Person:Elden King (1)

Killed in an automobile accident.

DEATH: Obituary: ELDEN B. KING KILLED SUNDAY IN CAR CRASH AT HAWK'S CORNERS The following story appeared in the Monday morning issue of the Journal-Gazette, under an Albion dateline of November 20th: Two persons were killed and a third critically injured about 2:30 p.m. today as two cars collided at a country road intersection six miles south and one mile east of here. Dead are Elden B. King, a farmer who resides four miles northwest of here, and Mrs. Margaruite Katheline Leiter, 26, of LaOtto. Mrs. Leiter's husband, Ray D., 24, was in critical condition tonight in Luckey Hospital, Wolf Lake. According to State Police, King was driving south and Leiter and his wife were traveling east, both "apparently at a good rate of speed." Leiter ran a stop sign at the gravel road intersection, known as Hawk's Corners. State Police said, and drove into the path of King's automobile. Both cars were demolished. King died of a fractured neck and a crushed chest. Mrs. Leiter died of a crushed skull. Leiter's injuries were reported as a compound fracture of the left leg, possible internal injuries, possible fractured jaw, and facial lacerations. He was still unconscious and in critical condition tonight. Leiter is a pinion cutter at the Salisbury Axle Works in Fort Wayne. State Police said the investigation of the accident would continue pending Leiter's recovery. They said there no obstructions to vision for either car at the intersection. Surviving King are his widow, Helen; two sons, Paul and Jerry, and two daughters, Janet and Mary Grace, at home; his mother, Mrs. Grace Neff; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Foster, Albion, and Mrs. David Britton, Ashtabula, Ohio, and a brother, Donald, West Lafayette. The body was taken to the Bonham & Miser Funeral Home, Albion. It will be returned to the residence in York Township, Noble County, Tuesday morning. Friends may call there after Tuesday noon. Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Albion United Methodist Church, the Rev. Williard Doyle officiating. Burial will be in Wright's Cemetery. Mrs. Leiter was born in Fort Wayne and was a graduate of Central Catholic High School.

1. ↑ Social Security Death Index.

   Birth Date: 8 Mar 1914 Death Date: Nov 1955 Social Security Number: 315-20-9388 State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Indiana