Person:Flossie Fenimore (1)

FULTON COUNTY INDIANA

OBITUARIES

1925

The News-Sentinel William BUTT, 55, and Mrs. Loren BUTT, 21, who lives six miles southeast of Macy, were instantly killed at 4:15 o'clock Friday afternoon, when their Ford coupe [in] which they were returning from Akron was struck at what is known as the Whistler crossing 3 miles east of Macy by a northbound flyer on the Winona Traction line. The crossing is said to be a dangerous one, the view being obstructed from both sides by high embankments. The two had left Akron at 3:40 p.m. after a visit to a dentist. Bodies of both were badly mutilated and the heads of both crushed. They were taken to an Akron undertaking parlor by the interurban. Mrs. Butt was a daughter-in-law of William Butt. Her maiden name was Flossie FENIMORE, and she was the daughter of Edward FENIMORE of Macy. She was a cousin of Mrs. Albert ROSS of this city. Mrs. Butt is survived by the widower, Loren [BUTT], a child Loren Edward [BUTT], four brothers, Ross [FENIMORE] of LaPorte, Fred [FENIMORE] of South Bend, Ralph [FENIMORE] of Lafayette and Orville [FENIMORE] of Peru, one sister, Cosetta [FENIMORE] and an uncle, Newton CLEMANS, living one mile north of Fulton. Mr. Butt is survived by the widow, a mother and seven children. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Butt formerly lived in Rochester, later moving to Dayton, Ky., and then to the Macy vicinity. Monday, February 2, 1925 The funeral of Mrs. Loren BUTT, 21, formerly Flossie FENIMORE of near Fulton who was killed Friday at 4:15 p.m., at the Whistler crossing of the Winona Traction line south of Gilead, when the coupe in which she was riding with William BUTT, 55, of Macy, her father-in-law, was struck by the northbound flyer, was held Monday afternoon at the Macy Christian church, and the body was interred in the Macy cemetery. Services for William BUTT, who also was instantly killed in the accident, will be held Monday afternoon at the Ebenezer church in Perry township, Miami county. Both of the victims of the collision had their skulls fractured. Mrs. Loren Butt formerly lived in Rochester with her husband. They had gone from here to Dayton, Ky., and but recently had gone to the Macy neighborhood. Surviving the woman are the widower and a small son. Mrs. Albert ROSS of this city is her cousin. Mr. William Butt is survived by the widow, and seven children. The Miami county coroner held the inquest, postponed from Saturday on Monday

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 [1], in Indiana, United States. Death Certificates, 1899-2011. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).