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Friends Trying to Cope With Tragedy After 7 Family Members Die in Crash
Kim Stott | Published: August 10, 1983
Friends and co-workers, coping with the shock of the traffic deaths of five members of a local family and two of their relatives, began the painful task Tuesday of accepting memorials.
Boulevard Christian Church, where the family of Frank Neill worshipped for about 10 years, scheduled memorial services at 10 a.m. Thursday.
"It's a pretty good blow," Bob Buford, a member of the Communications Workers of America, said Tuesday. Neill belonged to the union, whose members went on strike over the weekend.
Members of the union local took up a collection among themselves for the family's survivors.
"Frank had just walked picket duty with a lot of them yesterday (Monday)," Buford said.
Killed Monday afternoon on State Highway 16 were Neill, 43; his wife, Marilee, 38; their children, Peggy, 16; Deborah, 15; and Frank Jr., 7; and relatives Stephanie Steinberg, 14, and Chris Steinberg, 6.
The Neills lived in Muskogee and the Steinberg children were from Oklahoma City.
The accident occurred when Neill swerved to avoid a pickup truck that crossed the center line four miles west of Muskogee, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. The family's compact station wagon crashed into a utility truck.
Only two other wrecks in recent history show a worse death toll from a single accident, said Lt. Pat Collins, a spokesman for the highway patrol.
Nine people died in a 12-car wreck on I-40 near El Reno in 1974 and eight were killed in a two-car crash on U.S. 69 near Stringtown, Collins said. A fatality accident in Cotton County killed seven people in 1979, he said.
Highway patrol troopers found no visible defects where the accident occurred, but the National Transportation and Safety Board reportedly planned to investigate the site, said Mark Hudson, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.
Members of the Boulevard Christian Church volunteered to handle the flood of telephone calls about the accident. The church was accepting contributions in lieu of flowers, church member Karla Robison said.
The Neills were active in the church, sponsoring the junior-high youth group and teaching Bible classes, Mrs. Robison said.
"They were just always available," she said.
The Neill daughters also participated in church activities, and had attended functions in St. Louis and Durango, Colo., this summer.
The Steinberg children were the niece and nephew of Mrs. Neill. They were staying with the Neills while their father was in the hospital in Oklahoma City. BIOG: NAME:
Archive ID: 139002
NEWSOK
Friends Trying to Cope With Tragedy After 7 Family Members Die in Crash
Kim Stott | Published: August 10, 1983
Friends and co-workers, coping with the shock of the traffic deaths of five members of a local family and two of their relatives, began the painful task Tuesday of accepting memorials.
Boulevard Christian Church, where the family of Frank Neill worshipped for about 10 years, scheduled memorial services at 10 a.m. Thursday.
"It's a pretty good blow," Bob Buford, a member of the Communications Workers of America, said Tuesday. Neill belonged to the union, whose members went on strike over the weekend.
Members of the union local took up a collection among themselves for the family's survivors.
"Frank had just walked picket duty with a lot of them yesterday (Monday)," Buford said.
Killed Monday afternoon on State Highway 16 were Neill, 43; his wife, Marilee, 38; their children, Peggy, 16; Deborah, 15; and Frank Jr., 7; and relatives Stephanie Steinberg, 14, and Chris Steinberg, 6.
The Neills lived in Muskogee and the Steinberg children were from Oklahoma City.
The accident occurred when Neill swerved to avoid a pickup truck that crossed the center line four miles west of Muskogee, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. The family's compact station wagon crashed into a utility truck.
Only two other wrecks in recent history show a worse death toll from a single accident, said Lt. Pat Collins, a spokesman for the highway patrol.
Nine people died in a 12-car wreck on I-40 near El Reno in 1974 and eight were killed in a two-car crash on U.S. 69 near Stringtown, Collins said. A fatality accident in Cotton County killed seven people in 1979, he said.
Highway patrol troopers found no visible defects where the accident occurred, but the National Transportation and Safety Board reportedly planned to investigate the site, said Mark Hudson, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.
Members of the Boulevard Christian Church volunteered to handle the flood of telephone calls about the accident. The church was accepting contributions in lieu of flowers, church member Karla Robison said.
The Neills were active in the church, sponsoring the junior-high youth group and teaching Bible classes, Mrs. Robison said.
"They were just always available," she said.
The Neill daughters also participated in church activities, and had attended functions in St. Louis and Durango, Colo., this summer.
