Calhoun County MI Archives News.....Two Women Killed In Car – Truck Accident December 4, 1964
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Battle Creek Enquirer December 4, 1964
A mother and daughter, who together were the mothers of 17 children;  died 
yesterday when their station wagon collided with a tractor trailer semi-truck 
at the Skyline Drive - Dickman Road intersection.

Dead are Mrs. Eligiha (Delores) Robinson, 32 the driver, and her mother, Mrs. 
Harriet Hudson 55, both of Route 4, the Fine Lake Road. They were thrown out of 
the front seat after impact.

Two of Mrs. Robinson's, daughters, Pamela Joy, 5; and Rocky Lynn, 3, sitting 
the back seat of the car, were slightly injured.
According to Springfield police, the Robinson vehicle, going east on Dickman 
apparently failed to stop at a stop sign and rammed broadside into the truck 
traveling west and rounding the curve from Dickman onto Skyline.

The  driver of the truck Ernest L. Ruthruff, 38, of Route 7 who suffered a 
slight leg injury told police he saw the station wagon approach the stop sign 
and fail to stop., He said he sounded his horn, applied his brakes and swerved 
t0 the side of the road effort to avoid a collision.

The accident happened at 3:26 p.m. Mrs. Robinson, her mother and the children 
had just left the commissary Ft. Custer. Mrs. Robinson's husband is a staff 
sergeant in the Air Force stationed in Okinawa.
The two women were taken by an Air Force ambulance to Community Hospital,
where they were pronounced dead on arrival. The children were treated at the 
Ft. Custer dispensary.
Rocky Lynn was later admitted to Community Hospital where she is in "fairly 
good ' condition today with facial lacerations. Mr. Ruthruff was released after 
treatment at Community.
The intersection has already been a scene of "several bad accidents", since the 
opening of Skyline Drive a almost three weeks ago, police said.
Yesterday's  death brought 38 the number of traffic fatalities in the county 
this year.
Mrs. Hudson was born in Little Chute, Wis., daughter of Henry and Henrietta 
VanDerHeyden.
She was married to Ivan P. Hudson in Indianapolis, Ind, He survives, in 
addition to 12 children, Mrs. Fred (Dorothy) Addison, Mrs. Charles (Betty) 
Jimmerson, Mrs. Donald (Henrietta) Vought, Mary Carol, Henry E., Gregory, Ivan 
R., Joseph I., Glen E., Lloyd J.; Michael C., and Rex Allen; 29 grandchildren; 
a brother Henry VanDerHeyden; two sisters, Mrs. Kenneth (Dorothy) Dodge and 
Mrs. Albert (Delia) Van Eyke; 13 nieces and nephews and five step-sister and 
brothers.

 All of Mrs. Hudson's children, including Mrs. Robinson, had been carries for 
the Enquirer and News over the years.

Mrs. Hudson was a member of St. Jerome Catholic Church. 

Delores Rose Robinson was born in Weyauwega, Wis. She was married to Eliguha 
(Rocky) Jasper Robinson in Banfield. She is survived by three other daughters.

Mrs. Robinson's husband is scheduled to return from Okinawa  Saturday or Sunday 
for the funeral services which are being arranged by the Henry Funeral Home.

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