Betty Britt's obituary, Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan

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Three Huron youths Killed in Auto Crash
Group Were on Way to Attend Wedding in Detroit; Two others hurt
Three Huron county youths are dead and 2 others are injured, 1 
seriously, as the result of an auto accident at the intersection 
of Nine Mile and Hoover roads in Warren twp, Macomb county, at 
about 2:30 p.m. Sat. The dead are: Magnus Junior Brown, 17, son 
of Mr & Mrs Magnus Brow, Sr, Bad Axe. Betty May Britt, 14, daughter 
of Mr & Mrs Earl Britt, Bad Axe. Chester Peplinski, 17, son of Leo 
Peplinski, Ubly. The injured are: Gladys Peplinski, 15, Ubly, sister 
of the dead youth. Raymond Nicholas, 17, also of Ubly. .... Peplinski 
and Betty Britt were dead on admittance to Saratoga Gen Hosp, Detroit, 
and Brown died there at 5 p.m. Gladys Peplinski is in a critical 
condition in the hosp.....The remains of the 3 dead youths will be 
removed Sun to their homes in Bad Axe and Ubly. Relatives said they 
had gone to Detroit to attend a wedding. Brown is survived by his 
parents; 3 brothers, Pfc Napoleon Brown, wounded in action in Italy; 
Charles Brown, at home and Lee Brown, Port  Hope and 3 sisters, Mrs 
Joseph Morley and Mrs Lyle Morley, both of Harbor Beach and Gloria Brown, 
at home. The family formerly lived in Harbor Beach. Betty is survived by 
her parents; 3 brothers, Harold Britt, overseas with the navy; Vern Britt, 
Los Angeles, CA and Kenneth Britt, at home; 3 sisters, Mrs Donald Sturm, 
Pigeon, and Shirley and Carol Britt, both at home, and grandparents, Mr & 
Mrs Adolph Binder, Sebewaing. The family formerly lived in Sebewaing. 
Peplinski is survived by his father, 5 sisters, Mrs Leo Rutkowski, Dearborn; 
Mrs Robert Grifka, Ubly; Mrs Walter Susalla and Mrs Jay Smith, both of 
Detroit and Gladys Peplinski, and 2 brothers, William and Sylvester 
Peplinski, both of Detroit.

Huron Tribune
Date unknown