MINNICK, Charles F.-1967
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. "Veedersburg News" October 1967
includes above photo
High School junior and a 52-year old East Chicago mother were killed in separate accidents over the week
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Charles F. Minnick of Veedersburg, died Saturday evening in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville a few hours after his motorcycle crashed into a tree on south Mill St., in Veedersburg.
Mrs. Lena Cobb of East Chicago also died at St. Elizabeth 24 hours after a car-truck mishap Sunday at the intersection of Routes 41 and 136.
Minnick, of 801 College St., Veedersburg, died of multiple internal and spinal injuries. According to investigating officers, he was operating his motorcycle on South Mill St., when he lost control and the cycle struck a tree throwing him off.
A native of Williamsport, he was born Dec. 3, 1949, a son of Charles and Clara Louise (Pycke) Mlnnick.
He worked part-time at Allen's D-X Service Station in Veedersburg.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10:30 at Sever Mortuary with Father Remaklus of Attica officiating. Burial was m Osborne Prairie Cemetery.
Rosary was said Monday evening at the Sever Mortuary.
Surviving along with the parents are a sister, Sarah, 13; a grandmother, Mrs. Edna Warrick of Veedersburg; a grandfather, Alphonse Pycke of Attica; and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Amelia Pycke of Attica.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Sever Mortuary with Father Charles W. Remaklus officiating. Burial was m Osborne Cemetery. Rosary was recited Monday evening at the mortuary.
Mrs. Cobb died at St. Elizabeth Hospital Monday morning as a result of injuries sustained in a crash Sunday morning. The accident occurred when a truck driven by Marvin S. Cobb, 49, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Cobb's, stopped at the Route 41-136 intersection and the Cobb vehicle struck the truck in the rear.
Also injured were her son, Michael, 9, who is in critical condition in the intensive care ward at St. Elizabeth, and her husband, William, 51, in fairly good condition at the hospital with facial cuts. The boy suffered a compound skull fracture.
Information from the Indiana State Police indicates the Cobbs were moving furniture to their home in East Chicago and both vehicles were traveling together. Apparently Mrs. Cobb, who was driving the automobile, did not see her brother-in-law stop at the intersection.
Marvin Cobb was uninjured.
Mrs. Cobb was the third person to die at the 136-41 intersection. -jz