Harrisonburg Daily News Record
March 5, 1973
Two Weyers Cave women driving to work early Saturday were killed when their car and an oncoming vehicle collided west of here.
Dead are Mrs. Nola Lee Wimer, 57, and Mrs. Nancy Layman Wrenn, 45. State Police said the women apparently were killed instantly in the 6:40 a.m. crash on Va, 257.
The other driver, Miss Janice Faye Wheeler of Rt, 2, Bridgewater, was listed in satisfactory condition at Rockingham Memorial Hospital late Sunday. State Police said Miss Wheeler sustained multiple facial injuries.
Trooper J. R, Failes said the crash occured on Va. 257 just west of the intersection with US 11.
Mrs. Wimer was driving west toward Bridgewater, where she and Mrs. Wrenn worked at Shen-Mar Food Products Corp., the trooper reported.
He said Miss Wheeler was driving east, also going to work, and that her car went out of control, in a curve. The vehicle hit the soft muddy shoulder to Miss Wheeler's right, came back onto the road and struck Mrs. Wimer's car, the trooper said.
The Wheeler vehicle halted facing west in the westbound lane, with the Wimer vehicle tilted over its right rear. Trooper Falles said charges had not been made Sunday pending more investigation.
The deaths of Mrs. Wimer and Mrs. Wren pushed Rockingham County's highway death toll this year to five. The crash was the second in less than a week in which two women were killed.
Mrs. Pauline Moubray Andrus, 71, and Mrs. Willie Coffman Moubray, 89, both of Harrisonburg, were killed in a two-car crash on US 33 at the intersection of the Massanetta Springs road Feb. 26.
Mrs. Wimer was born Jan. 21, 1916 at Cherry Grove, W. Va. and was a daughter of Mrs. Leona Arbogast Sponaugle and the late Letcher Sponaugle.
On Oct. 6, 1935 she married Marshall William Wimer, who survives.
The couple lived at Keyser, W. Va. before moving to Weyers Cave 25 years ago.
Mrs. Wimer had worked for Shen-Mar Food Products Corp. since 1967 and also had worked for Blosser Produce. She was a member of St. Andrew's United Church of Christ.
Surviving, besides her husband and mother, are four daughters, Mrs. Arbutus Ruddle of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Leona Berry of Weyers Cave, Mrs. Joyce Edward of Vernon and Miss Janice L. Wimer, at home; three sons, Leland J. Wimer of Clarion, Pa.; Nathan W. Wimer of Weyers Cave and Jerry W. Wimer of Verona; five brothers, Herbert Sponaugle of Alliance, Ohio, Jacob and Dwight Sponaugle, both of Baltimore, Md., and Anthony and Olin Sponaugle, both of Cherry Grove, W. Va.; six sisters, Mrs. Harvey Long of Hinton, Mrs. Thelma Harris of Baltimore, Md,, Mrs, Loretta Harman of Morgantown, W. Va. Mrs. Berlie Nelson of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mrs. Elmer Bennett and Mrs. Omar Sponaugle, both of Franklin, W.Va., and 14 grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Lindsey and Koontz Funeral Home at Weyers Cave by the Rev. Ronald David and the Rev. Paul Fike. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens near Harrisonburg.
The body is at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends 7:30 — 9 p.m, today.
Relatives will meet at the Wimer home 2:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Pallbearers will be Henry Sipe, Junior Blosser, Walter Ramsey, Leonard Canipe, Robert Dean, Nelson Craun and Guy and Jim Stickley.
Mrs. Wrenn was born Feb. 17, 1928 at Keezletown and was a daughter of the late Jacob and Ethel Armentrout Layman.
On Feb. 18, 1955 she married Beverly F. Wrenn, who survives. Mrs. Wrenn attended Keezletown Elementary School and lived at Weyers Cave since her marriage. She worked for Shen-Mar Food Products Corp. eight years and also had worked for Madison College, She was a member of Weyers Cave United Methodist Church.
Surviving, besides her husband, are two sons, Thomas Franklin and Barry Wayne Wrenn, both at home, and two brothers, Russel and Lawrence Layman, both of Keezletown.
The funeral will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Lindsey and Koontz Funeral Home at Weyers Cave by the Rev. Harold Skelton and the Rev. James L. Maheffey. Burial wll be in Weyers Cave Cemetery.
Relatives will meet 10:35 a.m. Tuesday at the Wrenn home.
Pallbearers will be Harold Shickel, Irwin Lester, William Shifflett, Russell Henry, Vernon E. Landes and E. C. Showalter Jr.
March 5, 1973
Two Weyers Cave women driving to work early Saturday were killed when their car and an oncoming vehicle collided west of here.
