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Author: MargieRoopPearce
Surnames: Cottrell, Bodle, Springer, Robinson, Clark, Harmon, Sheets, Rash, Marquart
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Monday, January 8, 1968
SAMUEL C. COTTRELL DIES OF INJURIES
Adams County's 12th traffic fatality for 1967 was recorded Sunday when Samuel C.
Cottrell, 81, of Decatur route 3, died at 4:30 a.m. at the Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne,
from injuries suffered in a one-car accident Christmas Day.
Mr. Cottrell was the second victim of the one-auto crash, as Mrs. Gertrude Harmon, 65,
also of Decatur route 3, was killed instantly in the holiday wreck.
Mr. Cottrell suffered a fractured right leg, fractured ribs and chest injuries. He had
been in serious condition at the Fort Wayne hospital since the accident, and his condition
became critical several days ago.
Mrs. Harmon and Mr. Cottrell, neighbors, were enroute home from a Christmas Day dinner
at the home of Cottrell's daughter, Mrs. Brice Sheets of Decatur route 3, one-half
mile west of Decatur near the new Decatur E. U. B. Church, when his car skidded out of
control on the ice-covered highway and slammed head on into a tree on the south side of
the road. The accident occurred at 3:55 o'clock
Christmas Day afternoon.
The accident victim, a lifelong resident of the Bobo area, was born in Adams County
July 7, 1886, and was a son of G. B. and Emma Bodle Cottrell. He was married to Nellie V.
Springer September 8, 1915, and his wife preceded him in death November 1, 1965.
Mr. Cottrell was first employed by the old Holland St. Louis Sugar Co. in the city in
1912, and later was employed by Central Sugar Co., and the Central Soya Co. until his
retirement in 1956.
He was a member of the Mt. Tabor Methodist Church and a charter member of the Loyal
Order of Moose lodge in Decatur.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Marion (Nancy) Robinson of Decatur, Mrs. Ralph (Ida
Mae) Clark of Lebanon, and Mrs. Brice (Vera)) Sheets of Decatur route 2; two sons, Don
Cottrell of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Frank Cottrell of Decatur route 6; a half-brother, Isaac
Rash of Columbia City; a half-sister, Mrs. Leona Marquart of Berne route 1; 13
grandchildren. One son, Earl Cottrell, died in 1942.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick Funeral Home, with
Rev. Joseph Gibson and Rev Larry Andrews officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur
Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today until time of the
services. The Moose lodge will hold memorials services at 7 p.m. today.
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