyd of Wilmington, and Sgt. Harry Gillett, who returned Friday from the Pacific war theatre. One sister preceded him in death.
by contributor Mary Runyon- Hanshew
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Wife: Dora Combs
Chatsworth Plaindealer
LESTER GILLETT KILLED IN CRASH ON HIGHWAY 66
April 18, 1946
Lester Gillett, 25, son of the Homer Gilletts, of Chatsworth, was fatally injured in an automobile collision on Route 66 between Lexington and Towanda, last Thursday morning about 11:15. He died in Brokaw hospital in Normal the same afternoon at 3:45 from injuries received.
Henry N. Livingston, 69, a resident of Towanda, was instantly killed and his daughter-in-law, Eleanor F. Livingston, 26, also a resident of Towanda died Friday morning from the same accident.
LaVern Schoon, of La Cross, Indiana, brother-in-law of Mr. Gillett and who was driver of the car in which Mr. Gillett was a passenger, was also badly injured.
CARS CRASH HEAD-ON
Mr. Gillett and Mr. Schoon had been to Bloomington and were coming north when the car driven by Mrs. Livingston headed south swung into the path of the Schoon car when she tried to pass another car stopped on the pavement.
_. P. Schantz, Lexington, who was driving behind the southbound Livingston car, was an eyewitness to the accident. Mr. Schantz told authorities the collision occurred as Mrs. Livingston attempted to pass a car parked on the highway. Mr. Schantz reported that after he gave aid to the injured, he found the parked car and the driver had disappeared.
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL
The body of Mr. Gillett was brought to the home of his parents Friday evening and was there viewed by hundreds of friends. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Chatsworth Methodist church. Services were in charge of Rev. ?.D. Simmons, pastor of the Saunemin Methodist church and Rev. H. R. Halfyard, pastor of the Chatsworth Methodist church. Fred Keup, of Pontiac sang, with Mrs. K.R. Porterfield at the organ.
There were twenty-two flower girls and boys, so great were the floral offerings.
Burial was in the Chatsworth cemetery. It was one of the most largely-attended funerals ever held in Chatsworth, the church and basement being filled to over-flowing and many found shelter in the grade school building across the street during a shower of rain. Mr. Gillett being a veteran of the _____? war, was accorded a military funeral with the _________?.
OBITUARY
Lester Miles Gillett son of Mr.and Mrs. Homer Gillett was born September 11, 1919, on a farm south of Chatsworth and died on Thursday, April 11, 1946, at 8:45 p.m. at Brokaw hospital, Normal.
On August 7, 1939, he was united in marriage to Dora ________?, of Saunemin and they made their home in Chatsworth. There are two children, Ronald, age five, and Karen , aged two.
On June 30, 19??, he made his confession to faith and was baptized at the P ______? Baptist church in P_____?, Germany, accepted into church membership by Chaplain Vern A. Gla___? of the 385th Infantry.
Before being inducted into service, Lester was engaged in farming and later was employed at the ammunition plant. He served in the Army for 1? months, fourteen months served with General Patton's Third Army in the European Theatre. He was discharged on March 23 at Fort Sheridan and arrived home on March 27th.
Surviving him are his wife and two children, his parents, five brothers and two sisters; Russell, of Ottawa; Paul of Chatsworth; Norma Martin, of Chatsworth; Gladys Bouhl, of Chatsworth; Eugene, of Forrest; Lloyd of Wilmington, and Sgt. Harry Gillett, who returned Friday from the Pacific war theatre. One sister preceded him in death.
by contributor Mary Runyon- Hanshew
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Chatsworth Plaindealer
LESTER GILLETT KILLED IN CRASH ON HIGHWAY 66
April 18, 1946
Lester Gillett, 25, son of the Homer Gilletts, of Chatsworth, was fatally injured in an automobile collision on Route 66 between Lexington and Towanda, last Thursday morning about 11:15. He died in Brokaw hospital in Normal the same afternoon at 3:45 from injuries received.
Henry N. Livingston, 69, a resident of Towanda, was instantly killed and his daughter-in-law, Eleanor F. Livingston, 26, also a resident of Towanda died Friday morning from the same accident.
LaVern Schoon, of La Cross, Indiana, brother-in-law of Mr. Gillett and who was driver of the car in which Mr. Gillett was a passenger, was also badly injured.
CARS CRASH HEAD-ON
Mr. Gillett and Mr. Schoon had been to Bloomington and were coming north when the car driven by Mrs. Livingston headed south swung into the path of the Schoon car when she tried to pass another car stopped on the pavement.
_. P. Schantz, Lexington, who was driving behind the southbound Livingston car, was an eyewitness to the accident. Mr. Schantz told authorities the collision occurred as Mrs. Livingston attempted to pass a car parked on the highway. Mr. Schantz reported that after he gave aid to the injured, he found the parked car and the driver had disappeared.
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL
The body of Mr. Gillett was brought to the home of his parents Friday evening and was there viewed by hundreds of friends. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Chatsworth Methodist church. Services were in charge of Rev. ?.D. Simmons, pastor of the Saunemin Methodist church and Rev. H. R. Halfyard, pastor of the Chatsworth Methodist church. Fred Keup, of Pontiac sang, with Mrs. K.R. Porterfield at the organ.
There were twenty-two flower girls and boys, so great were the floral offerings.
Burial was in the Chatsworth cemetery. It was one of the most largely-attended funerals ever held in Chatsworth, the church and basement being filled to over-flowing and many found shelter in the grade school building across the street during a shower of rain. Mr. Gillett being a veteran of the _____? war, was accorded a military funeral with the _________?.
OBITUARY
Lester Miles Gillett son of Mr.and Mrs. Homer Gillett was born September 11, 1919, on a farm south of Chatsworth and died on Thursday, April 11, 1946, at 8:45 p.m. at Brokaw hospital, Normal.
On August 7, 1939, he was united in marriage to Dora ________?, of Saunemin and they made their home in Chatsworth. There are two children, Ronald, age five, and Karen , aged two.
On June 30, 19??, he made his confession to faith and was baptized at the P ______? Baptist church in P_____?, Germany, accepted into church membership by Chaplain Vern A. Gla___? of the 385th Infantry.
Before being inducted into service, Lester was engaged in farming and later was employed at the ammunition plant. He served in the Army for 1? months, fourteen months served with General Patton's Third Army in the European Theatre. He was discharged on March 23 at Fort Sheridan and arrived home on March 27th.
Surviving him are his wife and two children, his parents, five brothers and two sisters; Russell, of Ottawa; Paul of Chatsworth; Norma Martin, of Chatsworth; Gladys Bouhl, of Chatsworth; Eugene, of Forrest; Lloyd of Wilmington, and Sgt. Harry Gillett, who returned Friday from the Pacific war theatre. One sister preceded him in death.
by contributor Mary Runyon- Hanshew
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