Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Monday, May 9, 1960
Civil Aeronautics Administration inspectors were due in the city this morning to begin an investigation to determine the reason why a Piper Tri-Pacer airplane went into a nosedive Sunday afternoon and carried three men to their deaths in a farm pasture two miles east of Rochester. Killed instantly in the crash, which occurred about 4:20 p.m., were: Kirk D. MORROW, 46, 921 Findley street, Logansport, pilot and owner of the four-place plane. He was unmarried. Leo L. MORROW, 43, brother of Kirk, 214 Erie street, Rochester, the father of three children. Warren L. "Bud" CORNELL, Sr., 38, of near Fulton, father of eight children. ........
Leo Morrow and Cornell both were employed as truck drivers for a South Bend firm that transports new autos. Double funeral rites will be conducted for the Morrow brothers at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Grace Methodist church with the Rev. August LUNQUIST of the Twelve Mile Methodist church officiating assisted by the Rev. Ray MILLS. Burial of Kirk MORROW will be in the Bethlehem cemetery near Twelve Mile. Leo Morrow's burial will be in the Citizens cemetery in Rochester. The bodies will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Leo Lowell MORROW was born in Twelve Mile on Aug. 2, 1916, and had lived in Rochester for the past 20 years, moving here from Twelve Mile. His parents were the late Charles and Adella SCOTT MORROW, the latter now residing at 236 Erie street here. For the past 11 years, he had been employed by the George F. Burnett Auto Transport firm in South Bend. He was a member of the Twelve Mile Methodist church and the Rochester Eagles lodge. Surviving, besides his mother and wife, are one daughter, Patricia Ann [MORROW], at home, and two sons, Larry Joe [MORROW], at home, and Allen Lee [MORROW], with the U. S. Navy stationed in Norfolk, Va. Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Warren Lee CORNELL, Sr., was born in Rochester on March 3, 1922, the son of William L. and Elizabeth STEGEMANN CORNELL. He graduated from Rochester high school and had lived in this community his entire life. The Cornells reside on the Nyona Lake road, a mile east of Ind. 25 and two miles north of Fulton. Mr. Cornell had worked as a truck driver for the Burnett auto transport firm 8 1/2 years. He was a veteran of World War II. His marriage was March 5, 1951, at Tracey, Ind., to Florence May THWAITS, who survives. Also surviving ar three sons, Jerry, Warren Lee, [CORNELL], Jr, and Robert, all of home; five daughters, Mrs. Don (Patricia) ABBOTT, Fulton; Beverly Arlene, Sandra Kay, Barbara Jean and Diana Lynn [CORNELL], all at home; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth BROWN TESMER, Mishawaka; two sisters, Mrs. Joesph (Betty) RYNEARSON, Osceola, and Mrs. Fred (Wilma) PARTRIDGE, Mishawaka; his father, William L. CORNELL, Mica, Fla.; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ida CORNELL, residing in the Miller nursing home here, and a half-brother, Donald CORNELL, St. Petersburg, Fla. Funeral rites will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. A. L. TRUEX of Fulton E.U.B. church officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Kirk Duane MORROW was born March 25, 1914, in Adams township of Cass county, and had spent most of his life there, residing the past four years in Logansport. He never married. His parents were Charles Ross and Adella SCOTT MORROW. A veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Twelve Mile Methodist church. His only immediate survivor is his mother, 236 Erie street. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1960 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Civil Aeronautics Administration inspectors were due in the city this morning to begin an investigation to determine the reason why a Piper Tri-Pacer airplane went into a nosedive Sunday afternoon and carried three men to their deaths in a farm pasture two miles east of Rochester. Killed instantly in the crash, which occurred about 4:20 p.m., were: Kirk D. MORROW, 46, 921 Findley street, Logansport, pilot and owner of the four-place plane. He was unmarried. Leo L. MORROW, 43, brother of Kirk, 214 Erie street, Rochester, the father of three children. Warren L. "Bud" CORNELL, Sr., 38, of near Fulton, father of eight children. ........
