The Independent, Harwarden, Iowa,
Thursday, August 29, 1946, page 1:
Lloyd Eugene Doty, of Rock Rapids 42, a former Harwarden business man and his father, Nick M. Doty, 70, a retired farmer of Alcester S. D., were killed early Tuesday morning when their light plane crashed seven miles southeast of De Gray in Hughes county, South Dakota.
At the time of the accident, they were on their way to rejoin their families at Arnolds Park, Iowa, where the Lloyd Doty family has been living this summer., after completing a business mission to South Dakota. They landed at Pierre, S. D., Monday and left the airport at that place about 7:10 Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Leonard McDowell,whose home is about four miles from the scene of the crash, reported that the plane flew over her home about 7:30 o'clock. She said that the visibility was poor because of a fog and that the plane was flying real low.
At 9 o'clock, the wrecked plane was found by Robert Richards of De Grey, 16 year old boy, who was herding sheep. He discovered that the occupants were dead and notified authorities. Officers who investigated the accident said that Lloyd Doty, the pilot, evidently had tried to land in a stubble field. The plane struck the ground and bounced once, they said. Then the wing apparently struck the ground and the machine nosed into the ground. They report that the plane rolled into a ball by the impact. Both bodies were found inside the wreckage. Officers identified Lloyd Doty by contents of his billfold, which contained his civil Air Patrol card. His father also was identified by his billfold. Relatives were notified at once.
Word of the tragedy reached Harwarden about noon Tuesday. Leo Doty of Harwarden accompanied Warren Nilson of Alcester to Pierre in the late afternoon and they returned ta Alcester with the bodies early Wednesday morning. Ed Fischer and Lloyd A. Johnson of Alcester went to the lakes after Mrs. N. M. Doty, Mrs. Lloyd Doty and daughter returned to Rock Rapids.
Ralph Doty of Harwarden, a son and brother of the victims, together with his family, is touring the Black Hills. Early Thursday morning he had not been located.
The body of Lloyd Doty was taken to Rock Rapids Wednesday afternoon and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Doty and Leo K. Doty of Harwarden, Mrs. Lloyd R. Johnson and Mrs. Ed Fischer of Alcester and Cecil Ericson of Chicago, accompanied it there.
Funeral services for Lloyd Doty will be held at the Christian church in Rock Rapids at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The N. M. Doty funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Alcester Congregational church.
Lloyd Doty was born on the home farm near Alcester on January 3, 1904, and grew to manhood there. He received his elementary education in the rural schools and later attended Alcester High school. About 20 years ago, he was united in marriage with Doris Johnson of Harwarden. The first years of his married life he lived at Bothell, Wash., where he operated a filling station and store. About ten years ago, he returned from the west and located in Harwarden. Mr. and Mrs. Doty operated the Doty cafe here for three or four years. About six years ago, they bought a restaurant business in Rock Rapids and since then they made their home there. He was successful in his business at Rock Rapids and later he bought the building in which his restaurant was located. He and his family have lived at their cottage at Arnolds Park during the past summer.
Mr. Doty was interested in airplanes for many years and was one of the first citizens of Rock Rapids to be granted a pilot's license. He came to Harwarden numerous times in his plane.
He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Jacqueline, who is married, his mother, three brothers and four sisters.
Nick M. Doty was born near Le Mars in July, 1876, being the youngest of a family of eight children. He was a pioneer of Union county, as his parents homesteaded on a farm four miles northeast of Alcester when he was a baby. This farm continued to be his home until his death. He was united in marriage with Margaret Hampton of Alcester. He is survived by his wife and seven children, Ralph E. and Leo K. Doty, Harwarden; Lewis R. Doty, Omaha; and Mrs. Ed. Fischer, Mrs.Lawrence Patnoe, Mrs. Lloyd R. Johnson and Mrs. Lloyd A. Johnson of Alcester. A daughter Mrs. Cecil Ericson of Harwarden died three years ago.
