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Personal data Lydia Viers 

• Alternative name: Lydia Viers Armitage
• She was born on November 19, 1926 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
• Resident on December 23, 1948: Columbus Ave. at Perkins, Sandusky, Erie Co., OH.
• She died on December 24, 1948 in just e. of Camp Perry, Erie Twp., Ottawa Co., OH, she was 22 years old.
• She is buried on December 27, 1948 in Attica Cem., Venice Twp., Seneca Co., OH.
• A child of Marion Lavern Viers and Maude Ethel Alvord
• This information was last updated on September 21, 2011.

Household of Lydia Viers

She is married to Curtis Eugene Armitage.

They got married before 1945 at fortasse, somewhere In OH.

Curtis Armitage oo Lydia Viers

Marriage. source: The following newspaper clipping was sent to me by Shirley Hill of Fruita CO.

Bellevue [OH] Gazette, 27 Dec 1948, pg 1 col 7

'6 Members of Family Are Killed

Six members of a Sandusky family, former residents here were killed in a traffic crash Christmas Eve while enroute to spend the holiday with relatives in Birmingham, Mich., on Route 2, three miles west of Port Clinton.

Dead are Mr and Mrs. Curtis Armitage, Route 1, Sandusky; their two children, Robert, three years and Beverly, six months, and Mrs. Armitage's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion L. Viers, Sr., also of Route 1 Sandusky.

Mr. Armitage, 26, had been an employe of the American Baler Co. here almost since its beginning four years ago. The plant and office were both closed this afternoon to permit employes to attend the funeral services for Mr. and Mrs.Armitage and their two children in Attica. ...' The two families lived together in a home on Columbus Ave., at the corner of Perkins and Columbus Ave. at the city limits of Sandusky. Mr. Armitage, a Navy veteran, commuted to his work here. * * * The two families were enroute to spend the holiday with Mrs. Armitage's brother, Marion Viers, Jr., ...' <>

Child(ren):

1. Robert Armitage  1947-1948
2. Beverly Ann Armitage  1948-1948

Notes about Lydia Viers

Lydia Viers

Source: The following newspaper clipping was sent to me by Shirley Hill of Fruita CO.

Bellevue [OH] Gazette, 27 Dec 1948, pg 1 col 7

'6 Members of Family Are Killed

Six members of a Sandusky family, former residents here were killed in a traffic crash Christmas Eve while enroute to spend the holiday with relatives in Birmingham, Mich., on Route 2, three miles west of Port Clinton.

Dead are Mr and Mrs. Curtis Armitage, Route 1, Sandusky; their two children, Robert, three years and Beverly, six months, and Mrs. Armitage's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion L. Viers, Sr., also of Route 1 Sandusky.

Mr. Armitage, 26, had been an employe of the American Baler Co. here almost since its beginning four years ago. The pland and office were both closed this afternoon to permit employes to attend the funeral services for Mr. and Mrs.Armitage and their two children in Attica.

Men of the company were pallbearers, and the funeral services were private except for members of the family and the employes of the plant and office.

Mr. and Mrs. Viers were former residents of the city also, having moved to Sandusky about five years ago. The two families lived together in a home on Columbus Ave., at the corner of Perkins and Columbus Ave. at the city limits ofSandusky. Mr. Armitage, a Nave veteran, commuted to his work here. * * * The two families were enroute to spend the holiday with Mrs. Armitage's brother, Marion Viers, Jr., and his wife, the former Evelyn DeHart, both of whom formerly resided here. Mrs. Armitage, 23, the former Lydia Viers, was graduated fromBellevue High School in 1943 and was employed at the Northern Ohio Telephone Co. before her marriage.

Funeral services for the Viers will be held Tuesday in the Frey Funeral Home, Sandusky, at 10 a.m. and burial will be in Butternut Ridge Cemetery, North Olmstead. Services this afternoon for the Armitage family were held in the WeaverFuneral Home, Attica, at 2 p.m. and burial was in Attica Cemetery.

According to locat State Patrolman Joseph Swartz who investigated the crash the driver of the truck involved in the crash is in critical condition in Magruder Hospital, Port Clinton. He is Robert E. Dawes, 33, Sandusky, and he sufferedthe loss of an arm, a fractured skull and shock. A passenger in the truck, Joseph H. Boudreau, 25, Hudson, was not hurt.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur O. Pike, Toledo, and thier children, Janice, fin\\ve, and Gregory, six months, occupants of the third vehicle involved in the crash, suffered minor injuries. * * * The truck and tractor, operated east by Mr. Dawes, passed the Pike car, also going east. The Armitage car, enroute west, swung to the left to avoid a collision, but was struck on the right side by the truck. The blow ripped the sidefrom the car. The car then struck the Pike automobile broadside, rolling it over. The Armitage car was demolished. All of the family were believed instantly killed with the exception of the three-year-old Robert, who died severalhours later in Magruder Hospital, the State Patrolman said.

The truck careened out of control for over a 100 feet and upset. Mr. Dawes' arm was caught beneath the wreckage until a wrecking crew lifted the vehicle from the limb. * * * The accident happened at 8 p.m. just east of Camp Perry.

Ralston Armitage, a brother of the dead man, is also employed at the local plant. Parents of the dead youth are Mr. and Mrs. John Armitage. Two sisters and three brothers survive.

The Viers are survived by their son, Marion Jr., and an daughter, Mrs. Carl Lapp of Hawthorne, Calif., also a former resident here. Mrs. Viers, 57, has three sisters, Mr. Viers, 61, has no immediate survivors.'

Hanna, Jackie, "The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants", (Portage, MI, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I17787, vi Mar MMXI)

"... Lydia VIERS Sex: F Birth: 19 NOV 1926 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio

Census: 1930 Marion Viers HH, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio

Death: 24 DEC 1948 in Port Clinton, Ottawa Co, Ohio

Note: of injuries from car accident with parents informant: L Ralson Armitage

Burial: 28 DEC 1948 Attica-Venice Twp Cem, Attica, Seneca Co, Ohio NAMM: Armitage Change Date: 6 MAR 2011

Father: Marion Laverne VIERS b: 12 NOV 1886 in Royalton, Fulton Co, Ohio Mother: Maude Ethel ALVORD b: 9 JUN 1890 in Mentor, Lake Co, Ohio

Marriage 1 Curtis Eugene ARMITAGE b: 13 MAR 1922 in Attica, Seneca Co, Ohio Married:

Children

1. Robert ARMITAGE b: 12 APR 1947 in Sandusky, Erie Co, OHio 2. Beverly Ann ARMITAGE b: 24 AUG 1948 in Sandusky, Erie Co, OHio" <>

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