Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....HITCHCOCK, MICHAEL R. April 1965
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Gladwin County Record dated 04-21/1965 Column - 7 Page - 1  
BEAVERTON MAN DIES IN CRASH

   A 21-year-old Beaverton man was killed and three others injured in a two-
car accident on M-30 Sunday night. Michael R. Hitchcock, son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Melvin Hitchcock, of Rt. 1, Beaverton, died when he received a fractured neck 
in the mishap. The fatality was the second in two days in the county and 
occurred within a half-mile of where a Marlett woman was killed Saturday nigt. 
Investigating officers said the mishap happened about 11:30 p.m. just north of 
the Sun Oil Road.
   Riding with Hitchcock was James Seckman, 22, of Rt. 1, Beaverton. He is in 
the Gladwin Hospital with facial lacerations and a shoulder injury, hospital 
authorities said. Driving the second car was Ralph C. Coats, 20, of Rt. 3, 
Gladwin. He received minor lacerations. His passenger, Loyd Davis, 22, of 
Gladwin, was treated for facial lacerations and bruises, authorities said.
   Officers said the cars were traveling north when Coats' car struck 
Hitchcock's car in the rear causing the accident. Services were held today 
(Wednesday) at 2 p.m. for Hitchcock from the Hall Funeral Home. Born in 
Pontiac on October 16, 1943, he had spent his lifetime in Gladwin County. A 
graduate of Beaverton High School in 1961 and from Michigan Technological 
University in 1964, he was employed as a tool engineer for Brown Machine Co. 
in Beaverton.
   Besides his parents he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Connie Lewis, of 
Albuquerque, N. M., Mrs. Barbara Ockerman, of Big Rapids; Mrs. Patricia 
Whiteman, of Beaverton, and Madonna at home; and his grandparents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Cash A. Carey, of Beaverton. The Rev. Aaron Hyde officiated and burial 
was in Dale Cemetery. 

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