location of death Montego Bay, Jamaica
Thomas and Nancy Capehart were among 37 victims of a airplane accident at Montego Bay (Jamaica) airport when the plane's landing gear buckled on landing and the aircraft exploded and burned. They were traveling on a Columbian airliner from New York to Bogota on a business trip. The plane had made an unscheduled stop earlier at Miami airport for repairs to a faltering engine.
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Handwritten-Mon. Jan. 25, 1960
Funerals Held For Air Crash Victims
Funeral services for three prominent Indiana residents killed in the crash of an airliner in Jamaica last week were conducted today.
Services for Thomas C. Capehart, 36, son of Sen Homer E. Capehart, and his wife, Nancy, 36, were held in Indianapolis while services for Muncie meat packer John Marhoefer, 55, were at Glenview, Ill.
All seven Marhoefer Packing Co. plants in several Midwestern states stopped work for three minutes in respect to the company's founder and president.
Senator Capehart and 10 staff workers arrived at Indianapolis by plane from Washington to attend the services for his son and daughter-in-law.
Adams County, Indiana Historical Museum "Jan1958-Dec1960"
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Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Thomas and Nancy Capehart were among 37 victims of a airplane accident at Montego Bay (Jamaica) airport when the plane's landing gear buckled on landing and the aircraft exploded and burned. They were traveling on a Columbian airliner from New York to Bogota on a business trip. The plane had made an unscheduled stop earlier at Miami airport for repairs to a faltering engine.
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Handwritten-Mon. Jan. 25, 1960
Funerals Held For Air Crash Victims
Funeral services for three prominent Indiana residents killed in the crash of an airliner in Jamaica last week were conducted today.
Services for Thomas C. Capehart, 36, son of Sen Homer E. Capehart, and his wife, Nancy, 36, were held in Indianapolis while services for Muncie meat packer John Marhoefer, 55, were at Glenview, Ill.
All seven Marhoefer Packing Co. plants in several Midwestern states stopped work for three minutes in respect to the company's founder and president.
Senator Capehart and 10 staff workers arrived at Indianapolis by plane from Washington to attend the services for his son and daughter-in-law.
Adams County, Indiana Historical Museum "Jan1958-Dec1960"
Image 31
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
location of death Montego Bay, Jamaica
Thomas and Nancy Capehart were among 37 victims of a airplane accident at Montego Bay (Jamaica) airport when the plane's landing gear buckled on landing and the aircraft exploded and burned. They were traveling on a Columbian airliner from New York to Bogota on a business trip. The plane had made an unscheduled stop earlier at Miami airport for repairs to a faltering engine.
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Handwritten-Mon. Jan. 25, 1960
Funerals Held For Air Crash Victims
Funeral services for three prominent Indiana residents killed in the crash of an airliner in Jamaica last week were conducted today.
Services for Thomas C. Capehart, 36, son of Sen Homer E. Capehart, and his wife, Nancy, 36, were held in Indianapolis while services for Muncie meat packer John Marhoefer, 55, were at Glenview, Ill.
All seven Marhoefer Packing Co. plants in several Midwestern states stopped work for three minutes in respect to the company's founder and president.
Senator Capehart and 10 staff workers arrived at Indianapolis by plane from Washington to attend the services for his son and daughter-in-law.
Adams County, Indiana Historical Museum "Jan1958-Dec1960"
Image 31
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
Thomas and Nancy Capehart were among 37 victims of a airplane accident at Montego Bay (Jamaica) airport when the plane's landing gear buckled on landing and the aircraft exploded and burned. They were traveling on a Columbian airliner from New York to Bogota on a business trip. The plane had made an unscheduled stop earlier at Miami airport for repairs to a faltering engine.
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Handwritten-Mon. Jan. 25, 1960
Funerals Held For Air Crash Victims
Funeral services for three prominent Indiana residents killed in the crash of an airliner in Jamaica last week were conducted today.
Services for Thomas C. Capehart, 36, son of Sen Homer E. Capehart, and his wife, Nancy, 36, were held in Indianapolis while services for Muncie meat packer John Marhoefer, 55, were at Glenview, Ill.
All seven Marhoefer Packing Co. plants in several Midwestern states stopped work for three minutes in respect to the company's founder and president.
Senator Capehart and 10 staff workers arrived at Indianapolis by plane from Washington to attend the services for his son and daughter-in-law.
Adams County, Indiana Historical Museum "Jan1958-Dec1960"
Image 31
Transcribed by Janice Vasilovski
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