Obituary Excerpt [Names of Survivors Omitted], Pittsburg Morning Sun, Sunday, August 28, 1977:
Charles (Chuckie) Shifflet, 20, Arma, died at 3:15 a.m. Saturday, following a motorcycle wreck in Frontenac.
The accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. when his motorcycle, westbound on Leighton, hit loose gravel on the roadway at the intersection with Mt. Carmel Road, the Crawford County Sheriff's Department said.
After hitting the loose gravel, Shifflet apparently lost control and the motorcycle hit a utility pole and then came to rest in a private driveway, the sheriff's department said.
Shifflet was pronounced dead at the scene by Crawford County Coroner Dr. Samuel B. Muller.
Damage to the motorcycle was estimated at $450.
Shifflet was born on January 7, 1957, at Pittsburg. He was an employee of the U. S. Gypsum Company, 911 East Jefferson.
He lived in Arma for most of his life and graduated in 1975 from Northeast High School at Arma.
Survivors include his parents, a sister, his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shifflet, Arcadia; his great-grandmother, Mrs. Sara James, Arcadia; and several uncles and aunts.
Funeral services will be at 8 p.m. today at the Siple-Bedene Funeral Home, Arma, with the Rev. John Steele officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Charles (Chuckie) Shifflet, 20, Arma, died at 3:15 a.m. Saturday, following a motorcycle wreck in Frontenac.
The accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. when his motorcycle, westbound on Leighton, hit loose gravel on the roadway at the intersection with Mt. Carmel Road, the Crawford County Sheriff's Department said.
After hitting the loose gravel, Shifflet apparently lost control and the motorcycle hit a utility pole and then came to rest in a private driveway, the sheriff's department said.
Shifflet was pronounced dead at the scene by Crawford County Coroner Dr. Samuel B. Muller.
Damage to the motorcycle was estimated at $450.
Shifflet was born on January 7, 1957, at Pittsburg. He was an employee of the U. S. Gypsum Company, 911 East Jefferson.
He lived in Arma for most of his life and graduated in 1975 from Northeast High School at Arma.
Survivors include his parents, a sister, his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shifflet, Arcadia; his great-grandmother, Mrs. Sara James, Arcadia; and several uncles and aunts.
Funeral services will be at 8 p.m. today at the Siple-Bedene Funeral Home, Arma, with the Rev. John Steele officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Obituary Excerpt [Names of Survivors Omitted], Pittsburg Morning Sun, Sunday, August 28, 1977:
Charles (Chuckie) Shifflet, 20, Arma, died at 3:15 a.m. Saturday, following a motorcycle wreck in Frontenac.
The accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. when his motorcycle, westbound on Leighton, hit loose gravel on the roadway at the intersection with Mt. Carmel Road, the Crawford County Sheriff's Department said.
After hitting the loose gravel, Shifflet apparently lost control and the motorcycle hit a utility pole and then came to rest in a private driveway, the sheriff's department said.
Shifflet was pronounced dead at the scene by Crawford County Coroner Dr. Samuel B. Muller.
Damage to the motorcycle was estimated at $450.
Shifflet was born on January 7, 1957, at Pittsburg. He was an employee of the U. S. Gypsum Company, 911 East Jefferson.
He lived in Arma for most of his life and graduated in 1975 from Northeast High School at Arma.
Survivors include his parents, a sister, his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shifflet, Arcadia; his great-grandmother, Mrs. Sara James, Arcadia; and several uncles and aunts.
Funeral services will be at 8 p.m. today at the Siple-Bedene Funeral Home, Arma, with the Rev. John Steele officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Charles (Chuckie) Shifflet, 20, Arma, died at 3:15 a.m. Saturday, following a motorcycle wreck in Frontenac.
The accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. when his motorcycle, westbound on Leighton, hit loose gravel on the roadway at the intersection with Mt. Carmel Road, the Crawford County Sheriff's Department said.
After hitting the loose gravel, Shifflet apparently lost control and the motorcycle hit a utility pole and then came to rest in a private driveway, the sheriff's department said.
Shifflet was pronounced dead at the scene by Crawford County Coroner Dr. Samuel B. Muller.
Damage to the motorcycle was estimated at $450.
Shifflet was born on January 7, 1957, at Pittsburg. He was an employee of the U. S. Gypsum Company, 911 East Jefferson.
He lived in Arma for most of his life and graduated in 1975 from Northeast High School at Arma.
Survivors include his parents, a sister, his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shifflet, Arcadia; his great-grandmother, Mrs. Sara James, Arcadia; and several uncles and aunts.
Funeral services will be at 8 p.m. today at the Siple-Bedene Funeral Home, Arma, with the Rev. John Steele officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.
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