Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Frank, Mildred Lucille May 13, 1963 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net January 24, 2011, 10:08 am Urbana Daily Citizen dated 13-Mar-1963 Urbana Daily Citizen May 13, 1963 Crash Kills County Native Mildred Frank Hurt Fatally Near St. Paris Mildred Lucille Frank A Troy woman became Champaign County's third traffic fatality of the year Sunday when the car she was driving went out of control on Cemetery Rd, north of St. Paris, left the road and smashed into a tree. Miss Mildred Lucille Frank, 43, of 301-1/2 Water St., Troy, died in Piqua Memorial H ospital at 11:50 a.m. Sunday of injuries suffered in the 9:40 a.m. mishap. The victim reportedly suffered a severed left leg, multiple fractures, lacerations of the face,arms and hands, internal injuries and shock. Highway Patrolmen from the Springfield post said the fatal one car accident occurred two miles north of Ward Road on Cemetery Road, about five miles north of St. Paris, near Millerstown, while Miss Frank was enroute to her mother's home for Mother's Day. Her mother was identified as Mrs. Marie Frank, of St. Paris Rt 2, in the Millerstown area. The Baker Funeral Home ambulance was summoned to transport the victim to the Piqua hospital, where she died two hours later in the operating room. Miss Frank, a telephone operator in Troy for the last 21 years, was alone at the time of the accident. Her 1957 model car was completely demolished. She was born in Adams Twp in this county, March 17, 1920, the daught er of Floyd and Marie Pine Frank, and was a graduate of Rosewood Schools. Her father preceded her in death Jan. 8, 1948. Survivors in addition to her mother are two brothers, Pershing, of Bellefontaine, and Howard, St. Paris; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Jean Ditmer, of Troy, and Mrs. Anna Jane Welty, Christiansburg; a niece and four nephews. Services wi ll be conducted by the Rev. Harry Sinks, of Harrison, O., in the Baker Funeral Home, St. Paris, at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Friends may call at the funer al home from Tuesday morning until the time of services. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/obits/f/frank793gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb