Three Ada High School seniors died at 12:03 a.m. Sunday in a heap of twisted metal that had been their car, on East High Street Road, 227 feet west of the Hardin county line and a mile north of Rt. 30-S.
Killed were Robert J. Treen, 19, of 302 S. Jackson, Jeffrey Scott Sousley, 18, of 540 N. Gilbert, and Daniel Bruce Archer, 17, of 251 W. Buckeye, Ada, Ohio.
State highway patrolmen said the car, driven by Sousley was westbound on High Street Road, rounding an "S" curve just inside Allen County, when it went out of control, veered left of center, hurtled some 50 feet, then slammed broadside into two large dutch elm trees and exploded by force of impact.
The car was nearly disintegrated, with at least three large sections hurled into fields and fencing on both sides of the road. Bits of metal were scattered over an area of some 300 feet in all direction and the highway was blocked for more than two and a half hours.
The hood of the car was found 175 feet west of the impact point, the motor compartment ripped in two, lying 150 feet left of the road in a field and the passenger section was imbedded in a fence about 130 feet down the highway on the right.
Treen and Sousley died at the scene, while Daniel Archer died a short time later at Memorial Hospital.
Jeffery Scott Sousley, 18, was the son of Walter and Evelyn Leatherman Sousley, 540 N. Gilbert, Ada, Ohio. In addition to the parents, other survivors include a sister, Melinda, paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. J. Sousley, of Ada, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd F. Leatherman of Akron.
Daniel Bruce Archer, 17, was the oldest son of Professor and Mrs. Lawrence H. (Betty Holloway) Archer, of 251 W. Buckeye. His father is Dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. Surviving, besides his parents, are three sisters, Gretchen, Bonny Kay and Laurie; three brothers, David, Eric, and Rodney, all at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. H. M. Holloway, Lima; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Kuhldon, Lima, and paternal step-grandfather, Dale Archer, Lima, and his paternal grandfather, Robert Edward Rains and step-grandmother, Helen Irene Heichel Rains, of Auburn Heights, MI.
He was a member of the Ada Demolay and the First Methodist Church. He was co-captain of the Ada Bulldog football squad last fall, participated in track, was a member of the Student Council, Latin Club, Hi-Y, was a class officer and attended Boys State last summer.
Double services are scheduled for Jeffery Sousley and Daniel Archer. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada, Ohio.
Robert H. Treen, 19, was the son of Robert and June Hunneman Treen, 308 S. Johnson St. He is also survived by three sisters.Following a private service burial for Robert Treen will also be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
(Edited obit published in The Lima News, Monday, April 17, 1967)
Killed were Robert J. Treen, 19, of 302 S. Jackson, Jeffrey Scott Sousley, 18, of 540 N. Gilbert, and Daniel Bruce Archer, 17, of 251 W. Buckeye, Ada, Ohio.
State highway patrolmen said the car, driven by Sousley was westbound on High Street Road, rounding an "S" curve just inside Allen County, when it went out of control, veered left of center, hurtled some 50 feet, then slammed broadside into two large dutch elm trees and exploded by force of impact.
The car was nearly disintegrated, with at least three large sections hurled into fields and fencing on both sides of the road. Bits of metal were scattered over an area of some 300 feet in all direction and the highway was blocked for more than two and a half hours.
The hood of the car was found 175 feet west of the impact point, the motor compartment ripped in two, lying 150 feet left of the road in a field and the passenger section was imbedded in a fence about 130 feet down the highway on the right.
Treen and Sousley died at the scene, while Daniel Archer died a short time later at Memorial Hospital.
Jeffery Scott Sousley, 18, was the son of Walter and Evelyn Leatherman Sousley, 540 N. Gilbert, Ada, Ohio. In addition to the parents, other survivors include a sister, Melinda, paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. J. Sousley, of Ada, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd F. Leatherman of Akron.
Daniel Bruce Archer, 17, was the oldest son of Professor and Mrs. Lawrence H. (Betty Holloway) Archer, of 251 W. Buckeye. His father is Dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. Surviving, besides his parents, are three sisters, Gretchen, Bonny Kay and Laurie; three brothers, David, Eric, and Rodney, all at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. H. M. Holloway, Lima; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Kuhldon, Lima, and paternal step-grandfather, Dale Archer, Lima, and his paternal grandfather, Robert Edward Rains and step-grandmother, Helen Irene Heichel Rains, of Auburn Heights, MI.
He was a member of the Ada Demolay and the First Methodist Church. He was co-captain of the Ada Bulldog football squad last fall, participated in track, was a member of the Student Council, Latin Club, Hi-Y, was a class officer and attended Boys State last summer.
Double services are scheduled for Jeffery Sousley and Daniel Archer. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada, Ohio.
Robert H. Treen, 19, was the son of Robert and June Hunneman Treen, 308 S. Johnson St. He is also survived by three sisters.Following a private service burial for Robert Treen will also be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
(Edited obit published in The Lima News, Monday, April 17, 1967)
Three Ada High School seniors died at 12:03 a.m. Sunday in a heap of twisted metal that had been their car, on East High Street Road, 227 feet west of the Hardin county line and a mile north of Rt. 30-S.
