The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 24, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 July 1973 — Page 11

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VOLUME 10

Four die as plane lands in lake

Four LaGrange area residents met a watery death when the light plane, a Cessna 172, they were traveling in landed in Kuhn Lake just south of North Webster at about 11 p.m. last Wednesday. Dead were the pilot, Walter Emmert, 59, r 1 LaGrange; his wife, Ruth, 57; his mother, Vida Emmert, 82, Wolcottville; and his sister, Lois Emmert, 52, of Fort Wayne. The bodies of the two women were recovered shortly after the Fourth of July crash, with Emmert and another of the women remaining in the

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wreckage until Thursday afternoon. The wreckage and the two submerged passengers were winched ashore by cable from an auto wrecker to a point along road 13. Survivors And Services Mr. Emmert was born in Clearspring township in LaGrange county on August 18, 1913. He was united in marriage to Ruth Laverne (Hadley) Emmert on October 31, 1937 at Delphi. He was agency manager of the Farm Bureau Insurance agency in LaGrange and Noble

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Ji WALTER EMMERT counties and had been in the business for 27 years. Mr. Emmert was a member of the LaGrange Exchange chib, the LaGrange Chamber of Commerce, a member of the First United Methodist church and a veteran of WW 11. ‘ Mrs. Emmert was born on July 18, 1914 in Chicago. They are survived by three daughters, Mrs. Warren McKinley, Albuqurque, N. M., Mrs. Phillip Badra, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Georgia K. Emmert, Muncie; three grandchildren; and Mr. Emmert has one brother, Leon of Zaire, Africa. Mr. Emmert’s sister, Lois Kathleen Emmert, 52, Fort Wayne, was born in LaGrange county on May 2, 1920 and was a member of the Topeka Baptist church. Mr. Emmert’s mother, Mrs. George (Vida) Roy Emmert, 82, r 2 Wolcottville, was bom on December 20, 1890 and her husband preceded her in death in 1967. She is survived by five grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; and one son, Leon. She was a member of the Topeka Baptist church. Funeral services for Mrs. Vida Emmert and Miss Lois Emmert were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist church in Topeka with Rev. Harold North officiating. In-

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1973

■ ■ • 8 S> , S .mJt -11 Hit- ——*► - «•- • < / \ \\ 1 fl - v'xw ' * - TXT— —■ ■ Sai q: * W" .r-:. WHERE FOUR DIED — These two photos were taken last Thursday morning on Kuhn Lake south of North Webster where four LaGrange area people lost their lives as the light Cessna 172 plane they were riding in, apparently in no trouble, landed in the lake. The top photo shows boaters hovering near the scene while the plane was still submerged. And in the bottom photo the wreckage of the plane is seen only inches below the surface of the water. The pilot, Walter Emmert of r 1 LaGrange, and one of the three women riding with him, were still in the plane when this photo was taken. x

terment was .in the Sloan cemetery. Services for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Emmert were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist church at LaGrange with Rev. J. Wilbur Yates officiating with interment in the Greenwood cemetery. Use Inner Tubes State police Sgt. John Ham-

mersley of North Webster secured rubber inner tubes which were attached to the plane about 1,500 feet off shore. A generator and compressor were used to inflate the tubes to keep the aircraft wreckage buoyant. The bodies of the two women rescued Wednesday night were taken to the Harris funeral home in North Webster. Emmert

was taken to the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne for an autopsy which revealed that death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage (stroke). Friends at LaGrange said Emmert had a history of heart trouble, but that only three weeks earlier he had been given a clean bill of health by his physician. Lakeside residents reported

the light airplane circled the lake three times before a wing tip touched the water and resulted in the crash. The plane was not equipped with pontoons. Varner Chance new president of Rotary club Varner Chance was installed as president of the SyracuseWawasee Rotary club at the club’s regular meeting held Tuesday noon, July 3, at Maxwelton golf club. Other officers installed are: Vice president and presidentelect — Col. Joe Gray Secretary — Bill Dalton Treasurer — Roy 0. Price Sgt.-at-Arms — Harold (“Red”) Gray New president Chance will be leaving next week with the Sounds of Hope for their annual European trip, returning in August, during which time Joe Gray will act as club president. Syracuse woman in Goshen accident Damage was set at S4OO in a 3:39 p.m. accident Monday, July 2, involving Sarah J. Laird, 31, r 3 Syracuse. The two-car accident occurred on Eisenhower drive, north of Kercher road near Goshen, when Laverle N. Larimer, 34, r 1 Millersburg, drove her 1966 Chevrolet into the back of the Laird car, which had stopped in a long line of traffic. No one was hurt in the crash, investigated by sergeant Lyle K. Bainter.

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Boat runs wild Friday on Wawasee Paul Davison, r 4 Syracuse, fell from his boat on Lake Wawasee at 10 a.m., Friday, July 6, causing the boat to “run wild”, according to conservation officer Earl Money. The boat ran in a tight circle in front of the Eli Lilly estate until it ran out of gas, Money stated. He said a. number of boats formed a circle around the Davison-craft to make sure no one would venture near it. Officer Money said Davison was riding on the boat’s gunwales at the time he fell out of the boat. He was ticketed and appeared before Justice of the Peace Chris Koher Sunday night, July 8. Boy's finger caught in pier Barbara Crider, 401 Medusa street, Syracuse, called the Syracuse First Afd unit to her home at 9 p.m. Thursday, July 5, when her son, Harry, three, caught his finger in a hole in their pier. Harry was sitting on the kitchen table when the first aiders arrived with a swollen, but unbroken, finger. GUESTS AT EPWORTH FOREST Guests at Epworth Forest, North Webster, the week of July 4 were Mrs. Mary Pope and Mrs. Ruth Smart of Richmond, Jeffrey Chaney of Hagerstown, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Pope and family of New Paris, Ohio.

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