Cassida - Edgar
EDGAR CASSIDA
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 24 September 1966 p 2
Edgar E. Cassida, 42, of Rt. 7, Crawfordsville, was killed Friday morning when the truck he was driving veered off Int. 465 in Marion County and rolled down a 50-foot embankment. The victim, father of four children, resided about five miles west and a mile south of New Market. Cassida, who was en route to Browns Valley from Indianapolis, was killed instantly at 11:10 a.m. when the truck's load, 60,000 pounds of fertilizer, was shoved through the cab of the Farm Bureau Co-Op truck. A preliminary coroner's report listed the cause of death as a broken neck. According to the Marion County sheriff's department, Cassida was driving the 1 1/2 ton truck north on Int. 465 when the vehicle came into contact with a guard rail on the right side of the highway. The truck skidded 477 feet before rolling down the embankment, according to Deputy Sheriff Douglas Larson. There was one witness. A spokesman for the sheriff's department said Friday afternoon that authorities are still investigating the accident in an effort to determine the cause of the truck coming in contact with the guardrail. The truck, which was demolished, came to rest in a drainage ditch. Cassida's body was found on the floor in the cab and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The body was removed to General Hospital at Indianapolis. Mr. Cassida was born March 28, 1924. He had been employed by the Farm Bureau for more than 15 years. The survivors include the widow, Mrs. Evelyn Cassida; two sons, Larry, 19, a 1966 graduate of New Market High School, and Eddie, 15, a sophomore, and two daughters, Tammy, 9, in the third grade, and Debbie, 7, in the first grade of the New Market Elementary School.
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Crawfordsville, Ind. - A rural Crawfordsville man was killed Friday afternoon when the truck in which he was driving plunged down a 50 foot embankment along Interstate 465 on Indianapolis' west side. Dead is Edgar Cassida, 42, of Crawfordsville Route 7. He was driving a truck for Montgomery County Farm Bureau and was en route to Brown's Valley when the accident occurred. The truck skidded 477 feet after a right front tire is believed to have blown out. It careened off a guard rail and rolled over an embankment. Several thousand pounds of fertilizer shifted forward against the cab of the vehicle. A preliminary coroner's report listed the cause of death as a broken neck. Cassida was born March 28, 1924, in Owen County, Indiana. He had been employed by the farm bureau for more than 15 years. He attended school at Cloverdale. Survivors include the widow, Evelyn; two sons, Larry and Eddie; two daughters, Tammy and Debbie, all at home; his father, Jesse, of Cloverdale; a brother, Wilbur of Quincy, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. Bryce Williams of New Market, Ind., Mrs. Verl Parker and Mrs. Harold Smith, both of Quincy. Also surviving are several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. The body is at the Whitaker Funeral Home in Cloverdale where services will be at 2 p.m. Monday.
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New Market - Funeral services for Edgar E. Cassida, 42, of Rt. 7, Crawfordsville, injured fatally in a truck accident Friday in Marion County, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Whitaker Funeral Home in Cloverdale. Burial will be in the Cloverdale Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects at the Noble Reeves Funeral Home in New Market Saturday evening. The body will be taken to the Whitaker Funeral Home in Cloverdale Sunday. Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Evelyn Cassida; four children, Larry, 19, Eddie, 15, Tammy, 9, and Debbie, 7. Other survivors are his father, Jesse Cassida of Cloverdale; a brother, Wilbur Cassida of Quincy, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. Bryce Williams of New Market and Mrs. Verl Parker and Mrs. Harold Smith Jr., both of Quincy; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mrs. Nellie Haltom Cassida, who died in 1963; and a sister, Mrs. Beulah Whitaker, who died in 1960. Mr. Cassida attended school at Cloverdale where his parents moved when he was a small boy. He was born in Morgan Township in Owen County.
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 1 October 1966 p 5
Cloverdale - Funeral services for Edgar E. Cassida, who was killed in a traffic accident in Marion County, were held Monday afternoon at the Whitaker Funeral Home in Cloverdale with Rev. Mike Williams officinting. Pallbearers were Lawrence Grimes, Harold Whitaker, Kenneth Whitaker, Jack Bayless, Dean Williams and Ed Stephens. Burial was in the Cloverdale Cemetery. Mr. Cassida had been employed at the Montgomery County Farm Bureau elevator for the past 10 years.
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