Ephrata Review June 15, 1923. Earl D Collingwood and Miss Erla M Hornberger, both of Ephrata, were married last Saturday afternoon, June 9, at 4:30 o'clock, at the parsonage of the local United Brethren Church, by the pastor, Rev C A Lynch. The ring ceremony was used. The ceremony was witnessed by the parents of the groom.
While Dewey served in WW1, he took bullets from the Germans from his shoulder diagonally down his body to below his knee. He was left for dead when the enemies began to walk away. He lifted his weapon and "took care" of them. For weeks his life hung in the balances until he was deemed well enough to travel across the Atlantic. His own private French nurse, Jeanne, attended him. He continued to be nursed at Carlisle hospital for 16 months and then was delivered to the home of his dad, William Collingwood and step-mother in Ephrata, PA, where he was cared for by his step-mother, Anna nee Richwine Collingwood. In March 2001, his daughter Jeanne, acquired a purple heart in his honor.
Children of "Dewey" and Erla Collingwood:
Clair Cecil Collingwood May 30, 1926; d Jul 1, 1989
Jeanne Victoria Collingwood b Feb 25, 1928
Maebelle Ann Collingwood b Feb 22, 1930
William Henry Collingwood b Feb 28, 1935
Lancaster New Era September 30, 1938 and Intelligencer Journal Oct 1, 1938: Earl Dewey Collingwood, forty, of near Mt Airy, was found dead in a four-foot ditch at the rear of his automobile along the road from Mt Airy to Fetter's Schoolhouse, Stevens R D 1, Wednesday, officials reported today.
Dr E R Miller, deputy coroner, Ephrata, said the body apparently had been lying along the road for ten hours before being found by Frank Haldeman, who lives nearby.
Haldeman, while taking his cows to pasture, noticed the car parked on the road with the lights burning. On his return, he investigated and found the body lying face downward in a four-foot ditch at the rear of the car.
Dr Miller said his official verdict read "death due to asphyxiation from falling into a ditch at night." He explained that the victim had fallen on his face and smothered. He said the engine of the car had been shut off and there were no fumes escaping from the exhaust.
The deputy coroner's investigation revealed that Colllingwood, who was crippled in the World War, also had been in ill health. On Tuesday evening, according to Dr Miller, Collingwood visited the Mt Airy hotel an remained there until 11 P M when he started to drive to his home, about one mile west of Mt Airy. He had gone about a quarter mile, the deputy coroner said, when he stopped his machine. It is believed he stumbled and fell into the ditch.
His wife, Erla May Hornberger Collingwood, survives and the following children: J Clair, Jeanette, Maebelle, and William, all at home; one brother, Roy Collingwood, of Denver; one step-brother, Harry Richwine, of Ephrata; one sister, Mrs Maybelle Shiles, of Washington D C., and his father, William J Collingwood, of Harrisonville, PA. (Not included in news article: his mother Jenny nee Wilson Collingwood, step-mother Anna nee Richwine, and sister "Dora," wife of James Raymond Gerber predeceased him.)
Private services will be held on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at the L R Rote funeral home, Lincoln, Zion Children's Church, Rothsville, at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.
While Dewey served in WW1, he took bullets from the Germans from his shoulder diagonally down his body to below his knee. He was left for dead when the enemies began to walk away. He lifted his weapon and "took care" of them. For weeks his life hung in the balances until he was deemed well enough to travel across the Atlantic. His own private French nurse, Jeanne, attended him. He continued to be nursed at Carlisle hospital for 16 months and then was delivered to the home of his dad, William Collingwood and step-mother in Ephrata, PA, where he was cared for by his step-mother, Anna nee Richwine Collingwood. In March 2001, his daughter Jeanne, acquired a purple heart in his honor.
