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King, Richard (1945-1965)
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Richard King, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. King of rural Gap, Pa., died almost instantly. Russell Miller, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Miller of Lawrence, S. D., sustained multiple fractures but at last report was recovering. |
Richard King, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. King of rural Gap, Pa., died almost instantly. Russell Miller, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Miller of Lawrence, S. D., sustained multiple fractures but at last report was recovering. |
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+ | The two young men, both of whom had just completed their freshman year at the college here, were employed by a New Paris, Ind. firm in construction of the silo at the Herbert Fervida farm. |
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Revision as of 15:17, 24 February 2021
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Jul 1 p. 3
Birth date: 1945
Text of obituary:
College Student Dies, Companion Badly Hurt In Silo Accident
Goshen, Ind.—Falling about 70 feet inside a silo southeast of Nappanee on Tuesday morning, June 22, one Goshen College student was killed and another seriously injured.
Richard King, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. King of rural Gap, Pa., died almost instantly. Russell Miller, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Miller of Lawrence, S. D., sustained multiple fractures but at last report was recovering.
The two young men, both of whom had just completed their freshman year at the college here, were employed by a New Paris, Ind. firm in construction of the silo at the Herbert Fervida farm.
It was reported