OBITUARY :
HEART ATTACK TAKES LIFE OF MAN IN CRASH - Dies At Wheel
A heart attack took the life of a man whose car crashed head-on into an uncoming car at West Third Street and Philadelphia Avenue yesterday afternoon.
J. OMAR FLORENCE, 68, of 339 Fairview Ave, was dead before the impact according to the coroner, Dr. John P Manges, who conducted an autopsy.
Police said Florence, who had been under the care of a physician for a heart ailment, was driving eastward on Third Street when his car veered to the left and ran into the left front of a Corvair station wagon driven by
Miss Henrietta B. Hansen, 64, Cairo, N. Y.
SLUMPS TO SEAT
Miss Hansen said she had stopped her car when she noticed Florence's car coming toward her. He appeared to throw his arms into the air and then slumped to the seat, she reported.
After the impact Florence's car began to drift westward on Third Street and it was stopped 89 feet away from the point of impact
by Albert Harbaugh, a car salesman at Mid-Town Motors.
Police said Harbaugh ran along side the car, opened the door on the driver's side and pulled the emergency brake.
Miss Hansen, a school nurse visiting here during the Easter vacation period, was taken to the Waynesboro Hospital where she was treated ror cuts of the knee and elbow and for a possible fractured nose.
BORN IN MARYLAND
James Omar Florence was born at Emmitsburg September 3, 1894, a son of the late William H. and Ida Rechard Florence.
Most of his life was lived in Waynesboro. He learned the carpenter's trade with his father. Before going with Frick Company January 3, 1927, he did construction work and had been retired since September 15, 1961.
He had suffered from a heart condition for the past 12 years and also suffered from asthma.
He was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Eagle's Club, Inc., Junior Order of United American Mechanics and was a life member of the Mechanics Hose Company.
He is survived by his widow, Lela Hamme Florence; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Kauffman, Waynesboro, one granddaughter, a sister, Mrs. Ralph Cordell, Waynesboro, and a step-son, John Trimmer, Hanover.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Grove Funeral Home in charge of the Rev. William R. Swisher. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, near Cascade. There will be no viewing.
Source : The Record Herald Newspaper - Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania - Tuesday, April 16, 1963
Obituary provided by Melvin L. Halterman FAG # 47017310.
HEART ATTACK TAKES LIFE OF MAN IN CRASH - Dies At Wheel
A heart attack took the life of a man whose car crashed head-on into an uncoming car at West Third Street and Philadelphia Avenue yesterday afternoon.
J. OMAR FLORENCE, 68, of 339 Fairview Ave, was dead before the impact according to the coroner, Dr. John P Manges, who conducted an autopsy.
Police said Florence, who had been under the care of a physician for a heart ailment, was driving eastward on Third Street when his car veered to the left and ran into the left front of a Corvair station wagon driven by
Miss Henrietta B. Hansen, 64, Cairo, N. Y.
SLUMPS TO SEAT
Miss Hansen said she had stopped her car when she noticed Florence's car coming toward her. He appeared to throw his arms into the air and then slumped to the seat, she reported.
After the impact Florence's car began to drift westward on Third Street and it was stopped 89 feet away from the point of impact
by Albert Harbaugh, a car salesman at Mid-Town Motors.
Police said Harbaugh ran along side the car, opened the door on the driver's side and pulled the emergency brake.
Miss Hansen, a school nurse visiting here during the Easter vacation period, was taken to the Waynesboro Hospital where she was treated ror cuts of the knee and elbow and for a possible fractured nose.
BORN IN MARYLAND
James Omar Florence was born at Emmitsburg September 3, 1894, a son of the late William H. and Ida Rechard Florence.
Most of his life was lived in Waynesboro. He learned the carpenter's trade with his father. Before going with Frick Company January 3, 1927, he did construction work and had been retired since September 15, 1961.
He had suffered from a heart condition for the past 12 years and also suffered from asthma.
He was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Eagle's Club, Inc., Junior Order of United American Mechanics and was a life member of the Mechanics Hose Company.
He is survived by his widow, Lela Hamme Florence; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Kauffman, Waynesboro, one granddaughter, a sister, Mrs. Ralph Cordell, Waynesboro, and a step-son, John Trimmer, Hanover.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Grove Funeral Home in charge of the Rev. William R. Swisher. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, near Cascade. There will be no viewing.
Source : The Record Herald Newspaper - Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania - Tuesday, April 16, 1963
Obituary provided by Melvin L. Halterman FAG # 47017310.
