Married Glenola Bontrager on 22 Aug 1941 in Indiana.
Hamlet doctor, Earl Leinbach, dies in accident
HAMLET -- Services for Dr. Earl R. Leinbach, 62, of Rt. 1, Hamlet, who was killed about 7:20 a.m. Friday in a two-car accident on U.S. 35, one-half mile south of U.S. 30, will be held at 1 p.m. CST Monday at the Rannells Funeral Home here.
Dr. Leinbach died of injuries he suffered when his auto collided on icy pavement with a second car on U.S. 35 at the ConRail Overpass, three miles west of here.
Starke County Coroner Jim O'Donnell ruled death was due to a skull fracture. The doctor was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Indiana State Police Officer Lonnie Adams.
Dr. Leinbach, Hamlet's only physician, had practiced medicine in the town for 26 years.
Two persons in the second car -- driver Iwan Pylyp, 37, of Rt. 1 Knox, and his wife, Elizabeth Pylyp, 38, a passenger -- were taken to Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox. Pylyp was treated for minor injuries, while his wife was admitted and was listed in fair condition today with head and knee cuts.
Trooper Adams said Dr. Leinbach was driving south on U.S. 35 when he lost control of his car on the icy overpass and skidded broadside down the highway until he collided, nearly head-on, with the northbound Pylyp auto.
Dr. Leinbach had a LaPorte address although he lived at 9554 S. U.S. 35 in Starke County, not far from where the accident occurred.
Rev. Johnathon Gosser, pastor of the Hamlet United Methodist Church, and Rev. Dominic Mrena, pastor of the Holy Cross Catholic Church, will officiate at services. Burial will be in Fletcher Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox.
He was born Aug. 17, 1918 in Wakarusa, and came here 29 years ago from Detroit, Mich. On Aug. 25, 1978 in LaPorte, he married Joan Plis, who survives. Other survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Linda Miller of Elkhart, Mrs. Barbara Lehman of Indianapolis and Gloria Leinbach of Goshen; three sons, David of Goshen, Charles of Montrial, Mo. and Todd, at home; two stepdaughters, Margo and Marti Plis, at home; two stepsons, Matt and Mark Plis, also at home; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Edith Stauffer of Albany, Ore.; two brothers, John of Wakarusa and Oscar of Liberty, Mich.
Dr. Leinbach was a physician in Hamlet for 29 years. He was a member of the church, past master of the Knox Lodge F & AM 639, the Scottish Rite Club of South Bend, Chairman of the Starke County Emergency Medical Service, a member of the American Medical Association, the Starke County Scottish Rite Club, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Hamlet Lions Club.
--The South Bend Tribune
(South Bend, IN), Sat., Feb. 28, 1981, Pg. 4
Hamlet doctor, Earl Leinbach, dies in accident
HAMLET -- Services for Dr. Earl R. Leinbach, 62, of Rt. 1, Hamlet, who was killed about 7:20 a.m. Friday in a two-car accident on U.S. 35, one-half mile south of U.S. 30, will be held at 1 p.m. CST Monday at the Rannells Funeral Home here.
Dr. Leinbach died of injuries he suffered when his auto collided on icy pavement with a second car on U.S. 35 at the ConRail Overpass, three miles west of here.
Starke County Coroner Jim O'Donnell ruled death was due to a skull fracture. The doctor was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Indiana State Police Officer Lonnie Adams.
Dr. Leinbach, Hamlet's only physician, had practiced medicine in the town for 26 years.
Two persons in the second car -- driver Iwan Pylyp, 37, of Rt. 1 Knox, and his wife, Elizabeth Pylyp, 38, a passenger -- were taken to Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox. Pylyp was treated for minor injuries, while his wife was admitted and was listed in fair condition today with head and knee cuts.
Trooper Adams said Dr. Leinbach was driving south on U.S. 35 when he lost control of his car on the icy overpass and skidded broadside down the highway until he collided, nearly head-on, with the northbound Pylyp auto.
Dr. Leinbach had a LaPorte address although he lived at 9554 S. U.S. 35 in Starke County, not far from where the accident occurred.
Rev. Johnathon Gosser, pastor of the Hamlet United Methodist Church, and Rev. Dominic Mrena, pastor of the Holy Cross Catholic Church, will officiate at services. Burial will be in Fletcher Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox.
He was born Aug. 17, 1918 in Wakarusa, and came here 29 years ago from Detroit, Mich. On Aug. 25, 1978 in LaPorte, he married Joan Plis, who survives. Other survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Linda Miller of Elkhart, Mrs. Barbara Lehman of Indianapolis and Gloria Leinbach of Goshen; three sons, David of Goshen, Charles of Montrial, Mo. and Todd, at home; two stepdaughters, Margo and Marti Plis, at home; two stepsons, Matt and Mark Plis, also at home; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Edith Stauffer of Albany, Ore.; two brothers, John of Wakarusa and Oscar of Liberty, Mich.
Dr. Leinbach was a physician in Hamlet for 29 years. He was a member of the church, past master of the Knox Lodge F & AM 639, the Scottish Rite Club of South Bend, Chairman of the Starke County Emergency Medical Service, a member of the American Medical Association, the Starke County Scottish Rite Club, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Hamlet Lions Club.
--The South Bend Tribune
(South Bend, IN), Sat., Feb. 28, 1981, Pg. 4
Married Glenola Bontrager on 22 Aug 1941 in Indiana.
