Mrs. Doris M. Austin, 35, wife of Ervin H. Austin Jr., died at 9:30 a.m. in the Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, as she was being prepared for brain surgery. She had been struck shortly after 7 a.m. and was rushed to the Hagerstown hospital, after examination at the Waynesboro Hospital emergency room revealed the critical nature of her injuries. State police said the mishap took place four tenths of a mile west of Waynesboro. Mrs. Austin had started to walk to town to work when a neighbor, Kenneth Grinage stopped and offered her a ride in his car. He said she walked onto the highway infront of a westbound car, and he shouted to warn her, but she didn't hear him. She was struck by the right front of a 1964 Comet convertible driven by Miss Shirley Winters, 29, of 202 W. 2nd St., driving to work in Greencastle. Grinage went to a nearby farmhouse and summoned the ATH & L Ambulance.

Mrs. Austin was born on Waynesboro R.D. 1, February 24, 1929, a daughter of Chester and Helen Noll Bricker. All of her life had been lived in the Waynesboro area. She and Mr. Austin had lived at Waynesboro R D 2 since their marriage in 1958. She had worked at the Waynesboro Shoe Company for 10 years and later at the Gettysburg Shoe Company. For the past three weeks Mrs. Austin was employed at Connie Sports wear. She was a member of the Blue Rock UB Church. Surviving, in addition to her husband and parents, are a son, Donald G. Bricker, at home, and these brothers and sisters, Mrs. Betty Bamhart, Waynesboro R.D. 4; Mrs. George Monn and Mrs. Arthur Woodring, both of Quincy; Mrs. Samuel Socks, Waynesboro R.D 3; Mrs Ray Shockey. Waynesboro R.D 1; Robert Bricker and Chester Bricker Jr., both of Cleveland. Mrs. Paul Wishard, Mrs. Merle Carson, Mrs. Larue Littrel, Miss Shirley Bricker, Mrs. Lester Rush and Richard Bricker, all of Waynesboro.

Funeral arrangements will be in charge of the Grove Funeral Home.

Record Herald, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, February 17th, 1965.