Allen County Obituaries
Sylvia Joseph
3 dead and 23 Injured in Area Holiday
Dead are Mrs. Sylvia Joseph 61 Route 2. Mrs Joseph died at the Memorial Hospital
The accident which claimed the life of Mrs. Joseph 61, occurred at 12:45 p.m. Sunday on Route 25 (Findlay Road) one mile northeast of Lima at the driveway of the Lima Electric Motor Co. Mrs Joseph was a passenger in a car driven by her son Merle E.Joseph, 36, Route 2. State highway patrolmen report. Joseph was traveling east and had started to turn into the driveway of the Lima Electric Motor Co. (Walter Joseph her husband worked there) when his car was struck by an automobile driven by Ronald B. Conway, 18. Route 5, who was traveling west. The impact caused both cars to leave the highway.
Kathleen Ann Lentz, 9, and her sister Linda, 6, of 306 E. O'Conner Ave., were passengers in the Joseph car. Kathleen suffered a deep cut on the nose and bruises on the forehead. Linda received a bruise on the left arm.
Driver of the Joseph car received severe lacerations on the scalp, and multiple cuts, and bruises on both arms and body. His condition was reported fair. The Lentz sisters were released after treatment at the hospital. Hospital attaches reported, Mrs. Joseph received a fractured skull, compound fracture of the left arm, and lacerations on the face, body, and legs. She died two hours after being admitted to the hospital. The injured were taken to the hospital in a Davis-Miller and Son ambulance.
Mrs Joseph is survived by her husband Walter H. Joseph; two sons Charles L. Bluffton, Merle E. at home,; two daughters, Mrs. Edwin Maag, Columbus Grove, and Mrs. Edwin Lentz, 806 E. O'Conner Ave; and 12 grandchildren. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Chiles and Son Funeral Home, with the Rev. Willard Thomas officiating. Burial will be in the Blue Lick Cemetery.
SOURCE: Lima News, September 5, 1950
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