Hamlet doctor, Earl Leinbach, dies in accident
HAMLET -- Services for Dr. Earl R. Leinbach, 62, of Rt. 1, Hamlet, who was killed about 7:20 a.m. Friday in a two-car accident on U.S. 35, one-half mile south of U.S. 30, will be held at 1 p.m. CST Monday at the Rannells Funeral Home here.
Dr. Leinbach died of injuries he suffered when his auto collided on icy pavement with a second car on U.S. 35 at the ConRail Overpass, three miles west of here.
Starke County Coroner Jim O'Donnell ruled death was due to a skull fracture. The doctor was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Indiana State Police Officer Lonnie Adams.
Dr. Leinbach, Hamlet's only physician, had practiced medicine in the town for 26 years.
Two persons in the second car -- driver Iwan Pylyp, 37, of Rt. 1 Knox, and his wife, Elizabeth Pylyp, 38, a passenger -- were taken to Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox. Pylyp was treated for minor injuries, while his wife was admitted and was listed in fair condition today with head and knee cuts.
Trooper Adams said Dr. Leinbach was driving south on U.S. 35 when he lost control of his car on the icy overpass and skidded broadside down the highway until he collided, nearly head-on, with the northbound Pylyp auto.
Dr. Leinbach had a LaPorte address although he lived at 9554 S. U.S. 35 in Starke County, not far from where the accident occurred.
Rev. Johnathon Gosser, pastor of the Hamlet United Methodist Church, and Rev. Dominic Mrena, pastor of the Holy Cross Catholic Church, will officiate at services. Burial will be in Fletcher Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox.
He was born Aug. 17, 1918 in Wakarusa, and came here 29 years ago from Detroit, Mich. On Aug. 25, 1978 in LaPorte, he married Joan Plis, who survives. Other survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Linda Miller of Elkhart, Mrs. Barbara Lehman of Indianapolis and Gloria Leinbach of Goshen; three sons, David of Goshen, Charles of Montrial, Mo. and Todd, at home; two stepdaughters, Margo and Marti Plis, at home; two stepsons, Matt and Mark Plis, also at home; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Edith Stauffer of Albany, Ore.; two brothers, John of Wakarusa and Oscar of Liberty, Mich.
Dr. Leinbach was a physician in Hamlet for 29 years. He was a member of the church, past master of the Knox Lodge F & AM 639, the Scottish Rite Club of South Bend, Chairman of the Starke County Emergency Medical Service, a member of the American Medical Association, the Starke County Scottish Rite Club, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Hamlet Lions Club.
--The South Bend Tribune
(South Bend, IN), Sat., Feb. 28, 1981, Pg. 4
Hamlet doctor, Earl Leinbach, dies in accident
HAMLET -- Services for Dr. Earl R. Leinbach, 62, of Rt. 1, Hamlet, who was killed about 7:20 a.m. Friday in a two-car accident on U.S. 35, one-half mile south of U.S. 30, will be held at 1 p.m. CST Monday at the Rannells Funeral Home here.
Dr. Leinbach died of injuries he suffered when his auto collided on icy pavement with a second car on U.S. 35 at the ConRail Overpass, three miles west of here.
Starke County Coroner Jim O'Donnell ruled death was due to a skull fracture. The doctor was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Indiana State Police Officer Lonnie Adams.
Dr. Leinbach, Hamlet's only physician, had practiced medicine in the town for 26 years.
Two persons in the second car -- driver Iwan Pylyp, 37, of Rt. 1 Knox, and his wife, Elizabeth Pylyp, 38, a passenger -- were taken to Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox. Pylyp was treated for minor injuries, while his wife was admitted and was listed in fair condition today with head and knee cuts.
Trooper Adams said Dr. Leinbach was driving south on U.S. 35 when he lost control of his car on the icy overpass and skidded broadside down the highway until he collided, nearly head-on, with the northbound Pylyp auto.
Dr. Leinbach had a LaPorte address although he lived at 9554 S. U.S. 35 in Starke County, not far from where the accident occurred.
Rev. Johnathon Gosser, pastor of the Hamlet United Methodist Church, and Rev. Dominic Mrena, pastor of the Holy Cross Catholic Church, will officiate at services. Burial will be in Fletcher Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox.
He was born Aug. 17, 1918 in Wakarusa, and came here 29 years ago from Detroit, Mich. On Aug. 25, 1978 in LaPorte, he married Joan Plis, who survives. Other survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Linda Miller of Elkhart, Mrs. Barbara Lehman of Indianapolis and Gloria Leinbach of Goshen; three sons, David of Goshen, Charles of Montrial, Mo. and Todd, at home; two stepdaughters, Margo and Marti Plis, at home; two stepsons, Matt and Mark Plis, also at home; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Edith Stauffer of Albany, Ore.; two brothers, John of Wakarusa and Oscar of Liberty, Mich.
Dr. Leinbach was a physician in Hamlet for 29 years. He was a member of the church, past master of the Knox Lodge F & AM 639, the Scottish Rite Club of South Bend, Chairman of the Starke County Emergency Medical Service, a member of the American Medical Association, the Starke County Scottish Rite Club, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Hamlet Lions Club.
--The South Bend Tribune
(South Bend, IN), Sat., Feb. 28, 1981, Pg. 4
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