Dorothy Zigler
WOMAN JUMPED IN PATH OF TRAIN SAYS ENGINEER
Mrs. John Zigler Killed Near Home West of Montpelier
Mrs. Dorothy Zigler, 31, Montpelier route two, was instantly killed when struck by a Wabash passenger train two miles west of Montpelier at 5:55 p.m. Sunday.
Engineer Rust of train No. 7 told Sheriff A.R. Dewees that the woman stood along the tracks as the train approached and suddenly jumped in front of the engine, which struck her, crushing her head and arm. The sheriff was informed by her husband, John Zigler, that she had been mentally ill several months.
Mrs. Zigler was the ninth traffic victim in the county this year, and was the seventh to be killed by a train.
She is survived by her husband, John; mother, Mrs. Chas. Harbaugh, and a brother, Ellsworth Brubaker, of Montpelier; and a sister, Mrs. Orpha Hubble of Reading, Mich. Services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Allen-Friend funeral home with Rev. K. L. DeWalt officiating, and burial in Riverside cemetery at Montpelier. [The Bryan Press, Bryan, Ohio, May 18, 1944 - Sub by Kate Watson]
WOMAN JUMPED IN PATH OF TRAIN SAYS ENGINEER
Mrs. John Zigler Killed Near Home West of Montpelier
Mrs. Dorothy Zigler, 31, Montpelier route two, was instantly killed when struck by a Wabash passenger train two miles west of Montpelier at 5:55 p.m. Sunday.
Engineer Rust of train No. 7 told Sheriff A.R. Dewees that the woman stood along the tracks as the train approached and suddenly jumped in front of the engine, which struck her, crushing her head and arm. The sheriff was informed by her husband, John Zigler, that she had been mentally ill several months.
Mrs. Zigler was the ninth traffic victim in the county this year, and was the seventh to be killed by a train.
She is survived by her husband, John; mother, Mrs. Chas. Harbaugh, and a brother, Ellsworth Brubaker, of Montpelier; and a sister, Mrs. Orpha Hubble of Reading, Mich. Services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Allen-Friend funeral home with Rev. K. L. DeWalt officiating, and burial in Riverside cemetery at Montpelier. [The Bryan Press, Bryan, Ohio, May 18, 1944 - Sub by Kate Watson]
Dorothy Zigler
WOMAN JUMPED IN PATH OF TRAIN SAYS ENGINEER
Mrs. John Zigler Killed Near Home West of Montpelier
Mrs. Dorothy Zigler, 31, Montpelier route two, was instantly killed when struck by a Wabash passenger train two miles west of Montpelier at 5:55 p.m. Sunday.
Engineer Rust of train No. 7 told Sheriff A.R. Dewees that the woman stood along the tracks as the train approached and suddenly jumped in front of the engine, which struck her, crushing her head and arm. The sheriff was informed by her husband, John Zigler, that she had been mentally ill several months.
Mrs. Zigler was the ninth traffic victim in the county this year, and was the seventh to be killed by a train.
She is survived by her husband, John; mother, Mrs. Chas. Harbaugh, and a brother, Ellsworth Brubaker, of Montpelier; and a sister, Mrs. Orpha Hubble of Reading, Mich. Services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Allen-Friend funeral home with Rev. K. L. DeWalt officiating, and burial in Riverside cemetery at Montpelier. [The Bryan Press, Bryan, Ohio, May 18, 1944 - Sub by Kate Watson]
WOMAN JUMPED IN PATH OF TRAIN SAYS ENGINEER
Mrs. John Zigler Killed Near Home West of Montpelier
Mrs. Dorothy Zigler, 31, Montpelier route two, was instantly killed when struck by a Wabash passenger train two miles west of Montpelier at 5:55 p.m. Sunday.
Engineer Rust of train No. 7 told Sheriff A.R. Dewees that the woman stood along the tracks as the train approached and suddenly jumped in front of the engine, which struck her, crushing her head and arm. The sheriff was informed by her husband, John Zigler, that she had been mentally ill several months.
Mrs. Zigler was the ninth traffic victim in the county this year, and was the seventh to be killed by a train.
She is survived by her husband, John; mother, Mrs. Chas. Harbaugh, and a brother, Ellsworth Brubaker, of Montpelier; and a sister, Mrs. Orpha Hubble of Reading, Mich. Services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Allen-Friend funeral home with Rev. K. L. DeWalt officiating, and burial in Riverside cemetery at Montpelier. [The Bryan Press, Bryan, Ohio, May 18, 1944 - Sub by Kate Watson]
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