Children of "Dewey" and Erla Collingwood:
Clair Cecil Collingwood May 30, 1926; d Jul 1, 1989
Jeanne Victoria Collingwood b Feb 25, 1928
Maebelle Ann Collingwood b Feb 22, 1930
William Henry Collingwood b Feb 28, 1935
Lancaster New Era September 30, 1938 and Intelligencer Journal Oct 1, 1938: Earl Dewey Collingwood, forty, of near Mt Airy, was found dead in a four-foot ditch at the rear of his automobile along the road from Mt Airy to Fetter's Schoolhouse, Stevens R D 1, Wednesday, officials reported today.
Dr E R Miller, deputy coroner, Ephrata, said the body apparently had been lying along the road for ten hours before being found by Frank Haldeman, who lives nearby.
Haldeman, while taking his cows to pasture, noticed the car parked on the road with the lights burning. On his return, he investigated and found the body lying face downward in a four-foot ditch at the rear of the car.
Dr Miller said his official verdict read "death due to asphyxiation from falling into a ditch at night." He explained that the victim had fallen on his face and smothered. He said the engine of the car had been shut off and there were no fumes escaping from the exhaust.
The deputy coroner's investigation revealed that Colllingwood, who was crippled in the World War, also had been in ill health. On Tuesday evening, according to Dr Miller, Collingwood visited the Mt Airy hotel an remained there until 11 P M when he started to drive to his home, about one mile west of Mt Airy. He had gone about a quarter mile, the deputy coroner said, when he stopped his machine. It is believed he stumbled and fell into the ditch.
His wife, Erla May Hornberger Collingwood, survives and the following children: J Clair, Jeanette, Maebelle, and William, all at home; one brother, Roy Collingwood, of Denver; one step-brother, Harry Richwine, of Ephrata; one sister, Mrs Maybelle Shiles, of Washington D C., and his father, William J Collingwood, of Harrisonville, PA. (Not included in news article: his mother Jenny nee Wilson Collingwood, step-mother Anna nee Richwine, and sister "Dora," wife of James Raymond Gerber predeceased him.)
Private services will be held on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at the L R Rote funeral home, Lincoln, Zion Children's Church, Rothsville, at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.
Ephrata Review June 15, 1923. Earl D Collingwood and Miss Erla M Hornberger, both of Ephrata, were married last Saturday afternoon, June 9, at 4:30 o'clock, at the parsonage of the local United Brethren Church, by the pastor, Rev C A Lynch. The ring ceremony was used. The ceremony was witnessed by the parents of the groom.
While Dewey served in WW1, he took bullets from the Germans from his shoulder diagonally down his body to below his knee. He was left for dead when the enemies began to walk away. He lifted his weapon and "took care" of them. For weeks his life hung in the balances until he was deemed well enough to travel across the Atlantic. His own private French nurse, Jeanne, attended him. He continued to be nursed at Carlisle hospital for 16 months and then was delivered to the home of his dad, William Collingwood and step-mother in Ephrata, PA, where he was cared for by his step-mother, Anna nee Richwine Collingwood. In March 2001, his daughter Jeanne, acquired a purple heart in his honor.
Children of "Dewey" and Erla Collingwood:
Clair Cecil Collingwood May 30, 1926; d Jul 1, 1989
Jeanne Victoria Collingwood b Feb 25, 1928
Maebelle Ann Collingwood b Feb 22, 1930
William Henry Collingwood b Feb 28, 1935
Lancaster New Era September 30, 1938 and Intelligencer Journal Oct 1, 1938: Earl Dewey Collingwood, forty, of near Mt Airy, was found dead in a four-foot ditch at the rear of his automobile along the road from Mt Airy to Fetter's Schoolhouse, Stevens R D 1, Wednesday, officials reported today.
Dr E R Miller, deputy coroner, Ephrata, said the body apparently had been lying along the road for ten hours before being found by Frank Haldeman, who lives nearby.
Haldeman, while taking his cows to pasture, noticed the car parked on the road with the lights burning. On his return, he investigated and found the body lying face downward in a four-foot ditch at the rear of the car.
