Robert Armitage
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. ... 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 Navy veteran, commuted to his work here. ... ... Services this afternoon for the Armitage family were held in the Weaver Funeral Home, Attica, at 2 p.m. and burial was in Attica Cemetery. ... ... All of the family were believed instantly killed with the exception of the three-year-old Robert, who died several hours later in Magruder Hospital [Port Clinton], ... * * * The accident happened at 8 p.m. just east of Camp Perry. ...'
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 Oct MMX)
"... Robert ARMITAGE Sex: M Birth: 12 APR 1947 in Sandusky, Erie Co, OHio Death: 25 DEC 1948 in Port Clinton, Ottawa Co, Ohio
Note: result of Dec 24 1948 car accident
Burial: 28 DEC 1948 Attica-Venice Twp Cem, Attica, Seneca Co, Ohio Change Date: 6 OCT 2010
Father: Curtis Eugene ARMITAGE b: 13 MAR 1922 in Attica, Seneca Co, Ohio Mother: Lydia VIERS b: 19 NOV 1926 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio" <>
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