Obituary of Alfred, Maria, Morris, and Ruba FREY, Macoupin County Illinois 22 March 1998
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Name of Deceased: FREY FAMILY, Alfred, Maria, Morris, Ruba
Name of Newspaper: State Journal/Girard Gazette
Date of Obituary: October 5, 1925 
Obituary: Girard, Oct. 3 - Residents of Girard will witness tomorrow afternoon the
burial of four members of the FREY Family, victims of the tragedy which occurred
late yesterday afternoon when the north bound Chicago & Alton Lincoln Limited
struck the automobile in which they were riding. Funeral services for Alfred FREY,
his wife Marie FREY, and two children, Morris and Ruba Lee, will be held at 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon at the Presbyterian church. The services will be conducted
by Rev. William MORRISON, pastor of the church. Side by side, the parents and 
children will be laid to rest in Girard cemetery. A happy family circle, content in
the possession of a new car, the FREY family was attempting to cross the Chicago
& Alton tacks in the machine when it became stalled. The oncoming limited train
plowed into the stalled machine, instantly killing Mr. and Mrs. FREY and son,
Morris. Ruba Lee died two and a half hours later in Springfield Hospital at
Springfield. Coroner W. W. JACOBY, Macoupin County, will hold the inquest
into the death of the parents and Morris at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at
Girard. Coroner Ernest DYE, Springfield, has not announced the time for the
inquest of Ruba Lee, who died in Sangamon County. The inquest at Girard
Wednesday will be attended by both coroners. Mr. FREY is survived by his
father, Frederick W. FREY, Pittsburg, Ky; five sisters, Emily, Pittsburg, Ky;
Mrs. Carl SCHOTT and Mrs Michael SCHOTT, Girard; three brothers, Herman,
Staunton; Otto, Pittsburg, Ky. and Arnold, Staunton. Mrs. FREY is survived
by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Michael SCHOTT, Girard; nine brothers, Jacob,
William, Carl, Christ, Otto, Fred, Mike, Girard; Adam, Pittsburg Ky and John,
Pittsburg, Ky. One sister, Henrietta KEONITT, Bernstadt, Ky. Two Frey
children survive, Helen, 10 and Billy Earl, 4.


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