Kosciusko Co. researchers & friends:
I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I received a phone
call early this morning from Cynthia Scheuer to tell me that
Larry (her husband) was killed instantly in an auto accident
yesterday (Christmas day) afternoon. They own a lock shop and he
and his 16 year old daughter had gone up to Milford on a lock
call and were coming back to the family Christmas party when it
happened. The newspaper account this morning and her phone call
last night are not reporting the same thing, but I believe that
the daughter was driving the car and went off the right side of
the highway, overcorrected, went off the left side of the
highway, overcorrected again and then collided with a culvert.
The daughter is in the local hospital in ICU, with serious
injuries as well. Will record a full obit in this column -
Monday. Today's newspaper only reported the accident. As you
may remember, the local Genealogy Section had just awarded the
Scheuers the annual award GENEALOGIST OF THE YEAR - for their
census transcription & indexing work and they were also the
"team" who had indexed the Kos. Co. wills and gave permission to
Mr. Andert, web page co-ordinator to place that index on the web
page. That generous act created considerable interest in our web
page and had been quite helpful to researchers. Our thoughts and
prayers go out to Cynthia and the families during this difficult
time. (If you care to send a card - their address is.........
family of Larry & Cynthia Scheuer, 722 East Center Street,
Warsaw, IN 46580 respectfully submitted,
marge priser