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Cyle Lawrence Horchem

Birth	:	4 Apr 1897 Ransom, Ness County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	12 Nov 1924 Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial	:	Ransom Cemetery, Ransom, Ness County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.6316986, -99.9156036
Description	:	Son of Charles & Hattie Raymond Horchem. Spouse of Bertha Dale Cofer Horchem. HORCHEM STUNT FLYER, KILLED IN FALL FROM PLANE Aviator Meets Same Fate as Wife Who Plunged to Death Performing "Loop" in Texas Appeared Here During 1923 Races Slips From Wing While Instructing and Tries to Save Self by Grasping Rudder of Ship Special to the Post-Dispatch Tulsa, Ok., November 13, 1024 Cyle Horchem, whose aerial stunts, along with those of his wife, Bertha Dale Horchem, amazed and amused St. Louisans at the 1923 national air meet, has paid the same penalty for daring that his wife paid---he was killed in a fall from... Read More	Son of Charles & Hattie Raymond Horchem. Spouse of Bertha Dale Cofer Horchem. HORCHEM STUNT FLYER, KILLED IN FALL FROM PLANE Aviator Meets Same Fate as Wife Who Plunged to Death Performing "Loop" in Texas Appeared Here During 1923 Races Slips From Wing While Instructing and Tries to Save Self by Grasping Rudder of Ship Special to the Post-Dispatch Tulsa, Ok., November 13, 1024 Cyle Horchem, whose aerial stunts, along with those of his wife, Bertha Dale Horchem, amazed and amused St. Louisans at the 1923 national air meet, has paid the same penalty for daring that his wife paid---he was killed in a fall from a plane. The accident occurred yesterday near Pumpkin Center, Ok., between Tulsa and Drumright, while Horchem stood on a wing of his craft, watching a student pilot at the stick. The student, Jess Catron, of Sand Springs, Ok., related afterwards that Horchem shouted to him from the wing:"You're getting along fine; I'll let you pilot by yourself." Just then Horchem reached to grasp the upper wing, but slipped. He caught the fuselage and slid back under the rush of air from the propeller. He seized the rudder and momentarily saved himself, but this action threw the plane into a tail spin. Before Catron could straighten the craft it had dropped from 1500 feet altitude to 1000 feet, and in the meantime Horchem was shaken loose. His body hurtled to the earth. Horchem's stunts at an air carnival at Drumright Tuesday thrilled thousands of persons. He was returning to Tulsa yesterday. Wing stunts, Parachute jumps and the whole catalog of "trick" evolutions were in his entertainment list. Boyish enthusiasm and love of action marked him. His home was in Ransom, Kan., and he was about 26 years old. Mrs. Horchem, who could do all the aerial stunts her husband could, was killed at San Antonio, Tues. March 2 last, when a wing of her plane crumpled as she went into a loop at 1,200 feet and fell. On July 5, 1923 at Lambert-St. Louis Field, St. Louis she made an official world's altitude record for women, attaining the height of 16,300 feet. She took her husband and two other passengers to St. Louis in her plane in the "On-to-St. Louis" race at the following air meet. She was 24.

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Where is Cyle Lawrence Horchem's memorial?
Cyle Lawrence Horchem's memorial is located at: Ransom Cemetery, Ransom, Ness County, USA.
When did Cyle Lawrence Horchem death?
Cyle Lawrence Horchem death on 12 Nov 1924 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
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Latitude: 38.6316986
Longitude: -99.9156036

Family Members:

Parent

Charles Horchem

(1857 - 1935)

Harriet "Hattie" Elizabeth Raymond Horchem

(1868 - 1957)

Spouse

Bertha Dale Cofer Horchem

(1899 - 1924)

Siblings

Charles Orville Horchem

(1902 - 1984)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Ransom Cemetery
Ransom, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6316986, -99.9156036

2. Cyrus Cemetery
Ransom, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6833000, -99.8491974

3. Arnold Cemetery
Arnold, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6474991, -100.0468979

4. Vansburgh Cemetery
Brownell, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6248630, -99.7714750

5. Amish Cemetery
Arnold, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6814003, -100.0556030

6. North Star Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5219500, -99.9916800

7. Prairie Chapel Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5946999, -100.0730972

8. Rauch Family Cemetery
Trego County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7086090, -100.0799100

9. Ness City Cemetery
Ness City, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4587500, -99.8911900

10. Sacred Heart Cemetery
Ness City, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4435997, -99.9011002

11. Utica Cemetery
Utica, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6464005, -100.1580963

12. Fairview Cemetery
Ness City, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4350014, -99.8724976

13. Chenoweth Cemetery
Ness City, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4211006, -99.8752975

14. Ramsey Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5750008, -99.6414032

15. Saint Marys Cemetery
McCracken, Rush County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5668983, -99.6406021

16. Bazine Cemetery
Bazine, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4766998, -99.6956024

17. Mishler Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3921300, -99.9910300

18. Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Trego Center, Trego County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8782997, -99.8927994

19. McCracken Cemetery
McCracken, Rush County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5758018, -99.5761032

20. Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Ogallah, Trego County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8800100, -99.7442700

21. Beeler Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4502983, -100.1967010

22. Kunze Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3424988, -99.9047012

23. Alanthus Cemetery
Gove County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7731018, -100.2822037

24. White Rock Cemetery
Lane County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6258011, -100.3311005