Mrs. Frances Grove Kalbfleisch, 35, a Lewiston dental assistant, was returning from San Clemente, Calif., with her sister's two children in a Hughes Air West plane that crashed with no survivors near Los Angeles Sunday evening.
Mrs. Kalbfleisch's niece and nephew who died with her were Julia Potter, 6, and Mike Potter, 7.
The children were to visit their father, Lee Potter, Kooskia and other relatives in north central Idaho. They were living with their divorced mother, Mrs. Sandra Potter, at San Clemente.
The Potter children were born at Grangeville and lived at Kooskia before moving to California with their mother three years ago. Mrs. Potter was to have tried to identify the bodies of her children and sister at Los Angeles yesterday.
Mrs. Kalbfleisch, a dental assistant for Dr. Paul A. Eke of Lewiston had been visiting Potter's family in California for a week.
She was born Oct. 31, 1935, Orofino, the daughter of Sigrid and Edith Grove, and grew up and attended schools at Kamiah, where she was a high school cheerleader.
She was married to Kay C. Kalbfleisch May 29, 1955, at Lewiston. They were divorced. last month. He is a Lewiston schoolteacher.
She was a member of the Lewiston Welfare League, and she taught handicrafts here for several business firms. She did some painting and was an avid golfer.
Survivors include her parents, Sigrid Grove and Mrs. Edith Fine, both of Kamiah: three children, Cynthia, 15, Gregory, 14, and Kevin, 11, and two sisters, Mrs. Gene (Carol) Ax, Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Potter in California.
Lewiston Tribune, June 8, 1971
Rites Conducted For 3 Victims Of Plane Crash
The funeral for three victims of an airliner crash June 6 was yesterday at Malcom's Little Chapel of Flowers Lewiston.
The three were killed when the Air West DC9 they were aboard collided with a U.S. Marine plane above the San Gabriel Mountains, about 20 miles south of Los Angeles, Calif. Memorial services for Mrs. Frances Kalbfleisch. 35, Julie Ann Potter, 6, and Michael M. Potter, 7, were conducted by the Rev. Paul Wietzke, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Kalbfleisch were Albert C. Nelson, Donald Scharbach, Curt Larson and Gene Saxton, all of Lewiston; James W. Cory, Spokane, and David Sanman, Clarkston. Honorary pallbearers were Virgil Larson, David Johnson, Harvie Walker and Richard Gillespie, all Lewiston residents; and Ed Frandsen, Alaska.
Arnold Grove and Martin Agee, Kamiah; Gene A. Boulder and George Whitman, Seattle; Alastair Livingston, St. Clemente, Calif.; and Jim Hardlin, Grangeville, were pallbearers for the Potter girl.
Pallbearers for the Potter boy were Delbert Yates, Aaron Reed, Elmer Dinwiddie and Don Beckman, all of Kamiah; Larry Rynearson, Lewiston, and Twain Sumner, Troy.
Burial was at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.
Lewiston Tribune, June 13, 1971
Mrs. Kalbfleisch's niece and nephew who died with her were Julia Potter, 6, and Mike Potter, 7.
The children were to visit their father, Lee Potter, Kooskia and other relatives in north central Idaho. They were living with their divorced mother, Mrs. Sandra Potter, at San Clemente.
The Potter children were born at Grangeville and lived at Kooskia before moving to California with their mother three years ago. Mrs. Potter was to have tried to identify the bodies of her children and sister at Los Angeles yesterday.
Mrs. Kalbfleisch, a dental assistant for Dr. Paul A. Eke of Lewiston had been visiting Potter's family in California for a week.
She was born Oct. 31, 1935, Orofino, the daughter of Sigrid and Edith Grove, and grew up and attended schools at Kamiah, where she was a high school cheerleader.
She was married to Kay C. Kalbfleisch May 29, 1955, at Lewiston. They were divorced. last month. He is a Lewiston schoolteacher.
She was a member of the Lewiston Welfare League, and she taught handicrafts here for several business firms. She did some painting and was an avid golfer.
Survivors include her parents, Sigrid Grove and Mrs. Edith Fine, both of Kamiah: three children, Cynthia, 15, Gregory, 14, and Kevin, 11, and two sisters, Mrs. Gene (Carol) Ax, Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Potter in California.
Lewiston Tribune, June 8, 1971
Rites Conducted For 3 Victims Of Plane Crash
The funeral for three victims of an airliner crash June 6 was yesterday at Malcom's Little Chapel of Flowers Lewiston.
The three were killed when the Air West DC9 they were aboard collided with a U.S. Marine plane above the San Gabriel Mountains, about 20 miles south of Los Angeles, Calif. Memorial services for Mrs. Frances Kalbfleisch. 35, Julie Ann Potter, 6, and Michael M. Potter, 7, were conducted by the Rev. Paul Wietzke, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Kalbfleisch were Albert C. Nelson, Donald Scharbach, Curt Larson and Gene Saxton, all of Lewiston; James W. Cory, Spokane, and David Sanman, Clarkston. Honorary pallbearers were Virgil Larson, David Johnson, Harvie Walker and Richard Gillespie, all Lewiston residents; and Ed Frandsen, Alaska.
Arnold Grove and Martin Agee, Kamiah; Gene A. Boulder and George Whitman, Seattle; Alastair Livingston, St. Clemente, Calif.; and Jim Hardlin, Grangeville, were pallbearers for the Potter girl.
Pallbearers for the Potter boy were Delbert Yates, Aaron Reed, Elmer Dinwiddie and Don Beckman, all of Kamiah; Larry Rynearson, Lewiston, and Twain Sumner, Troy.
Burial was at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.
