Two elderly couples were driving toward their favorite fishing spot with an unexplained $927 in a sugar sack when they were killed Thursday by a train at Vergennes.
Mrs. Alma Yearian, who was killed on Thursday when a train hit the truck she was riding in.
James Richard Harris, 87, his wife, Lula, 63, Harrison Bruce Mansker, 72, and his wife, Alma, 67, had fished together since last summer, according to Herman Harris, son of James R. Harris. The fishing spot is on Beaucoup Creek southwest of the rail crossing in Vergennes where their pickup truck ran into the path of Illinois Central train No. 101 at 11:45 a.m. The train, southbound at 70 miles an hour, rammed the truck 2,574 feet down the track.
Alma Alice Mueller 1st married Archie Yearian in 1937 she later married Harrison Bruce Mansker in 1944. He was killed in the same accident.
Mrs. Mansker leaves daughters Mrs. Meininger and Mrs. Zimmerman, a son , Archie, and 10 grandchildren. One daughter preceded her in death
Mrs. Alma Yearian, who was killed on Thursday when a train hit the truck she was riding in.
James Richard Harris, 87, his wife, Lula, 63, Harrison Bruce Mansker, 72, and his wife, Alma, 67, had fished together since last summer, according to Herman Harris, son of James R. Harris. The fishing spot is on Beaucoup Creek southwest of the rail crossing in Vergennes where their pickup truck ran into the path of Illinois Central train No. 101 at 11:45 a.m. The train, southbound at 70 miles an hour, rammed the truck 2,574 feet down the track.
Alma Alice Mueller 1st married Archie Yearian in 1937 she later married Harrison Bruce Mansker in 1944. He was killed in the same accident.
Mrs. Mansker leaves daughters Mrs. Meininger and Mrs. Zimmerman, a son , Archie, and 10 grandchildren. One daughter preceded her in death
Two elderly couples were driving toward their favorite fishing spot with an unexplained $927 in a sugar sack when they were killed Thursday by a train at Vergennes.
Mrs. Alma Yearian, who was killed on Thursday when a train hit the truck she was riding in.
James Richard Harris, 87, his wife, Lula, 63, Harrison Bruce Mansker, 72, and his wife, Alma, 67, had fished together since last summer, according to Herman Harris, son of James R. Harris. The fishing spot is on Beaucoup Creek southwest of the rail crossing in Vergennes where their pickup truck ran into the path of Illinois Central train No. 101 at 11:45 a.m. The train, southbound at 70 miles an hour, rammed the truck 2,574 feet down the track.
Alma Alice Mueller 1st married Archie Yearian in 1937 she later married Harrison Bruce Mansker in 1944. He was killed in the same accident.
Mrs. Mansker leaves daughters Mrs. Meininger and Mrs. Zimmerman, a son , Archie, and 10 grandchildren. One daughter preceded her in death
Mrs. Alma Yearian, who was killed on Thursday when a train hit the truck she was riding in.
James Richard Harris, 87, his wife, Lula, 63, Harrison Bruce Mansker, 72, and his wife, Alma, 67, had fished together since last summer, according to Herman Harris, son of James R. Harris. The fishing spot is on Beaucoup Creek southwest of the rail crossing in Vergennes where their pickup truck ran into the path of Illinois Central train No. 101 at 11:45 a.m. The train, southbound at 70 miles an hour, rammed the truck 2,574 feet down the track.
Alma Alice Mueller 1st married Archie Yearian in 1937 she later married Harrison Bruce Mansker in 1944. He was killed in the same accident.
Mrs. Mansker leaves daughters Mrs. Meininger and Mrs. Zimmerman, a son , Archie, and 10 grandchildren. One daughter preceded her in death
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