Leo Morrow and Cornell both were employed as truck drivers for a South Bend firm that transports new autos. Double funeral rites will be conducted for the Morrow brothers at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Grace Methodist church with the Rev. August LUNQUIST of the Twelve Mile Methodist church officiating assisted by the Rev. Ray MILLS. Burial of Kirk MORROW will be in the Bethlehem cemetery near Twelve Mile. Leo Morrow's burial will be in the Citizens cemetery in Rochester. The bodies will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Leo Lowell MORROW was born in Twelve Mile on Aug. 2, 1916, and had lived in Rochester for the past 20 years, moving here from Twelve Mile. His parents were the late Charles and Adella SCOTT MORROW, the latter now residing at 236 Erie street here. For the past 11 years, he had been employed by the George F. Burnett Auto Transport firm in South Bend. He was a member of the Twelve Mile Methodist church and the Rochester Eagles lodge. Surviving, besides his mother and wife, are one daughter, Patricia Ann [MORROW], at home, and two sons, Larry Joe [MORROW], at home, and Allen Lee [MORROW], with the U. S. Navy stationed in Norfolk, Va. Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Warren Lee CORNELL, Sr., was born in Rochester on March 3, 1922, the son of William L. and Elizabeth STEGEMANN CORNELL. He graduated from Rochester high school and had lived in this community his entire life. The Cornells reside on the Nyona Lake road, a mile east of Ind. 25 and two miles north of Fulton. Mr. Cornell had worked as a truck driver for the Burnett auto transport firm 8 1/2 years. He was a veteran of World War II. His marriage was March 5, 1951, at Tracey, Ind., to Florence May THWAITS, who survives. Also surviving ar three sons, Jerry, Warren Lee, [CORNELL], Jr, and Robert, all of home; five daughters, Mrs. Don (Patricia) ABBOTT, Fulton; Beverly Arlene, Sandra Kay, Barbara Jean and Diana Lynn [CORNELL], all at home; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth BROWN TESMER, Mishawaka; two sisters, Mrs. Joesph (Betty) RYNEARSON, Osceola, and Mrs. Fred (Wilma) PARTRIDGE, Mishawaka; his father, William L. CORNELL, Mica, Fla.; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ida CORNELL, residing in the Miller nursing home here, and a half-brother, Donald CORNELL, St. Petersburg, Fla. Funeral rites will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. A. L. TRUEX of Fulton E.U.B. church officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Kirk Duane MORROW was born March 25, 1914, in Adams township of Cass county, and had spent most of his life there, residing the past four years in Logansport. He never married. His parents were Charles Ross and Adella SCOTT MORROW. A veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Twelve Mile Methodist church. His only immediate survivor is his mother, 236 Erie street. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1960 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Monday, May 9, 1960
Civil Aeronautics Administration inspectors were due in the city this morning to begin an investigation to determine the reason why a Piper Tri-Pacer airplane went into a nosedive Sunday afternoon and carried three men to their deaths in a farm pasture two miles east of Rochester. Killed instantly in the crash, which occurred about 4:20 p.m., were: Kirk D. MORROW, 46, 921 Findley street, Logansport, pilot and owner of the four-place plane. He was unmarried. Leo L. MORROW, 43, brother of Kirk, 214 Erie street, Rochester, the father of three children. Warren L. "Bud" CORNELL, Sr., 38, of near Fulton, father of eight children. ........
Leo Morrow and Cornell both were employed as truck drivers for a South Bend firm that transports new autos. Double funeral rites will be conducted for the Morrow brothers at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Grace Methodist church with the Rev. August LUNQUIST of the Twelve Mile Methodist church officiating assisted by the Rev. Ray MILLS. Burial of Kirk MORROW will be in the Bethlehem cemetery near Twelve Mile. Leo Morrow's burial will be in the Citizens cemetery in Rochester. The bodies will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Leo Lowell MORROW was born in Twelve Mile on Aug. 2, 1916, and had lived in Rochester for the past 20 years, moving here from Twelve Mile. His parents were the late Charles and Adella SCOTT MORROW, the latter now residing at 236 Erie street here. For the past 11 years, he had been employed by the George F. Burnett Auto Transport firm in South Bend. He was a member of the Twelve Mile Methodist church and the Rochester Eagles lodge. Surviving, besides his mother and wife, are one daughter, Patricia Ann [MORROW], at home, and two sons, Larry Joe [MORROW], at home, and Allen Lee [MORROW], with the U. S. Navy stationed in Norfolk, Va. Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Warren Lee CORNELL, Sr., was born in Rochester on March 3, 1922, the son of William L. and Elizabeth STEGEMANN CORNELL. He graduated from Rochester high school and had lived in this community his entire life. The Cornells reside on the Nyona Lake road, a mile east of Ind. 25 and two miles north of Fulton. Mr. Cornell had worked as a truck driver for the Burnett auto transport firm 8 1/2 years. He was a veteran of World War II. His marriage was March 5, 1951, at Tracey, Ind., to Florence May THWAITS, who survives. Also surviving ar three sons, Jerry, Warren Lee, [CORNELL], Jr, and Robert, all of home; five daughters, Mrs. Don (Patricia) ABBOTT, Fulton; Beverly Arlene, Sandra Kay, Barbara Jean and Diana Lynn [CORNELL], all at home; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth BROWN TESMER, Mishawaka; two sisters, Mrs. Joesph (Betty) RYNEARSON, Osceola, and Mrs. Fred (Wilma) PARTRIDGE, Mishawaka; his father, William L. CORNELL, Mica, Fla.; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ida CORNELL, residing in the Miller nursing home here, and a half-brother, Donald CORNELL, St. Petersburg, Fla. Funeral rites will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. A. L. TRUEX of Fulton E.U.B. church officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Kirk Duane MORROW was born March 25, 1914, in Adams township of Cass county, and had spent most of his life there, residing the past four years in Logansport. He never married. His parents were Charles Ross and Adella SCOTT MORROW. A veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Twelve Mile Methodist church. His only immediate survivor is his mother, 236 Erie street. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1960 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Civil Aeronautics Administration inspectors were due in the city this morning to begin an investigation to determine the reason why a Piper Tri-Pacer airplane went into a nosedive Sunday afternoon and carried three men to their deaths in a farm pasture two miles east of Rochester. Killed instantly in the crash, which occurred about 4:20 p.m., were: Kirk D. MORROW, 46, 921 Findley street, Logansport, pilot and owner of the four-place plane. He was unmarried. Leo L. MORROW, 43, brother of Kirk, 214 Erie street, Rochester, the father of three children. Warren L. "Bud" CORNELL, Sr., 38, of near Fulton, father of eight children. ........
Leo Morrow and Cornell both were employed as truck drivers for a South Bend firm that transports new autos. Double funeral rites will be conducted for the Morrow brothers at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Grace Methodist church with the Rev. August LUNQUIST of the Twelve Mile Methodist church officiating assisted by the Rev. Ray MILLS. Burial of Kirk MORROW will be in the Bethlehem cemetery near Twelve Mile. Leo Morrow's burial will be in the Citizens cemetery in Rochester. The bodies will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Leo Lowell MORROW was born in Twelve Mile on Aug. 2, 1916, and had lived in Rochester for the past 20 years, moving here from Twelve Mile. His parents were the late Charles and Adella SCOTT MORROW, the latter now residing at 236 Erie street here. For the past 11 years, he had been employed by the George F. Burnett Auto Transport firm in South Bend. He was a member of the Twelve Mile Methodist church and the Rochester Eagles lodge. Surviving, besides his mother and wife, are one daughter, Patricia Ann [MORROW], at home, and two sons, Larry Joe [MORROW], at home, and Allen Lee [MORROW], with the U. S. Navy stationed in Norfolk, Va. Friends may call at the Foster & Good funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Warren Lee CORNELL, Sr., was born in Rochester on March 3, 1922, the son of William L. and Elizabeth STEGEMANN CORNELL. He graduated from Rochester high school and had lived in this community his entire life. The Cornells reside on the Nyona Lake road, a mile east of Ind. 25 and two miles north of Fulton. Mr. Cornell had worked as a truck driver for the Burnett auto transport firm 8 1/2 years. He was a veteran of World War II. His marriage was March 5, 1951, at Tracey, Ind., to Florence May THWAITS, who survives. Also surviving ar three sons, Jerry, Warren Lee, [CORNELL], Jr, and Robert, all of home; five daughters, Mrs. Don (Patricia) ABBOTT, Fulton; Beverly Arlene, Sandra Kay, Barbara Jean and Diana Lynn [CORNELL], all at home; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth BROWN TESMER, Mishawaka; two sisters, Mrs. Joesph (Betty) RYNEARSON, Osceola, and Mrs. Fred (Wilma) PARTRIDGE, Mishawaka; his father, William L. CORNELL, Mica, Fla.; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ida CORNELL, residing in the Miller nursing home here, and a half-brother, Donald CORNELL, St. Petersburg, Fla. Funeral rites will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home with the Rev. A. L. TRUEX of Fulton E.U.B. church officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
Kirk Duane MORROW was born March 25, 1914, in Adams township of Cass county, and had spent most of his life there, residing the past four years in Logansport. He never married. His parents were Charles Ross and Adella SCOTT MORROW. A veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Twelve Mile Methodist church. His only immediate survivor is his mother, 236 Erie street. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1960 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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