Dead are Mrs. Nola Lee Wimer, 57, and Mrs. Nancy Layman Wrenn, 45. State Police said the women apparently were killed instantly in the 6:40 a.m. crash on Va, 257.
The other driver, Miss Janice Faye Wheeler of Rt, 2, Bridgewater, was listed in satisfactory condition at Rockingham Memorial Hospital late Sunday. State Police said Miss Wheeler sustained multiple facial injuries.
Trooper J. R, Failes said the crash occured on Va. 257 just west of the intersection with US 11.
Mrs. Wimer was driving west toward Bridgewater, where she and Mrs. Wrenn worked at Shen-Mar Food Products Corp., the trooper reported.
He said Miss Wheeler was driving east, also going to work, and that her car went out of control, in a curve. The vehicle hit the soft muddy shoulder to Miss Wheeler's right, came back onto the road and struck Mrs. Wimer's car, the trooper said.
The Wheeler vehicle halted facing west in the westbound lane, with the Wimer vehicle tilted over its right rear. Trooper Falles said charges had not been made Sunday pending more investigation.
The deaths of Mrs. Wimer and Mrs. Wren pushed Rockingham County's highway death toll this year to five. The crash was the second in less than a week in which two women were killed.
Mrs. Pauline Moubray Andrus, 71, and Mrs. Willie Coffman Moubray, 89, both of Harrisonburg, were killed in a two-car crash on US 33 at the intersection of the Massanetta Springs road Feb. 26.
Mrs. Wimer was born Jan. 21, 1916 at Cherry Grove, W. Va. and was a daughter of Mrs. Leona Arbogast Sponaugle and the late Letcher Sponaugle.
On Oct. 6, 1935 she married Marshall William Wimer, who survives.
The couple lived at Keyser, W. Va. before moving to Weyers Cave 25 years ago.
Mrs. Wimer had worked for Shen-Mar Food Products Corp. since 1967 and also had worked for Blosser Produce. She was a member of St. Andrew's United Church of Christ.
Surviving, besides her husband and mother, are four daughters, Mrs. Arbutus Ruddle of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Leona Berry of Weyers Cave, Mrs. Joyce Edward of Vernon and Miss Janice L. Wimer, at home; three sons, Leland J. Wimer of Clarion, Pa.; Nathan W. Wimer of Weyers Cave and Jerry W. Wimer of Verona; five brothers, Herbert Sponaugle of Alliance, Ohio, Jacob and Dwight Sponaugle, both of Baltimore, Md., and Anthony and Olin Sponaugle, both of Cherry Grove, W. Va.; six sisters, Mrs. Harvey Long of Hinton, Mrs. Thelma Harris of Baltimore, Md,, Mrs, Loretta Harman of Morgantown, W. Va. Mrs. Berlie Nelson of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mrs. Elmer Bennett and Mrs. Omar Sponaugle, both of Franklin, W.Va., and 14 grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Lindsey and Koontz Funeral Home at Weyers Cave by the Rev. Ronald David and the Rev. Paul Fike. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens near Harrisonburg.
The body is at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends 7:30 — 9 p.m, today.
Relatives will meet at the Wimer home 2:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Pallbearers will be Henry Sipe, Junior Blosser, Walter Ramsey, Leonard Canipe, Robert Dean, Nelson Craun and Guy and Jim Stickley.
Mrs. Wrenn was born Feb. 17, 1928 at Keezletown and was a daughter of the late Jacob and Ethel Armentrout Layman.
On Feb. 18, 1955 she married Beverly F. Wrenn, who survives. Mrs. Wrenn attended Keezletown Elementary School and lived at Weyers Cave since her marriage. She worked for Shen-Mar Food Products Corp. eight years and also had worked for Madison College, She was a member of Weyers Cave United Methodist Church.
Surviving, besides her husband, are two sons, Thomas Franklin and Barry Wayne Wrenn, both at home, and two brothers, Russel and Lawrence Layman, both of Keezletown.
The funeral will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Lindsey and Koontz Funeral Home at Weyers Cave by the Rev. Harold Skelton and the Rev. James L. Maheffey. Burial wll be in Weyers Cave Cemetery.
Relatives will meet 10:35 a.m. Tuesday at the Wrenn home.
Pallbearers will be Harold Shickel, Irwin Lester, William Shifflett, Russell Henry, Vernon E. Landes and E. C. Showalter Jr.
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
March 5, 1973
Two Weyers Cave women driving to work early Saturday were killed when their car and an oncoming vehicle collided west of here.
Dead are Mrs. Nola Lee Wimer, 57, and Mrs. Nancy Layman Wrenn, 45. State Police said the women apparently were killed instantly in the 6:40 a.m. crash on Va, 257.