He also leaves three brothers and two sisters, Warren Doty Corvallis, Ore.; George Doty, Le Mars; Frank Doty, Alcester; Mrs. Grant Troxell, Wagner, S. D., and Mrs. Ida Husted, of Los Animas, Colo., and 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Thursday, August 29, 1946, page 1:
Lloyd Eugene Doty, of Rock Rapids 42, a former Harwarden business man and his father, Nick M. Doty, 70, a retired farmer of Alcester S. D., were killed early Tuesday morning when their light plane crashed seven miles southeast of De Gray in Hughes county, South Dakota.
At the time of the accident, they were on their way to rejoin their families at Arnolds Park, Iowa, where the Lloyd Doty family has been living this summer., after completing a business mission to South Dakota. They landed at Pierre, S. D., Monday and left the airport at that place about 7:10 Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Leonard McDowell,whose home is about four miles from the scene of the crash, reported that the plane flew over her home about 7:30 o'clock. She said that the visibility was poor because of a fog and that the plane was flying real low.
At 9 o'clock, the wrecked plane was found by Robert Richards of De Grey, 16 year old boy, who was herding sheep. He discovered that the occupants were dead and notified authorities. Officers who investigated the accident said that Lloyd Doty, the pilot, evidently had tried to land in a stubble field. The plane struck the ground and bounced once, they said. Then the wing apparently struck the ground and the machine nosed into the ground. They report that the plane rolled into a ball by the impact. Both bodies were found inside the wreckage. Officers identified Lloyd Doty by contents of his billfold, which contained his civil Air Patrol card. His father also was identified by his billfold. Relatives were notified at once.
Word of the tragedy reached Harwarden about noon Tuesday. Leo Doty of Harwarden accompanied Warren Nilson of Alcester to Pierre in the late afternoon and they returned ta Alcester with the bodies early Wednesday morning. Ed Fischer and Lloyd A. Johnson of Alcester went to the lakes after Mrs. N. M. Doty, Mrs. Lloyd Doty and daughter returned to Rock Rapids.
Ralph Doty of Harwarden, a son and brother of the victims, together with his family, is touring the Black Hills. Early Thursday morning he had not been located.
The body of Lloyd Doty was taken to Rock Rapids Wednesday afternoon and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Doty and Leo K. Doty of Harwarden, Mrs. Lloyd R. Johnson and Mrs. Ed Fischer of Alcester and Cecil Ericson of Chicago, accompanied it there.
Funeral services for Lloyd Doty will be held at the Christian church in Rock Rapids at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The N. M. Doty funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Alcester Congregational church.
Lloyd Doty was born on the home farm near Alcester on January 3, 1904, and grew to manhood there. He received his elementary education in the rural schools and later attended Alcester High school. About 20 years ago, he was united in marriage with Doris Johnson of Harwarden. The first years of his married life he lived at Bothell, Wash., where he operated a filling station and store. About ten years ago, he returned from the west and located in Harwarden. Mr. and Mrs. Doty operated the Doty cafe here for three or four years. About six years ago, they bought a restaurant business in Rock Rapids and since then they made their home there. He was successful in his business at Rock Rapids and later he bought the building in which his restaurant was located. He and his family have lived at their cottage at Arnolds Park during the past summer.
Mr. Doty was interested in airplanes for many years and was one of the first citizens of Rock Rapids to be granted a pilot's license. He came to Harwarden numerous times in his plane.
He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Jacqueline, who is married, his mother, three brothers and four sisters.
Nick M. Doty was born near Le Mars in July, 1876, being the youngest of a family of eight children. He was a pioneer of Union county, as his parents homesteaded on a farm four miles northeast of Alcester when he was a baby. This farm continued to be his home until his death. He was united in marriage with Margaret Hampton of Alcester. He is survived by his wife and seven children, Ralph E. and Leo K. Doty, Harwarden; Lewis R. Doty, Omaha; and Mrs. Ed. Fischer, Mrs.Lawrence Patnoe, Mrs. Lloyd R. Johnson and Mrs. Lloyd A. Johnson of Alcester. A daughter Mrs. Cecil Ericson of Harwarden died three years ago.
