Assorted Obituaries from early Fulton County Ohio Page ... - RootsWeb

Alma Grieser, Eva Burkholder. One of: the most shocking accidents of recent years in Fulton county
was that which occurred last Sunday night on the Main street crossing of the New York Central railway
in Archbold. Five young people; all cousins, were returning to their homes in
a Ford automobile after having spent the day with an uncle, Mr. Peter Burkholder in Archbold. They
were driving north through Archbold and at the New York Central crossing were compelled
to stop to allow an east bound freight train to pass. Witnesses state that it was between 8:30 and 9:15
when the accident occurred and the gateman was not on duty; it is also stated by some that an
automobile preceded the one in which the young people were riding and crossed the tracks
immediately after the freight train had passed. The auto in which the young people were riding
followed the first auto, but the step on the engine of the second section of fast passenger train No. 48,
west bound, caught the rear end of their auto, carrying it about 100 feet, killing
the three occupants of the rear seat and injuring the occupants of the front seat. The dead are: Perry
Nofziger, son of Mrs. Eli Nofziger, instantly killed, body badly mangled; Alma *Gireser, 22; daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Grieser, instantly killed; body,. torn and: broken; Eve Burkholder,22, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Burkholder .of Pettisville, injured so badly that she was unconscious and died
about, an hour after the accident occurred in the office of Dr. I. L. Coy. The occupants of the front
seat, who escaped with their lives, were: Harvey Grieser, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan *Grisier, who
sustained bruises on the head. and body, but was able to walk about, and Bertha Burkholder, 20,
daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. David Burkholder, sister of Eve Burkholder, who was killed, who suffered a
severe shock, but sustained no visible injuries. The dead and injured were taken to the nearby office
of Dr. I. L. Coy, from which place the dead were; taken to the undertaking rooms. The deepest
sympathy is felt by the entire countryside for the families
into which death has come in a sudden and shocking manner.
ENGAGED COUPLE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE
Three Victims of Accident are Perry Nofziger, Alma Grieser and Eve Burkholder
Funeral of Three Victims of Accident Held At Same Time and Burial In the Same Cemetery
Probably the1argest number of persons that ever attended a burial in this county assembled at
the Eckley cemetery Wednesday, April 10th, to inter the bodies of the three young people who were
so suddenly snatched from life to death in the crossing accident in Archbold, Sunday evening, April
7th. The funerals of the three victims of cruel fate were held at the three separate homes of their
parents at 10:00 a.m. after which the three corteges met-at the cemetery at one time where the three
bodies were viewed by all who wished; before they were laid side by side
in their final resting places. The funeral of Perry Nofziger, 28, was held at the home of his mother Mrs.