The other driver, Miss Janice Faye Wheeler of Rt, 2, Bridgewater, was listed in satisfactory condition at Rockingham Memorial Hospital late Sunday. State Police said Miss Wheeler sustained multiple facial injuries.
Trooper J. R, Failes said the crash occured on Va. 257 just west of the intersection with US 11.
Mrs. Wimer was driving west toward Bridgewater, where she and Mrs. Wrenn worked at Shen-Mar Food Products Corp., the trooper reported.
He said Miss Wheeler was driving east, also going to work, and that her car went out of control, in a curve. The vehicle hit the soft muddy shoulder to Miss Wheeler's right, came back onto the road and struck Mrs. Wimer's car, the trooper said.
The Wheeler vehicle halted facing west in the westbound lane, with the Wimer vehicle tilted over its right rear. Trooper Falles said charges had not been made Sunday pending more investigation.
The deaths of Mrs. Wimer and Mrs. Wren pushed Rockingham County's highway death toll this year to five. The crash was the second in less than a week in which two women were killed.
Mrs. Pauline Moubray Andrus, 71, and Mrs. Willie Coffman Moubray, 89, both of Harrisonburg, were killed in a two-car crash on US 33 at the intersection of the Massanetta Springs road Feb. 26.
Mrs. Wimer was born Jan. 21, 1916 at Cherry Grove, W. Va. and was a daughter of Mrs. Leona Arbogast Sponaugle and the late Letcher Sponaugle.
On Oct. 6, 1935 she married Marshall William Wimer, who survives.
The couple lived at Keyser, W. Va. before moving to Weyers Cave 25 years ago.
Mrs. Wimer had worked for Shen-Mar Food Products Corp. since 1967 and also had worked for Blosser Produce. She was a member of St. Andrew's United Church of Christ.
Surviving, besides her husband and mother, are four daughters, Mrs. Arbutus Ruddle of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Leona Berry of Weyers Cave, Mrs. Joyce Edward of Vernon and Miss Janice L. Wimer, at home; three sons, Leland J. Wimer of Clarion, Pa.; Nathan W. Wimer of Weyers Cave and Jerry W. Wimer of Verona; five brothers, Herbert Sponaugle of Alliance, Ohio, Jacob and Dwight Sponaugle, both of Baltimore, Md., and Anthony and Olin Sponaugle, both of Cherry Grove, W. Va.; six sisters, Mrs. Harvey Long of Hinton, Mrs. Thelma Harris of Baltimore, Md,, Mrs, Loretta Harman of Morgantown, W. Va. Mrs. Berlie Nelson of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mrs. Elmer Bennett and Mrs. Omar Sponaugle, both of Franklin, W.Va., and 14 grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Lindsey and Koontz Funeral Home at Weyers Cave by the Rev. Ronald David and the Rev. Paul Fike. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens near Harrisonburg.
The body is at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends 7:30 — 9 p.m, today.
Relatives will meet at the Wimer home 2:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Pallbearers will be Henry Sipe, Junior Blosser, Walter Ramsey, Leonard Canipe, Robert Dean, Nelson Craun and Guy and Jim Stickley.
Mrs. Wrenn was born Feb. 17, 1928 at Keezletown and was a daughter of the late Jacob and Ethel Armentrout Layman.
On Feb. 18, 1955 she married Beverly F. Wrenn, who survives. Mrs. Wrenn attended Keezletown Elementary School and lived at Weyers Cave since her marriage. She worked for Shen-Mar Food Products Corp. eight years and also had worked for Madison College, She was a member of Weyers Cave United Methodist Church.
Surviving, besides her husband, are two sons, Thomas Franklin and Barry Wayne Wrenn, both at home, and two brothers, Russel and Lawrence Layman, both of Keezletown.
The funeral will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Lindsey and Koontz Funeral Home at Weyers Cave by the Rev. Harold Skelton and the Rev. James L. Maheffey. Burial wll be in Weyers Cave Cemetery.
Relatives will meet 10:35 a.m. Tuesday at the Wrenn home.
Pallbearers will be Harold Shickel, Irwin Lester, William Shifflett, Russell Henry, Vernon E. Landes and E. C. Showalter Jr.
March 5, 1973
Two Weyers Cave women driving to work early Saturday were killed when their car and an oncoming vehicle collided west of here.
Dead are Mrs. Nola Lee Wimer, 57, and Mrs. Nancy Layman Wrenn, 45. State Police said the women apparently were killed instantly in the 6:40 a.m. crash on Va, 257.