The Steinberg children were the niece and nephew of Mrs. Neill. They were staying with the Neills while their father was in the hospital in Oklahoma City. BIOG: NAME:
Archive ID: 139002
SOURCE OF INFOMATION FROM:
NEWSOK
Friends Trying to Cope With Tragedy After 7 Family Members Die in Crash
Kim Stott | Published: August 10, 1983
Friends and co-workers, coping with the shock of the traffic deaths of five members of a local family and two of their relatives, began the painful task Tuesday of accepting memorials.
Boulevard Christian Church, where the family of Frank Neill worshipped for about 10 years, scheduled memorial services at 10 a.m. Thursday.
"It's a pretty good blow," Bob Buford, a member of the Communications Workers of America, said Tuesday. Neill belonged to the union, whose members went on strike over the weekend.
Members of the union local took up a collection among themselves for the family's survivors.
"Frank had just walked picket duty with a lot of them yesterday (Monday)," Buford said.
Killed Monday afternoon on State Highway 16 were Neill, 43; his wife, Marilee, 38; their children, Peggy, 16; Deborah, 15; and Frank Jr., 7; and relatives Stephanie Steinberg, 14, and Chris Steinberg, 6.
The Neills lived in Muskogee and the Steinberg children were from Oklahoma City.
The accident occurred when Neill swerved to avoid a pickup truck that crossed the center line four miles west of Muskogee, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. The family's compact station wagon crashed into a utility truck.
Only two other wrecks in recent history show a worse death toll from a single accident, said Lt. Pat Collins, a spokesman for the highway patrol.
Nine people died in a 12-car wreck on I-40 near El Reno in 1974 and eight were killed in a two-car crash on U.S. 69 near Stringtown, Collins said. A fatality accident in Cotton County killed seven people in 1979, he said.
Highway patrol troopers found no visible defects where the accident occurred, but the National Transportation and Safety Board reportedly planned to investigate the site, said Mark Hudson, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.
Members of the Boulevard Christian Church volunteered to handle the flood of telephone calls about the accident. The church was accepting contributions in lieu of flowers, church member Karla Robison said.
The Neills were active in the church, sponsoring the junior-high youth group and teaching Bible classes, Mrs. Robison said.
"They were just always available," she said.
The Neill daughters also participated in church activities, and had attended functions in St. Louis and Durango, Colo., this summer.
The Steinberg children were the niece and nephew of Mrs. Neill. They were staying with the Neills while their father was in the hospital in Oklahoma City. BIOG: NAME:
Archive ID: 139002
NEWSOK
Friends Trying to Cope With Tragedy After 7 Family Members Die in Crash
Kim Stott | Published: August 10, 1983
Friends and co-workers, coping with the shock of the traffic deaths of five members of a local family and two of their relatives, began the painful task Tuesday of accepting memorials.
Boulevard Christian Church, where the family of Frank Neill worshipped for about 10 years, scheduled memorial services at 10 a.m. Thursday.
"It's a pretty good blow," Bob Buford, a member of the Communications Workers of America, said Tuesday. Neill belonged to the union, whose members went on strike over the weekend.
Members of the union local took up a collection among themselves for the family's survivors.
"Frank had just walked picket duty with a lot of them yesterday (Monday)," Buford said.
Killed Monday afternoon on State Highway 16 were Neill, 43; his wife, Marilee, 38; their children, Peggy, 16; Deborah, 15; and Frank Jr., 7; and relatives Stephanie Steinberg, 14, and Chris Steinberg, 6.
The Neills lived in Muskogee and the Steinberg children were from Oklahoma City.
The accident occurred when Neill swerved to avoid a pickup truck that crossed the center line four miles west of Muskogee, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. The family's compact station wagon crashed into a utility truck.
Only two other wrecks in recent history show a worse death toll from a single accident, said Lt. Pat Collins, a spokesman for the highway patrol.
Nine people died in a 12-car wreck on I-40 near El Reno in 1974 and eight were killed in a two-car crash on U.S. 69 near Stringtown, Collins said. A fatality accident in Cotton County killed seven people in 1979, he said.
Highway patrol troopers found no visible defects where the accident occurred, but the National Transportation and Safety Board reportedly planned to investigate the site, said Mark Hudson, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.
Members of the Boulevard Christian Church volunteered to handle the flood of telephone calls about the accident. The church was accepting contributions in lieu of flowers, church member Karla Robison said.
The Neills were active in the church, sponsoring the junior-high youth group and teaching Bible classes, Mrs. Robison said.
"They were just always available," she said.
The Neill daughters also participated in church activities, and had attended functions in St. Louis and Durango, Colo., this summer.
The Steinberg children were the niece and nephew of Mrs. Neill. They were staying with the Neills while their father was in the hospital in Oklahoma City. BIOG: NAME:
Archive ID: 139002
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