Killed were Robert J. Treen, 19, of 302 S. Jackson, Jeffrey Scott Sousley, 18, of 540 N. Gilbert, and Daniel Bruce Archer, 17, of 251 W. Buckeye, Ada, Ohio.
State highway patrolmen said the car, driven by Sousley was westbound on High Street Road, rounding an "S" curve just inside Allen County, when it went out of control, veered left of center, hurtled some 50 feet, then slammed broadside into two large dutch elm trees and exploded by force of impact.
The car was nearly disintegrated, with at least three large sections hurled into fields and fencing on both sides of the road. Bits of metal were scattered over an area of some 300 feet in all direction and the highway was blocked for more than two and a half hours.
The hood of the car was found 175 feet west of the impact point, the motor compartment ripped in two, lying 150 feet left of the road in a field and the passenger section was imbedded in a fence about 130 feet down the highway on the right.
Treen and Sousley died at the scene, while Daniel Archer died a short time later at Memorial Hospital.
Jeffery Scott Sousley, 18, was the son of Walter and Evelyn Leatherman Sousley, 540 N. Gilbert, Ada, Ohio. In addition to the parents, other survivors include a sister, Melinda, paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. J. Sousley, of Ada, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd F. Leatherman of Akron.
Daniel Bruce Archer, 17, was the oldest son of Professor and Mrs. Lawrence H. (Betty Holloway) Archer, of 251 W. Buckeye. His father is Dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. Surviving, besides his parents, are three sisters, Gretchen, Bonny Kay and Laurie; three brothers, David, Eric, and Rodney, all at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. H. M. Holloway, Lima; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Kuhldon, Lima, and paternal step-grandfather, Dale Archer, Lima, and his paternal grandfather, Robert Edward Rains and step-grandmother, Helen Irene Heichel Rains, of Auburn Heights, MI.
He was a member of the Ada Demolay and the First Methodist Church. He was co-captain of the Ada Bulldog football squad last fall, participated in track, was a member of the Student Council, Latin Club, Hi-Y, was a class officer and attended Boys State last summer.
Double services are scheduled for Jeffery Sousley and Daniel Archer. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada, Ohio.
Robert H. Treen, 19, was the son of Robert and June Hunneman Treen, 308 S. Johnson St. He is also survived by three sisters.Following a private service burial for Robert Treen will also be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
(Edited obit published in The Lima News, Monday, April 17, 1967)
Killed were Robert J. Treen, 19, of 302 S. Jackson, Jeffrey Scott Sousley, 18, of 540 N. Gilbert, and Daniel Bruce Archer, 17, of 251 W. Buckeye, Ada, Ohio.
State highway patrolmen said the car, driven by Sousley was westbound on High Street Road, rounding an "S" curve just inside Allen County, when it went out of control, veered left of center, hurtled some 50 feet, then slammed broadside into two large dutch elm trees and exploded by force of impact.
The car was nearly disintegrated, with at least three large sections hurled into fields and fencing on both sides of the road. Bits of metal were scattered over an area of some 300 feet in all direction and the highway was blocked for more than two and a half hours.
The hood of the car was found 175 feet west of the impact point, the motor compartment ripped in two, lying 150 feet left of the road in a field and the passenger section was imbedded in a fence about 130 feet down the highway on the right.
Treen and Sousley died at the scene, while Daniel Archer died a short time later at Memorial Hospital.
Jeffery Scott Sousley, 18, was the son of Walter and Evelyn Leatherman Sousley, 540 N. Gilbert, Ada, Ohio. In addition to the parents, other survivors include a sister, Melinda, paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. J. Sousley, of Ada, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd F. Leatherman of Akron.
Daniel Bruce Archer, 17, was the oldest son of Professor and Mrs. Lawrence H. (Betty Holloway) Archer, of 251 W. Buckeye. His father is Dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. Surviving, besides his parents, are three sisters, Gretchen, Bonny Kay and Laurie; three brothers, David, Eric, and Rodney, all at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. H. M. Holloway, Lima; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Kuhldon, Lima, and paternal step-grandfather, Dale Archer, Lima, and his paternal grandfather, Robert Edward Rains and step-grandmother, Helen Irene Heichel Rains, of Auburn Heights, MI.
He was a member of the Ada Demolay and the First Methodist Church. He was co-captain of the Ada Bulldog football squad last fall, participated in track, was a member of the Student Council, Latin Club, Hi-Y, was a class officer and attended Boys State last summer.
Double services are scheduled for Jeffery Sousley and Daniel Archer. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada, Ohio.
Robert H. Treen, 19, was the son of Robert and June Hunneman Treen, 308 S. Johnson St. He is also survived by three sisters.Following a private service burial for Robert Treen will also be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
(Edited obit published in The Lima News, Monday, April 17, 1967)
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