OBIT/Other Data: Cindy Marie BENNER, 1961, Barners Cemetery, Perry County, PA 
 
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  CHILD KILLED NEAR
  MT. PLEASANT MILLS;
  CRASH VICTIM DIES

  '61 County Traffic Toll Reaches 4; Second Woman From Canada Succumbs  

    Snyder County's auto fatality record for 1961 climbed sharply
  during the week as a four-year-old girl died in the path of a
  motorist Saturday afternoon and a second victim of a two-car crash
  succumbed Monday, four days after the accident.
    The deaths brought the total highway accidents since January 1 to
  four.  A Herndon area trucker was killed west of McClure on March 1.
    Victim of the weekend tragedy was Cindy Marie Benner, daughter of
  Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Benner, R. R. 2, Mt. Pleasant Mills.  She was
  killed when she dashed across Route 104, the Middleburg-Liverpool
  highway, about two miles south of Mt. Pleasant Mills.
    Second victim of a crash at Shamokin Dam last Thursday was Mrs.
  Audrey E. Williams, 65, of R. R. 2, Cromley, Ontario, Canada, who
  died of injuries Monday at 7:20 A. M.  Her husband, William Williams,
  68, was hospitalized in Sunbury after the crash in which a travelling
  companion, Lotta McKellar, of Toronto, Canada, was killed instantly.
     William Moore, 26, of Sunbury, driver of the car which skidded
  across the highway into the path of the Williams car, was discharged
  from the hospital over the wekend.  The Canadians were returning home
  after a visit to Florida, where a married daughter of the Williams
  resides.
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    Accident near Mt. Pleasant Mills occurred at 4:05 P. M. Saturday. 
  Dr. William Weber, Snyder County coroner, said it was unavoidable. 
  Miss Sarah Master, 22, of Beaver springs, told police she was in the
  act of passing a parked car as she drove south along the highway when
  the child ran into her path.  She died instantly of a crushed chest
  and internal injuries.
    Born in Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, on December 12,
  1956, the child attended St. Thomas EUB Sunday School in Mt. Pleasant
  Mills.  The Reverend William Glant, pastor, officiated at funeral
  services conducted from Garman's Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon,
  Interment was in Barner's Church Cemetery, Liverpool RD.
    Surviving are the girl's parents, Oscar H. and Shirley G. Barner
  Benner, and a young sister, Beverly Ann Benner, at home.  She also
  leaves her maternal grandfather, Harry Barner, of Corning, N. Y., and
  Mrs. James F. Mengle, of Mt. Pleasant Mills.
  
  Clipping 
  (Apr. 15, 1961)