Dr Miller said his official verdict read "death due to asphyxiation from falling into a ditch at night." He explained that the victim had fallen on his face and smothered. He said the engine of the car had been shut off and there were no fumes escaping from the exhaust.
The deputy coroner's investigation revealed that Colllingwood, who was crippled in the World War, also had been in ill health. On Tuesday evening, according to Dr Miller, Collingwood visited the Mt Airy hotel an remained there until 11 P M when he started to drive to his home, about one mile west of Mt Airy. He had gone about a quarter mile, the deputy coroner said, when he stopped his machine. It is believed he stumbled and fell into the ditch.
His wife, Erla May Hornberger Collingwood, survives and the following children: J Clair, Jeanette, Maebelle, and William, all at home; one brother, Roy Collingwood, of Denver; one step-brother, Harry Richwine, of Ephrata; one sister, Mrs Maybelle Shiles, of Washington D C., and his father, William J Collingwood, of Harrisonville, PA. (Not included in news article: his mother Jenny nee Wilson Collingwood, step-mother Anna nee Richwine, and sister "Dora," wife of James Raymond Gerber predeceased him.)
Private services will be held on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at the L R Rote funeral home, Lincoln, Zion Children's Church, Rothsville, at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.
While Dewey served in WW1, he took bullets from the Germans from his shoulder diagonally down his body to below his knee. He was left for dead when the enemies began to walk away. He lifted his weapon and "took care" of them. For weeks his life hung in the balances until he was deemed well enough to travel across the Atlantic. His own private French nurse, Jeanne, attended him. He continued to be nursed at Carlisle hospital for 16 months and then was delivered to the home of his dad, William Collingwood and step-mother in Ephrata, PA, where he was cared for by his step-mother, Anna nee Richwine Collingwood. In March 2001, his daughter Jeanne, acquired a purple heart in his honor.
Children of "Dewey" and Erla Collingwood:
Clair Cecil Collingwood May 30, 1926; d Jul 1, 1989
Jeanne Victoria Collingwood b Feb 25, 1928
Maebelle Ann Collingwood b Feb 22, 1930
William Henry Collingwood b Feb 28, 1935
Lancaster New Era September 30, 1938 and Intelligencer Journal Oct 1, 1938: Earl Dewey Collingwood, forty, of near Mt Airy, was found dead in a four-foot ditch at the rear of his automobile along the road from Mt Airy to Fetter's Schoolhouse, Stevens R D 1, Wednesday, officials reported today.
Dr E R Miller, deputy coroner, Ephrata, said the body apparently had been lying along the road for ten hours before being found by Frank Haldeman, who lives nearby.
Haldeman, while taking his cows to pasture, noticed the car parked on the road with the lights burning. On his return, he investigated and found the body lying face downward in a four-foot ditch at the rear of the car.
Dr Miller said his official verdict read "death due to asphyxiation from falling into a ditch at night." He explained that the victim had fallen on his face and smothered. He said the engine of the car had been shut off and there were no fumes escaping from the exhaust.
The deputy coroner's investigation revealed that Colllingwood, who was crippled in the World War, also had been in ill health. On Tuesday evening, according to Dr Miller, Collingwood visited the Mt Airy hotel an remained there until 11 P M when he started to drive to his home, about one mile west of Mt Airy. He had gone about a quarter mile, the deputy coroner said, when he stopped his machine. It is believed he stumbled and fell into the ditch.
His wife, Erla May Hornberger Collingwood, survives and the following children: J Clair, Jeanette, Maebelle, and William, all at home; one brother, Roy Collingwood, of Denver; one step-brother, Harry Richwine, of Ephrata; one sister, Mrs Maybelle Shiles, of Washington D C., and his father, William J Collingwood, of Harrisonville, PA. (Not included in news article: his mother Jenny nee Wilson Collingwood, step-mother Anna nee Richwine, and sister "Dora," wife of James Raymond Gerber predeceased him.)
Private services will be held on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at the L R Rote funeral home, Lincoln, Zion Children's Church, Rothsville, at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.
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