OBITUARY :
HEART ATTACK TAKES LIFE OF MAN IN CRASH - Dies At Wheel
A heart attack took the life of a man whose car crashed head-on into an uncoming car at West Third Street and Philadelphia Avenue yesterday afternoon.
J. OMAR FLORENCE, 68, of 339 Fairview Ave, was dead before the impact according to the coroner, Dr. John P Manges, who conducted an autopsy.
Police said Florence, who had been under the care of a physician for a heart ailment, was driving eastward on Third Street when his car veered to the left and ran into the left front of a Corvair station wagon driven by
Miss Henrietta B. Hansen, 64, Cairo, N. Y.
SLUMPS TO SEAT
Miss Hansen said she had stopped her car when she noticed Florence's car coming toward her. He appeared to throw his arms into the air and then slumped to the seat, she reported.
After the impact Florence's car began to drift westward on Third Street and it was stopped 89 feet away from the point of impact
by Albert Harbaugh, a car salesman at Mid-Town Motors.
Police said Harbaugh ran along side the car, opened the door on the driver's side and pulled the emergency brake.
Miss Hansen, a school nurse visiting here during the Easter vacation period, was taken to the Waynesboro Hospital where she was treated ror cuts of the knee and elbow and for a possible fractured nose.
BORN IN MARYLAND
James Omar Florence was born at Emmitsburg September 3, 1894, a son of the late William H. and Ida Rechard Florence.
Most of his life was lived in Waynesboro. He learned the carpenter's trade with his father. Before going with Frick Company January 3, 1927, he did construction work and had been retired since September 15, 1961.
He had suffered from a heart condition for the past 12 years and also suffered from asthma.
He was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Eagle's Club, Inc., Junior Order of United American Mechanics and was a life member of the Mechanics Hose Company.
He is survived by his widow, Lela Hamme Florence; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Kauffman, Waynesboro, one granddaughter, a sister, Mrs. Ralph Cordell, Waynesboro, and a step-son, John Trimmer, Hanover.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Grove Funeral Home in charge of the Rev. William R. Swisher. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, near Cascade. There will be no viewing.
Source : The Record Herald Newspaper - Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania - Tuesday, April 16, 1963
Obituary provided by Melvin L. Halterman FAG # 47017310.
HEART ATTACK TAKES LIFE OF MAN IN CRASH - Dies At Wheel
A heart attack took the life of a man whose car crashed head-on into an uncoming car at West Third Street and Philadelphia Avenue yesterday afternoon.
J. OMAR FLORENCE, 68, of 339 Fairview Ave, was dead before the impact according to the coroner, Dr. John P Manges, who conducted an autopsy.
Police said Florence, who had been under the care of a physician for a heart ailment, was driving eastward on Third Street when his car veered to the left and ran into the left front of a Corvair station wagon driven by
Miss Henrietta B. Hansen, 64, Cairo, N. Y.
SLUMPS TO SEAT
Miss Hansen said she had stopped her car when she noticed Florence's car coming toward her. He appeared to throw his arms into the air and then slumped to the seat, she reported.
After the impact Florence's car began to drift westward on Third Street and it was stopped 89 feet away from the point of impact
by Albert Harbaugh, a car salesman at Mid-Town Motors.
Police said Harbaugh ran along side the car, opened the door on the driver's side and pulled the emergency brake.
Miss Hansen, a school nurse visiting here during the Easter vacation period, was taken to the Waynesboro Hospital where she was treated ror cuts of the knee and elbow and for a possible fractured nose.
BORN IN MARYLAND
James Omar Florence was born at Emmitsburg September 3, 1894, a son of the late William H. and Ida Rechard Florence.
Most of his life was lived in Waynesboro. He learned the carpenter's trade with his father. Before going with Frick Company January 3, 1927, he did construction work and had been retired since September 15, 1961.
He had suffered from a heart condition for the past 12 years and also suffered from asthma.
He was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Eagle's Club, Inc., Junior Order of United American Mechanics and was a life member of the Mechanics Hose Company.
He is survived by his widow, Lela Hamme Florence; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Kauffman, Waynesboro, one granddaughter, a sister, Mrs. Ralph Cordell, Waynesboro, and a step-son, John Trimmer, Hanover.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Grove Funeral Home in charge of the Rev. William R. Swisher. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, near Cascade. There will be no viewing.
Source : The Record Herald Newspaper - Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania - Tuesday, April 16, 1963
Obituary provided by Melvin L. Halterman FAG # 47017310.
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