He also leaves three brothers and two sisters, Warren Doty Corvallis, Ore.; George Doty, Le Mars; Frank Doty, Alcester; Mrs. Grant Troxell, Wagner, S. D., and Mrs. Ida Husted, of Los Animas, Colo., and 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The Independent, Harwarden, Iowa,
Thursday, August 29, 1946, page 1:
Lloyd Eugene Doty, of Rock Rapids 42, a former Harwarden business man and his father, Nick M. Doty, 70, a retired farmer of Alcester S. D., were killed early Tuesday morning when their light plane crashed seven miles southeast of De Gray in Hughes county, South Dakota.
At the time of the accident, they were on their way to rejoin their families at Arnolds Park, Iowa, where the Lloyd Doty family has been living this summer., after completing a business mission to South Dakota. They landed at Pierre, S. D., Monday and left the airport at that place about 7:10 Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Leonard McDowell,whose home is about four miles from the scene of the crash, reported that the plane flew over her home about 7:30 o'clock. She said that the visibility was poor because of a fog and that the plane was flying real low.
At 9 o'clock, the wrecked plane was found by Robert Richards of De Grey, 16 year old boy, who was herding sheep. He discovered that the occupants were dead and notified authorities. Officers who investigated the accident said that Lloyd Doty, the pilot, evidently had tried to land in a stubble field. The plane struck the ground and bounced once, they said. Then the wing apparently struck the ground and the machine nosed into the ground. They report that the plane rolled into a ball by the impact. Both bodies were found inside the wreckage. Officers identified Lloyd Doty by contents of his billfold, which contained his civil Air Patrol card. His father also was identified by his billfold. Relatives were notified at once.
Word of the tragedy reached Harwarden about noon Tuesday. Leo Doty of Harwarden accompanied Warren Nilson of Alcester to Pierre in the late afternoon and they returned ta Alcester with the bodies early Wednesday morning. Ed Fischer and Lloyd A. Johnson of Alcester went to the lakes after Mrs. N. M. Doty, Mrs. Lloyd Doty and daughter returned to Rock Rapids.
Ralph Doty of Harwarden, a son and brother of the victims, together with his family, is touring the Black Hills. Early Thursday morning he had not been located.
The body of Lloyd Doty was taken to Rock Rapids Wednesday afternoon and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Doty and Leo K. Doty of Harwarden, Mrs. Lloyd R. Johnson and Mrs. Ed Fischer of Alcester and Cecil Ericson of Chicago, accompanied it there.
Funeral services for Lloyd Doty will be held at the Christian church in Rock Rapids at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The N. M. Doty funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Alcester Congregational church.
Lloyd Doty was born on the home farm near Alcester on January 3, 1904, and grew to manhood there. He received his elementary education in the rural schools and later attended Alcester High school. About 20 years ago, he was united in marriage with Doris Johnson of Harwarden. The first years of his married life he lived at Bothell, Wash., where he operated a filling station and store. About ten years ago, he returned from the west and located in Harwarden. Mr. and Mrs. Doty operated the Doty cafe here for three or four years. About six years ago, they bought a restaurant business in Rock Rapids and since then they made their home there. He was successful in his business at Rock Rapids and later he bought the building in which his restaurant was located. He and his family have lived at their cottage at Arnolds Park during the past summer.
Mr. Doty was interested in airplanes for many years and was one of the first citizens of Rock Rapids to be granted a pilot's license. He came to Harwarden numerous times in his plane.
He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Jacqueline, who is married, his mother, three brothers and four sisters.
Nick M. Doty was born near Le Mars in July, 1876, being the youngest of a family of eight children. He was a pioneer of Union county, as his parents homesteaded on a farm four miles northeast of Alcester when he was a baby. This farm continued to be his home until his death. He was united in marriage with Margaret Hampton of Alcester. He is survived by his wife and seven children, Ralph E. and Leo K. Doty, Harwarden; Lewis R. Doty, Omaha; and Mrs. Ed. Fischer, Mrs.Lawrence Patnoe, Mrs. Lloyd R. Johnson and Mrs. Lloyd A. Johnson of Alcester. A daughter Mrs. Cecil Ericson of Harwarden died three years ago.