The other driver, Miss Janice Faye Wheeler of Rt, 2, Bridgewater, was listed in satisfactory condition at Rockingham Memorial Hospital late Sunday. State Police said Miss Wheeler sustained multiple facial injuries.
Trooper J. R, Failes said the crash occured on Va. 257 just west of the intersection with US 11.
Mrs. Wimer was driving west toward Bridgewater, where she and Mrs. Wrenn worked at Shen-Mar Food Products Corp., the trooper reported.
He said Miss Wheeler was driving east, also going to work, and that her car went out of control, in a curve. The vehicle hit the soft muddy shoulder to Miss Wheeler's right, came back onto the road and struck Mrs. Wimer's car, the trooper said.
The Wheeler vehicle halted facing west in the westbound lane, with the Wimer vehicle tilted over its right rear. Trooper Falles said charges had not been made Sunday pending more investigation.
The deaths of Mrs. Wimer and Mrs. Wren pushed Rockingham County's highway death toll this year to five. The crash was the second in less than a week in which two women were killed.
Mrs. Pauline Moubray Andrus, 71, and Mrs. Willie Coffman Moubray, 89, both of Harrisonburg, were killed in a two-car crash on US 33 at the intersection of the Massanetta Springs road Feb. 26.
Mrs. Wimer was born Jan. 21, 1916 at Cherry Grove, W. Va. and was a daughter of Mrs. Leona Arbogast Sponaugle and the late Letcher Sponaugle.
On Oct. 6, 1935 she married Marshall William Wimer, who survives.
The couple lived at Keyser, W. Va. before moving to Weyers Cave 25 years ago.
Mrs. Wimer had worked for Shen-Mar Food Products Corp. since 1967 and also had worked for Blosser Produce. She was a member of St. Andrew's United Church of Christ.
Surviving, besides her husband and mother, are four daughters, Mrs. Arbutus Ruddle of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Leona Berry of Weyers Cave, Mrs. Joyce Edward of Vernon and Miss Janice L. Wimer, at home; three sons, Leland J. Wimer of Clarion, Pa.; Nathan W. Wimer of Weyers Cave and Jerry W. Wimer of Verona; five brothers, Herbert Sponaugle of Alliance, Ohio, Jacob and Dwight Sponaugle, both of Baltimore, Md., and Anthony and Olin Sponaugle, both of Cherry Grove, W. Va.; six sisters, Mrs. Harvey Long of Hinton, Mrs. Thelma Harris of Baltimore, Md,, Mrs, Loretta Harman of Morgantown, W. Va. Mrs. Berlie Nelson of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mrs. Elmer Bennett and Mrs. Omar Sponaugle, both of Franklin, W.Va., and 14 grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Lindsey and Koontz Funeral Home at Weyers Cave by the Rev. Ronald David and the Rev. Paul Fike. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens near Harrisonburg.
The body is at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends 7:30 — 9 p.m, today.
Relatives will meet at the Wimer home 2:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Pallbearers will be Henry Sipe, Junior Blosser, Walter Ramsey, Leonard Canipe, Robert Dean, Nelson Craun and Guy and Jim Stickley.
Mrs. Wrenn was born Feb. 17, 1928 at Keezletown and was a daughter of the late Jacob and Ethel Armentrout Layman.
On Feb. 18, 1955 she married Beverly F. Wrenn, who survives. Mrs. Wrenn attended Keezletown Elementary School and lived at Weyers Cave since her marriage. She worked for Shen-Mar Food Products Corp. eight years and also had worked for Madison College, She was a member of Weyers Cave United Methodist Church.
Surviving, besides her husband, are two sons, Thomas Franklin and Barry Wayne Wrenn, both at home, and two brothers, Russel and Lawrence Layman, both of Keezletown.
The funeral will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Lindsey and Koontz Funeral Home at Weyers Cave by the Rev. Harold Skelton and the Rev. James L. Maheffey. Burial wll be in Weyers Cave Cemetery.
Relatives will meet 10:35 a.m. Tuesday at the Wrenn home.
Pallbearers will be Harold Shickel, Irwin Lester, William Shifflett, Russell Henry, Vernon E. Landes and E. C. Showalter Jr.
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Herbert Charles Sponaugle
1913–1989
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Olin Robert Sponaugle
1918–1992
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Sudie Sponaugle
1919–1932
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Jacob Cenior Sponaugle
1923–2008
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Roche Elija Sponaugle
1925–1968
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Rosie Zona Sponaugle Sponaugle
1928–2021
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Dwight L. Sponaugle
1932–2016
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Loretta Sponaugle Harman
1934–2021
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Grethel Green Sponaugle Bennett
1937 – unknown
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Anthony Loring "Tony" Sponaugle
1940–2010
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