Niccum, E. Elmo (1904-1956)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Nov 29 p. 3

Birth date: 1904

text of obituary:

HEAD-ON COLLISION NEAR GOSHEN CLAIMS LIVES OF TWO

Goshen, Ind. — A head-on collision on U. S. Highway 33 southeast of here Saturday forenoon claimed the lives of Benjamin A. Chupp, 19, and E. Elmo Niccum, 52, president of the Goshen Rubber Co. Howard L. Miller, 19, driver of the car in which Chupp was riding, was critically injured.

Funeral services for the Chupp youth were arranged for Tuesday afternoon at the Clinton Frame Mennonite church, with Russel Krabill, Vernon Miller and John Troyer officiating. He was the son of Mrs. Anna B. Chupp of Route 1, Goshen.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Dec 6 p. 3

text of obituary:

19-YEAR-OLD YOUTH THIRD VICTIM OF ACCIDENT NEAR GOSHEN

Goshen, Ind. — The head-on collision of two automobiles on U.S. Highway 33 southeast of here Nov. 17 claimed its third victim with the death of Howard L. Miller, 19, in the Goshen hospital Tuesday evening, Nov. 20.

Instantly killed in the crash were Benjamin A. Chupp, 19, who was riding with the Miller youth, and E. Elmo Niccum, 52, prominent Goshen industrialist.

Funeral services for Howard Miller were held at the Clinton Frame Mennonite Church on Saturday. He was the son of Eli R. and Lovina (Burkholder) Miller, who survive with three brothers and five sisters.

Another accident north of Goshen on the same day claimed the lives of three persons, raising this year's highway death toll in Elkhart County to 33.