CLOUSE, Robert - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

- Veedersburg -- Robert Clouse, 26, a resident here most of his life, died Tuesday morning in Robert Long Hospital, Indianapolis, of a brain injury suffered in a one-car crash the evening of March 14 while en route to work at the R. R. Donnelly & Sons plant in Crawfordsville. Jimmy C. Byers, 25, also of Veedersburg and driver of the car, was hospitalized for a time in Crawfordsville with a concussion and lacerations. According to state police, the car left U.S. 136 on a curve about 3 ½ miles west of Hillsboro, skidded 520 feet, struck a tree with it’s left side and continued another 75 feet before stopping. Neither man was thrown out. Clouse never regained consciousness. He was taken to Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville, then on to Indianapolis. He developed pneumonia a few days ago. Born in Kingman July 15, 1936, he was a son of Herman and Adabelle Slagle Clouse. He was a member of the Veedersburg EUB Church and a graduate of the high school here. He served in the U.S. Army in 1954-56 and was stationed in Germany 18 months. He was married Dec. 3, 1954 to Mary Jane Helms, who survives with the parents and three daughters, Tama Jane, Diane Marie and Kathy Lynn, and a brother, Douglas of Veedersburg. Funeral services are announced for 2 p.m. (EST) Thursday at the Fishero Funeral Home here, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. J. Samuel Pritchard will officiate, and burial will be in the Bonebrake Cemetery.