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Karen Jane Roahrig

Birth
Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, USA
Death
26 Nov 1965 (aged 18)
Argos, Marshall County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Miss Karen Jane Roahrig, 18, RR 2, Argos, was killed instantly at 4:05 Friday one-half mile north of Argos in a car and semi-trailer crash.
Miss Roahrig was southbound on U.S. 31, and was only a quarter of a mile from her home when her car skidded sideways on the wet pavement and was hit broadside by a tractor-trailer rig.

Miss Roahrig was born Aug. 8, 1947, in Rushville to Darwin and Marcele Mahlen Roahrig. She lived most of her life in Argos and graduated from Argos Community high school last spring. Miss Roahrig recently announed her engagement to Gary O'Dell of Argos. She was attending the Vogue beauty college in South Bende and would have graduated next month. She was a member of the Bethel Methodist Church, northeast of Argos. Surviving with the parents are a brother, Mark Roahrig; a sister, Mrs. Phillip (Nancy) Hoover, Carmel; the paternal grandparets, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roahrig, RR 2, Argos.

Last rites were at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bethel Methodist Church with the Rev. Abram Rempel officiating. Burial was in the New Oak Hill cemetery in Plymouth. Friends called at the Grossman funeral home in Argos after 10 a.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday and at the church for one hour prior to services.
Miss Karen Jane Roahrig, 18, RR 2, Argos, was killed instantly at 4:05 Friday one-half mile north of Argos in a car and semi-trailer crash.
Miss Roahrig was southbound on U.S. 31, and was only a quarter of a mile from her home when her car skidded sideways on the wet pavement and was hit broadside by a tractor-trailer rig.

Miss Roahrig was born Aug. 8, 1947, in Rushville to Darwin and Marcele Mahlen Roahrig. She lived most of her life in Argos and graduated from Argos Community high school last spring. Miss Roahrig recently announed her engagement to Gary O'Dell of Argos. She was attending the Vogue beauty college in South Bende and would have graduated next month. She was a member of the Bethel Methodist Church, northeast of Argos. Surviving with the parents are a brother, Mark Roahrig; a sister, Mrs. Phillip (Nancy) Hoover, Carmel; the paternal grandparets, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roahrig, RR 2, Argos.

Last rites were at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bethel Methodist Church with the Rev. Abram Rempel officiating. Burial was in the New Oak Hill cemetery in Plymouth. Friends called at the Grossman funeral home in Argos after 10 a.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday and at the church for one hour prior to services.

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