He also leaves three brothers and two sisters, Warren Doty Corvallis, Ore.; George Doty, Le Mars; Frank Doty, Alcester; Mrs. Grant Troxell, Wagner, S. D., and Mrs. Ida Husted, of Los Animas, Colo., and 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Thursday, August 29, 1946, page 1:
Lloyd Eugene Doty, of Rock Rapids 42, a former Harwarden business man and his father, Nick M. Doty, 70, a retired farmer of Alcester S. D., were killed early Tuesday morning when their light plane crashed seven miles southeast of De Gray in Hughes county, South Dakota.
At the time of the accident, they were on their way to rejoin their families at Arnolds Park, Iowa, where the Lloyd Doty family has been living this summer., after completing a business mission to South Dakota. They landed at Pierre, S. D., Monday and left the airport at that place about 7:10 Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Leonard McDowell,whose home is about four miles from the scene of the crash, reported that the plane flew over her home about 7:30 o'clock. She said that the visibility was poor because of a fog and that the plane was flying real low.
At 9 o'clock, the wrecked plane was found by Robert Richards of De Grey, 16 year old boy, who was herding sheep. He discovered that the occupants were dead and notified authorities. Officers who investigated the accident said that Lloyd Doty, the pilot, evidently had tried to land in a stubble field. The plane struck the ground and bounced once, they said. Then the wing apparently struck the ground and the machine nosed into the ground. They report that the plane rolled into a ball by the impact. Both bodies were found inside the wreckage. Officers identified Lloyd Doty by contents of his billfold, which contained his civil Air Patrol card. His father also was identified by his billfold. Relatives were notified at once.
Word of the tragedy reached Harwarden about noon Tuesday. Leo Doty of Harwarden accompanied Warren Nilson of Alcester to Pierre in the late afternoon and they returned ta Alcester with the bodies early Wednesday morning. Ed Fischer and Lloyd A. Johnson of Alcester went to the lakes after Mrs. N. M. Doty, Mrs. Lloyd Doty and daughter returned to Rock Rapids.
Ralph Doty of Harwarden, a son and brother of the victims, together with his family, is touring the Black Hills. Early Thursday morning he had not been located.
The body of Lloyd Doty was taken to Rock Rapids Wednesday afternoon and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Doty and Leo K. Doty of Harwarden, Mrs. Lloyd R. Johnson and Mrs. Ed Fischer of Alcester and Cecil Ericson of Chicago, accompanied it there.
Funeral services for Lloyd Doty will be held at the Christian church in Rock Rapids at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The N. M. Doty funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Alcester Congregational church.
Lloyd Doty was born on the home farm near Alcester on January 3, 1904, and grew to manhood there. He received his elementary education in the rural schools and later attended Alcester High school. About 20 years ago, he was united in marriage with Doris Johnson of Harwarden. The first years of his married life he lived at Bothell, Wash., where he operated a filling station and store. About ten years ago, he returned from the west and located in Harwarden. Mr. and Mrs. Doty operated the Doty cafe here for three or four years. About six years ago, they bought a restaurant business in Rock Rapids and since then they made their home there. He was successful in his business at Rock Rapids and later he bought the building in which his restaurant was located. He and his family have lived at their cottage at Arnolds Park during the past summer.
Mr. Doty was interested in airplanes for many years and was one of the first citizens of Rock Rapids to be granted a pilot's license. He came to Harwarden numerous times in his plane.
He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Jacqueline, who is married, his mother, three brothers and four sisters.
Nick M. Doty was born near Le Mars in July, 1876, being the youngest of a family of eight children. He was a pioneer of Union county, as his parents homesteaded on a farm four miles northeast of Alcester when he was a baby. This farm continued to be his home until his death. He was united in marriage with Margaret Hampton of Alcester. He is survived by his wife and seven children, Ralph E. and Leo K. Doty, Harwarden; Lewis R. Doty, Omaha; and Mrs. Ed. Fischer, Mrs.Lawrence Patnoe, Mrs. Lloyd R. Johnson and Mrs. Lloyd A. Johnson of Alcester. A daughter Mrs. Cecil Ericson of Harwarden died three years ago.
He also leaves three brothers and two sisters, Warren Doty Corvallis, Ore.; George Doty, Le Mars; Frank Doty, Alcester; Mrs. Grant Troxell, Wagner, S. D., and Mrs. Ida Husted, of Los Animas, Colo., and 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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