Lewiston Tribune, June 13, 1971
Mrs. Frances Grove Kalbfleisch, 35, a Lewiston dental assistant, was returning from San Clemente, Calif., with her sister's two children in a Hughes Air West plane that crashed with no survivors near Los Angeles Sunday evening.
Mrs. Kalbfleisch's niece and nephew who died with her were Julia Potter, 6, and Mike Potter, 7.
The children were to visit their father, Lee Potter, Kooskia and other relatives in north central Idaho. They were living with their divorced mother, Mrs. Sandra Potter, at San Clemente.
The Potter children were born at Grangeville and lived at Kooskia before moving to California with their mother three years ago. Mrs. Potter was to have tried to identify the bodies of her children and sister at Los Angeles yesterday.
Mrs. Kalbfleisch, a dental assistant for Dr. Paul A. Eke of Lewiston had been visiting Potter's family in California for a week.
She was born Oct. 31, 1935, Orofino, the daughter of Sigrid and Edith Grove, and grew up and attended schools at Kamiah, where she was a high school cheerleader.
She was married to Kay C. Kalbfleisch May 29, 1955, at Lewiston. They were divorced. last month. He is a Lewiston schoolteacher.
She was a member of the Lewiston Welfare League, and she taught handicrafts here for several business firms. She did some painting and was an avid golfer.
Survivors include her parents, Sigrid Grove and Mrs. Edith Fine, both of Kamiah: three children, Cynthia, 15, Gregory, 14, and Kevin, 11, and two sisters, Mrs. Gene (Carol) Ax, Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Potter in California.
Lewiston Tribune, June 8, 1971
Rites Conducted For 3 Victims Of Plane Crash
The funeral for three victims of an airliner crash June 6 was yesterday at Malcom's Little Chapel of Flowers Lewiston.
The three were killed when the Air West DC9 they were aboard collided with a U.S. Marine plane above the San Gabriel Mountains, about 20 miles south of Los Angeles, Calif. Memorial services for Mrs. Frances Kalbfleisch. 35, Julie Ann Potter, 6, and Michael M. Potter, 7, were conducted by the Rev. Paul Wietzke, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Kalbfleisch were Albert C. Nelson, Donald Scharbach, Curt Larson and Gene Saxton, all of Lewiston; James W. Cory, Spokane, and David Sanman, Clarkston. Honorary pallbearers were Virgil Larson, David Johnson, Harvie Walker and Richard Gillespie, all Lewiston residents; and Ed Frandsen, Alaska.
Arnold Grove and Martin Agee, Kamiah; Gene A. Boulder and George Whitman, Seattle; Alastair Livingston, St. Clemente, Calif.; and Jim Hardlin, Grangeville, were pallbearers for the Potter girl.
Pallbearers for the Potter boy were Delbert Yates, Aaron Reed, Elmer Dinwiddie and Don Beckman, all of Kamiah; Larry Rynearson, Lewiston, and Twain Sumner, Troy.
Burial was at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.
Lewiston Tribune, June 13, 1971
Mrs. Kalbfleisch's niece and nephew who died with her were Julia Potter, 6, and Mike Potter, 7.
The children were to visit their father, Lee Potter, Kooskia and other relatives in north central Idaho. They were living with their divorced mother, Mrs. Sandra Potter, at San Clemente.
The Potter children were born at Grangeville and lived at Kooskia before moving to California with their mother three years ago. Mrs. Potter was to have tried to identify the bodies of her children and sister at Los Angeles yesterday.
Mrs. Kalbfleisch, a dental assistant for Dr. Paul A. Eke of Lewiston had been visiting Potter's family in California for a week.
She was born Oct. 31, 1935, Orofino, the daughter of Sigrid and Edith Grove, and grew up and attended schools at Kamiah, where she was a high school cheerleader.
She was married to Kay C. Kalbfleisch May 29, 1955, at Lewiston. They were divorced. last month. He is a Lewiston schoolteacher.
She was a member of the Lewiston Welfare League, and she taught handicrafts here for several business firms. She did some painting and was an avid golfer.
Survivors include her parents, Sigrid Grove and Mrs. Edith Fine, both of Kamiah: three children, Cynthia, 15, Gregory, 14, and Kevin, 11, and two sisters, Mrs. Gene (Carol) Ax, Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Potter in California.
Lewiston Tribune, June 8, 1971
Rites Conducted For 3 Victims Of Plane Crash
The funeral for three victims of an airliner crash June 6 was yesterday at Malcom's Little Chapel of Flowers Lewiston.
The three were killed when the Air West DC9 they were aboard collided with a U.S. Marine plane above the San Gabriel Mountains, about 20 miles south of Los Angeles, Calif. Memorial services for Mrs. Frances Kalbfleisch. 35, Julie Ann Potter, 6, and Michael M. Potter, 7, were conducted by the Rev. Paul Wietzke, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Kalbfleisch were Albert C. Nelson, Donald Scharbach, Curt Larson and Gene Saxton, all of Lewiston; James W. Cory, Spokane, and David Sanman, Clarkston. Honorary pallbearers were Virgil Larson, David Johnson, Harvie Walker and Richard Gillespie, all Lewiston residents; and Ed Frandsen, Alaska.
Arnold Grove and Martin Agee, Kamiah; Gene A. Boulder and George Whitman, Seattle; Alastair Livingston, St. Clemente, Calif.; and Jim Hardlin, Grangeville, were pallbearers for the Potter girl.
Pallbearers for the Potter boy were Delbert Yates, Aaron Reed, Elmer Dinwiddie and Don Beckman, all of Kamiah; Larry Rynearson, Lewiston, and Twain Sumner, Troy.
Burial was at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.
Lewiston Tribune, June 13, 1971
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