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Surname: Colley, Witte, Higgs, Schippers, Rinker
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TWO TEENS DIE IN AUTO CRASHES
Two young people with Chesterton connections died in separate out-of-town
car crashes over the weekend.
COLLEY BURIAL HERE
Dwight L. Colley, 19, was killed Saturday morning in an accident near his
home in Vicksburg, Mich.
Graveside services for Dwight Colley will be conducted in Chesterton cemetery
by the Rev. Dean Stuckey of Chesterton United Methodist church at 1:30
p.m. our time tomorrow, following 11 a.m. funeral services at Vicksburg
United Methodist church, the Rev. Francis Johannides officiating.
Dwight was a senior at Vicksburg High School; his family had lived in Vicksburg
the last 11 years, and are formerly of Chesterton.
Born in Valparaiso, Dec. 5, 1960, he was a son of Ralph and Betty (Witte)
Colley. Surviving are his mother Betty of Vicksburg; his father; a brother
Robert at home; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Higgs (Diane) and Mrs. James
Schippers (Barbara), both of Vicksburg; and his grandmother Mrs. Bertha
Witte, Chesterton.
He also leaves an uncle and aunt, Bud and Dorothy Rinker of Chesterton;
several cousins; and a niece and two nephews.
The White Funeral Home here has made the graveside arrangements.
County reference Porter County, Indiana.
(Transcribers note The above obituary is from the May 5, 1979 Chesterton
Tribune.)