Bradford Man Killed
In Iowa Plane Crash

Carl Tyger Sr.
Pilot of Craft,
Fatally Burned

Victim Served in First
World War; Body to Be
Returned for Burial

Carl C. Tyger Sr., 52, of
nearby West Branch, was one
of two men killed Saturday
at 2:30 p.m., when a light
plane crashed and burned on
a farm at the edge of Ralston,
Iowa, according to an
Associated Press dispatch.
The other man was identified by
Sheriff Alfred B. Throup of Ralston
as Frederick Randolph Kernen, 28,
also of Ralston, pilot of the ship.
Sheriff Throup said the two men died
in the flaming wreckage of the
plane after it stalled in the air and
plunged to the ground.
World War Veteran
Born in Rochester Mills, Indiana
County, Pa., March 30, 1897, Mr.
Tyger served in the first World War.
He was a fireman first class In the
Navy from 1918 until 1921. During
his residence in Bradford he worked
at various jobs.
Shortly after the death of his
wife, in December, 1946, Mr. Tyger
left Bradford eventually going to
Iowa Where he worked on a railroad.
He was a member of the Lieut.
John C. Roche Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, of Bradford.
Burial to Be Made Here
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Paul Simons and Mrs. Mildred
Passauer, three sons. Max, Francis
and Carl Tyger Jr., all of Bradford;
five brothers, Glair, Waterman, Pa.,
Isaac, Rochester Mills, Ralph, Conneaut,
Ohio, Oakley, Youngstown,
and Ott, Pittsburgh. Thirteen grandchildren
also survive.
The body will be returned to
Bradford for burial later in the week.
Arrangements are under the direction
of the Mimm Funeral Home

THE BRADFORD ERA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1949

Military services for Carl C. Tyger,
52, of West Branch, who was accidentally
killed in a plane crash In
Iowa Saturday, will be held at the
Manm Funeral Home Friday at 1:30
p m. The Rev. C. B. Anderson, pastor of the Evangelical
United Brethren Church, West Branch, will
officiate.
Burial will take place In Willow
Dale cemetery.