Albright, Orlan (1924-1975)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Jan 30 p. 3

Birth date: 1924

text of obituary:

Kansas Couple Die in Highway Crash

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Pretty Prairie, Kan. — Double funeral services were conducted at the Pretty Prairie Mennonite Church on Wednesday morning, Jan. 29, for Orlan E. and Doris M. Albright, who were fatally injured in a highway accident near Partridge Saturday night. Rev. Peter Voran, the pastor, officiated.

The highway patrol reported that Mr. Albright, 51, and his wife, 46, were traveling east on a country road east of Partridge with Mr. Albright at the wheel when he apparently stopped at a stop sign and then pulled into the path of a southbound semi-trailer.

The truck hit the car broadside and then turned over, crushing the car beneath it. The truck was loaded with 70,000 pounds of copper.

Mr. Albright died at the scene. His wife was taken to a Hutchinson hospital and was then transferred to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita where she died early Sunday morning.

Mr. Albright was a farmer and lifetime resident here. His wife, the former Doris M. Stucky of Monroe, Wash., worked in Kingman as a dental receptionist.

The couple leave one son, Rodney Lee of Norman, Okla., and two daughters, Mrs. Beth Cross of Cushing, Okla. and Lynita Albright of Hays. In addition, Mr. Albright's include a brother, Victor and his mother, Mrs. Ida Alright, both of Pretty Prairie. His wife is survived by a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Schwartz of Monroe.