FREED, Fred H. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

The parents of a New Richmond woman, Mrs. Francis Barnes, were killed when their car was struck by a four-car passenger train 10 miles west of Lafayette Tuesday. Fred H. Freed, 77, and his wife, Sylvia, 75, of Rt. 1, West Point, were the victims. No one in the Norfolk & Western Railway train was injured. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Oscar Wortley of Rensselaer and Mrs. Robert Yeager of Valier, Mont.; two sons, Harold Freed of Rt. 1, West Point, and Raymond of Rt. 3, Lafayette. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Freed will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Hippensteel Funeral Home at Lafayette. Interment will be in Goodland Cemetery. Friends may pay respects at the funeral home from 5 until 9 p.m. Thursday. --typed by Walt W

Source: Obituary from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana, now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.  From newspaper dated Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1968

COVINGTON, Ind. (CNS) --- A West Point couple was killed instantly about 1 p.m. Tuesday when their car was struck by a Norfolk & Western railroad passenger train. The crash occurred at a crossing in Tippecanoe County, about 10 miles southwest of Lafayette. Dead are Fred H. Freed, 77, and his wife, Sylvia, 75, of West Point Route 1. He was a retire farmer. Investigating state troopers reported that Freed drove in front of the train at an unguarded crossing which has clear vision for a mile. The train was bound from Detroit to St. Louis and dragged the auto more than 1,800 ft. The car was demolished. The bodies are at the Hippensteel Funeral Home in Lafayette. Arrangements are pending.  --typed by Walt W