Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Monday, December 12, 1927
William HARTSOCK, aged 59, and Elzie BRUCE, 51, were instantly killed at 6:20 this morning when a Maxwell coupe owned and driven by Hartsock in which both were riding was struck by an Erie westbound accommodation train No. 229 at the Erie crossing at the tower in East Rochester. The heavy fog and the fact that it was not yet daylight are believed to have been the cause of Hartsock's failure to see the oncoming train.......
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, December 13, 1927
Meanwhile preparations were being made by the members of the bereaved Hartsock and the Bruce families to bury their dead. The Bruce funeral will be held from the Christian Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday in charge of Rev. James NIVEN. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Kewanna. .......Elzie BRUCE, aged 45, was a life long resident of this county. He was born on a farm near Kewanna on July 19, 1882 and was the son of Benjamin F. and Elmira BRUCE. For the past three years he has lived on a farm one mile southeast of this city on the Wabash road which is known as the MARTIN farm. The deceased, who was a member of the Rochester Odd Fellows Lodge and the Christian Church and a painter by trade, was married on March 23, 1903 to Cora Belle BRUCE. She survives as do five children, Mrs. Iretta BECK, of Hammond, Goldie [BRUCE], Arthur [BRUCE] Freda [BRUCE] and Gale [BRUCE] all at home, two sisters, Mrs. Surphes MILLISER of this city and Mrs. L. F. RINGER of Benton Harbor, Mich., and a brother, William [BRUCE] of Kempton.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1927.htm
William HARTSOCK, aged 59, and Elzie BRUCE, 51, were instantly killed at 6:20 this morning when a Maxwell coupe owned and driven by Hartsock in which both were riding was struck by an Erie westbound accommodation train No. 229 at the Erie crossing at the tower in East Rochester. The heavy fog and the fact that it was not yet daylight are believed to have been the cause of Hartsock's failure to see the oncoming train.......
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, December 13, 1927
Meanwhile preparations were being made by the members of the bereaved Hartsock and the Bruce families to bury their dead. The Bruce funeral will be held from the Christian Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday in charge of Rev. James NIVEN. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Kewanna. .......Elzie BRUCE, aged 45, was a life long resident of this county. He was born on a farm near Kewanna on July 19, 1882 and was the son of Benjamin F. and Elmira BRUCE. For the past three years he has lived on a farm one mile southeast of this city on the Wabash road which is known as the MARTIN farm. The deceased, who was a member of the Rochester Odd Fellows Lodge and the Christian Church and a painter by trade, was married on March 23, 1903 to Cora Belle BRUCE. She survives as do five children, Mrs. Iretta BECK, of Hammond, Goldie [BRUCE], Arthur [BRUCE] Freda [BRUCE] and Gale [BRUCE] all at home, two sisters, Mrs. Surphes MILLISER of this city and Mrs. L. F. RINGER of Benton Harbor, Mich., and a brother, William [BRUCE] of Kempton.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1927.htm
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Monday, December 12, 1927
William HARTSOCK, aged 59, and Elzie BRUCE, 51, were instantly killed at 6:20 this morning when a Maxwell coupe owned and driven by Hartsock in which both were riding was struck by an Erie westbound accommodation train No. 229 at the Erie crossing at the tower in East Rochester. The heavy fog and the fact that it was not yet daylight are believed to have been the cause of Hartsock's failure to see the oncoming train.......
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, December 13, 1927
Meanwhile preparations were being made by the members of the bereaved Hartsock and the Bruce families to bury their dead. The Bruce funeral will be held from the Christian Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday in charge of Rev. James NIVEN. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Kewanna. .......Elzie BRUCE, aged 45, was a life long resident of this county. He was born on a farm near Kewanna on July 19, 1882 and was the son of Benjamin F. and Elmira BRUCE. For the past three years he has lived on a farm one mile southeast of this city on the Wabash road which is known as the MARTIN farm. The deceased, who was a member of the Rochester Odd Fellows Lodge and the Christian Church and a painter by trade, was married on March 23, 1903 to Cora Belle BRUCE. She survives as do five children, Mrs. Iretta BECK, of Hammond, Goldie [BRUCE], Arthur [BRUCE] Freda [BRUCE] and Gale [BRUCE] all at home, two sisters, Mrs. Surphes MILLISER of this city and Mrs. L. F. RINGER of Benton Harbor, Mich., and a brother, William [BRUCE] of Kempton.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1927.htm
William HARTSOCK, aged 59, and Elzie BRUCE, 51, were instantly killed at 6:20 this morning when a Maxwell coupe owned and driven by Hartsock in which both were riding was struck by an Erie westbound accommodation train No. 229 at the Erie crossing at the tower in East Rochester. The heavy fog and the fact that it was not yet daylight are believed to have been the cause of Hartsock's failure to see the oncoming train.......
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, December 13, 1927
Meanwhile preparations were being made by the members of the bereaved Hartsock and the Bruce families to bury their dead. The Bruce funeral will be held from the Christian Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday in charge of Rev. James NIVEN. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Kewanna. .......Elzie BRUCE, aged 45, was a life long resident of this county. He was born on a farm near Kewanna on July 19, 1882 and was the son of Benjamin F. and Elmira BRUCE. For the past three years he has lived on a farm one mile southeast of this city on the Wabash road which is known as the MARTIN farm. The deceased, who was a member of the Rochester Odd Fellows Lodge and the Christian Church and a painter by trade, was married on March 23, 1903 to Cora Belle BRUCE. She survives as do five children, Mrs. Iretta BECK, of Hammond, Goldie [BRUCE], Arthur [BRUCE] Freda [BRUCE] and Gale [BRUCE] all at home, two sisters, Mrs. Surphes MILLISER of this city and Mrs. L. F. RINGER of Benton Harbor, Mich., and a brother, William [BRUCE] of Kempton.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1927.htm
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