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Retired Dairy Farmer Killed in Highway Crash near Berne | |||
Berne, Ind. --- A headon crash on Highway 27 near Decatur the evening of Feb. 20 resulted in instant death for Rolandes Liechty, 65, retired dairy farmer of Berne, and injured his wife, the daughter Vivian, 17, and her companion, Ruth Moser, 17. | |||
Mrs. Liechty was in critical condition but reported improving late last week at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne. Vivian is in the same hospital with fractures of a leg and wrist, and Miss Moser escaped serious injury. | |||
The Liechtys were en route to a basketball tournament when a Decatur motorist swung around a pickup truck which had stopped to make a left turn, hitting the Liechty car headon. | |||
Funeral services for Mr. Liechty were held Feb 23 at the First Mennonite Church of which he was a member. One at the top dairymen in the state, he sold his prize herd of Holsteins in 1971. | |||
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1 Mar 1973 p. 3
Birth date: 1908
text of obituary
Retired Dairy Farmer Killed in Highway Crash near Berne
Berne, Ind. --- A headon crash on Highway 27 near Decatur the evening of Feb. 20 resulted in instant death for Rolandes Liechty, 65, retired dairy farmer of Berne, and injured his wife, the daughter Vivian, 17, and her companion, Ruth Moser, 17.
Mrs. Liechty was in critical condition but reported improving late last week at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne. Vivian is in the same hospital with fractures of a leg and wrist, and Miss Moser escaped serious injury.
The Liechtys were en route to a basketball tournament when a Decatur motorist swung around a pickup truck which had stopped to make a left turn, hitting the Liechty car headon.
Funeral services for Mr. Liechty were held Feb 23 at the First Mennonite Church of which he was a member. One at the top dairymen in the state, he sold his prize herd of Holsteins in 1971. index.php?title=Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries