Troyer, Joseph C. (1944-1969)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1969 Aug 7 p. 7

Birth date: 1944

text of obituary:

Services at Berne For Victim of Highway Crash Near Elkhart

Berne, Ind. — Funeral services were conducted at the Cornelius Troyer home in the Amish settlement near Monroe on July 20 for the Troyers' son, Joseph C. Troyer, 25, who was fatally injured in a two-car crash near Elkhart on July 14. He died three days later at Elkhart General Hospital.

Troyer, employed in a Middlebury, Ind. factory for the past several years, was the driver of a car which collided headon with one driven by Mrs. Elizabeth Leichty, 62, of Middlebury on US-20.

Mrs. Leichty was seriously injured, as were Carla Alwine, 18, and John Henry Wallace, 31, both passengers in the Troyer auto. a fourth passenger, 22-year-old Donna J. Burton, did not require hospital care.