Lora grew up in the Far East where her parents were medical missionaries for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Later she attended San Diego Union Academy in National City, California.
Lora and three other girls were touring Europe in a V.W. after school was out at the college at Collonges, France. They were returning from Spain, and due to a minor accident that delayed them they had driven all night. The driver, as well as the other girls, went to sleep. The car hit a tree and the driver, Lora Dick, and Marcia Harold were killed instantly. [Another passenger also died.] Gloria Lee was hurt but will survive without permanent damage. The accident occurred around 5:00 a.m. near Nimes, France. Cremation was had for Lora, and the ashes were flown to La Harpe, Kansas, for burial. Source: Madison College Survey & Alumni News, October - December 1965, Madison, Tennessee
Lora and three other girls were touring Europe in a V.W. after school was out at the college at Collonges, France. They were returning from Spain, and due to a minor accident that delayed them they had driven all night. The driver, as well as the other girls, went to sleep. The car hit a tree and the driver, Lora Dick, and Marcia Harold were killed instantly. [Another passenger also died.] Gloria Lee was hurt but will survive without permanent damage. The accident occurred around 5:00 a.m. near Nimes, France. Cremation was had for Lora, and the ashes were flown to La Harpe, Kansas, for burial. Source: Madison College Survey & Alumni News, October - December 1965, Madison, Tennessee
Lora grew up in the Far East where her parents were medical missionaries for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Later she attended San Diego Union Academy in National City, California.
Lora and three other girls were touring Europe in a V.W. after school was out at the college at Collonges, France. They were returning from Spain, and due to a minor accident that delayed them they had driven all night. The driver, as well as the other girls, went to sleep. The car hit a tree and the driver, Lora Dick, and Marcia Harold were killed instantly. [Another passenger also died.] Gloria Lee was hurt but will survive without permanent damage. The accident occurred around 5:00 a.m. near Nimes, France. Cremation was had for Lora, and the ashes were flown to La Harpe, Kansas, for burial. Source: Madison College Survey & Alumni News, October - December 1965, Madison, Tennessee
Lora and three other girls were touring Europe in a V.W. after school was out at the college at Collonges, France. They were returning from Spain, and due to a minor accident that delayed them they had driven all night. The driver, as well as the other girls, went to sleep. The car hit a tree and the driver, Lora Dick, and Marcia Harold were killed instantly. [Another passenger also died.] Gloria Lee was hurt but will survive without permanent damage. The accident occurred around 5:00 a.m. near Nimes, France. Cremation was had for Lora, and the ashes were flown to La Harpe, Kansas, for burial. Source: Madison College Survey & Alumni News, October - December 1965, Madison, Tennessee
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