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Author: MargieRoopPearce
Surnames: Wolfe, Durbin, Fry, Presdorf, Noack, Gould, Strickler
Classification: obituary
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Deccatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Friday, May 29, 1942
Wolfe Funeral Rites Sunday Afternoon
Year's First Traffic Fatality In County
Funeral services for Clyde D. Wolfe, 60, Adam's County's first traffic victim
for the year 1942, will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at his home, three
and one-half miles east of Monroe, at 2 o'clock at the Pleasant Valley Church near
there. Rev. Carl William, Rev. Susie Sproul and Rev. R. G. Winterholder will officiate.
Burial will be in the Spring Hill Cemetery. The body has been removed from the Lobenstein
Funeral Hme to the residence.
Mr. Wolfe died Thursday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at the Adams County Memorial
Hspital. Death was attributed to skull fracture suffered last Saturday morning in a
two-car crash near Monroe. He never regained consciousness after the accident.
He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 28, 1881, the son of Daniel and Ellen
Wolfe. He was married to Ida Durbin, who survives.
Surviving also are the following children: Mrs. Gerald Fry of Pennville, Mrs. Howard
Presdorf of Craigville, Grover Wolfe of Decatur, and Mrs. Norman Noack of Fort Wayne; four
sisters: Mrs. Nellie Gould of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Ollie Durbin of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Laura
Strickler of Redkey; one brother, Harry Wolfe of Redkey. One son is deceased.
The accident occurred at a county road intersection three miles east and one mile south
of Monroe. The car driven by Mr. Wolfe and another driven by Wilber Beer, 49, of route
six, Decatur, crashed when both approached the intersection at the same time.
Sheriff Ed Miller investigated the accident and called an ambulance to move the badly
injured man to the local hospital. Mr. Beer was unhurt, while Chester Feasel of Decatur,
who was riding with Beer, sustained minor injuries.
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