Darrell J. Van Blaricum, 32, of Noble was killed instantly and three other men were injured in a terrific head-on collusion between two trucks on U. S. Route 50 about two miles west of Olney last Wednesday evening.
Van Blaricum, driving an oil truck for the Reliable Oil Company of Clay City, by whom he was employed, swerved across the center line of the highway and crashed into a large semi-trailer transport truck. Both trucks were virtually demolished.
Van Blaricum is survived by hie wife, M June, of Noble; one son, Norman age 11; his mother, Mrs. Ray Gregory of Olney; his father, William Van Blaricum of Urbana; one brother, Neil Van Blaricum of San Antonio, TX; and two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Brown of Carmi and Mrs. June Allison of Powell, Wyoming. He was a veteran of World War II, serving five months in the Army.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Schaub Funeral Home with Rev. James Kirby of Noble in charge and burial was in Greenhill cemetery, south of Noble.
Published in the Olney Advocate, Thursday, December 30, 1948.
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Van Blaricum, driving an oil truck for the Reliable Oil Company of Clay City, by whom he was employed, swerved across the center line of the highway and crashed into a large semi-trailer transport truck. Both trucks were virtually demolished.
Van Blaricum is survived by hie wife, M June, of Noble; one son, Norman age 11; his mother, Mrs. Ray Gregory of Olney; his father, William Van Blaricum of Urbana; one brother, Neil Van Blaricum of San Antonio, TX; and two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Brown of Carmi and Mrs. June Allison of Powell, Wyoming. He was a veteran of World War II, serving five months in the Army.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Schaub Funeral Home with Rev. James Kirby of Noble in charge and burial was in Greenhill cemetery, south of Noble.
Published in the Olney Advocate, Thursday, December 30, 1948.
(submited by Georgeann #47020186)
Darrell J. Van Blaricum, 32, of Noble was killed instantly and three other men were injured in a terrific head-on collusion between two trucks on U. S. Route 50 about two miles west of Olney last Wednesday evening.
Van Blaricum, driving an oil truck for the Reliable Oil Company of Clay City, by whom he was employed, swerved across the center line of the highway and crashed into a large semi-trailer transport truck. Both trucks were virtually demolished.
Van Blaricum is survived by hie wife, M June, of Noble; one son, Norman age 11; his mother, Mrs. Ray Gregory of Olney; his father, William Van Blaricum of Urbana; one brother, Neil Van Blaricum of San Antonio, TX; and two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Brown of Carmi and Mrs. June Allison of Powell, Wyoming. He was a veteran of World War II, serving five months in the Army.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Schaub Funeral Home with Rev. James Kirby of Noble in charge and burial was in Greenhill cemetery, south of Noble.
Published in the Olney Advocate, Thursday, December 30, 1948.
(submited by Georgeann #47020186)
Van Blaricum, driving an oil truck for the Reliable Oil Company of Clay City, by whom he was employed, swerved across the center line of the highway and crashed into a large semi-trailer transport truck. Both trucks were virtually demolished.
Van Blaricum is survived by hie wife, M June, of Noble; one son, Norman age 11; his mother, Mrs. Ray Gregory of Olney; his father, William Van Blaricum of Urbana; one brother, Neil Van Blaricum of San Antonio, TX; and two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Brown of Carmi and Mrs. June Allison of Powell, Wyoming. He was a veteran of World War II, serving five months in the Army.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Schaub Funeral Home with Rev. James Kirby of Noble in charge and burial was in Greenhill cemetery, south of Noble.
Published in the Olney Advocate, Thursday, December 30, 1948.
(submited by Georgeann #47020186)
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