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Edgar Hillary Virts

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Birth	:	7 Aug 1892 Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	13 Mar 1939 Brunswick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Burial	:	Lakeview Cemetery, Clear Lake, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.7456017, -96.6772003
Description	:	Frederick Post, March 17, 1939. Edgar Hillary Virts, 46 year-old Brunswick municipal employee, was crushed to death beneath a gasoline-propelled street roller that go beyond his control on Maple Avenue in Brunswick about 3:15 o'clock on Monday afternoon. Virts' crushed body was removed from beneath the wrecked roller sometime after the accident before the gaze of a large crowd that gathered. The roller failed to negotiate the turn and toppled over, pinning Virts beneath it. His skull was fractured and his body crushed. Witness said the roller narrowly averted striking an automobile in it uncontrolled flight. ... Read More	Frederick Post, March 17, 1939. Edgar Hillary Virts, 46 year-old Brunswick municipal employee, was crushed to death beneath a gasoline-propelled street roller that go beyond his control on Maple Avenue in Brunswick about 3:15 o'clock on Monday afternoon. Virts' crushed body was removed from beneath the wrecked roller sometime after the accident before the gaze of a large crowd that gathered. The roller failed to negotiate the turn and toppled over, pinning Virts beneath it. His skull was fractured and his body crushed. Witness said the roller narrowly averted striking an automobile in it uncontrolled flight. Several physicians were summoned and pronounced the man dead. No inquest was deemed necessary. Virts is survived by his wife Mrs. Blanche Coffman Virts and three children, George L. Virts and Miss Ethel Virts, at home; and Mrs. Louis F. Nalley, Brunswick. Three brothers, Roy Virts, Frederick; Lloyd Virts, Lovettsville, and Harold Virts, Jefferson, and two sisters Mrs. Pauline Green, and Miss Virginia Virts, Lovettsville.

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Edgar Hillary Virts's memorial is located at: Lakeview Cemetery, Clear Lake, Deuel County, USA.
When did Edgar Hillary Virts death?
Edgar Hillary Virts death on 13 Mar 1939 in Brunswick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
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Latitude: 44.7456017
Longitude: -96.6772003

Family Members:

Parent

George Washington Virts

(1872 - 1959)

Olevia Elizabeth Ann Roller Virts

(1873 - 1961)

Spouse

Blanche Z. Coffman Virts

(1895 - 1988)

Siblings

Lloyd Raymond Virts

(1897 - 1982)

Harold Clayton Virts

(1900 - 1942)

Pauline Anna Virts Green

(1904 - 1995)

Catherine Virginia Virts Nelson

(1917 - 2002)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Lakeview Cemetery
Clear Lake, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7456017, -96.6772003

2. Rose Family Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6741982, -96.7517014

3. Highland Cemetery
Brandt, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6591988, -96.6474991

4. Tabor Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7468987, -96.8230972

5. Havana Lutheran Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7771590, -96.8423800

6. Swedish Cemetery
Astoria, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8499985, -96.7727966

7. Hidewood Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6597610, -96.8049050

8. East Highland Lutheran
Brandt, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6749992, -96.5250015

9. Evergreen Presbyterian Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7747002, -96.8657990

10. Bemis Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8333015, -96.8343964

11. Christian Reformed Cemetery
Bemis, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7757000, -96.8751000

12. Toronto Cemetery
Toronto, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5806007, -96.6639023

13. Grandview Cemetery
Gary, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8064003, -96.4606018

14. Calvary Cemetery
Gary, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8058014, -96.4589005

15. Goodwin Cemetery
Goodwin, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8792000, -96.8242035

16. Blom Prairie Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5732994, -96.7027969

17. Wood Lake Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6166992, -96.4993973

18. Hamlin Reformed Cemetery
Castlewood, Hamlin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6895200, -96.9262200

19. Leganger Cemetery
Toronto, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5588989, -96.6427994

20. Mikkelson Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5581017, -96.7027969

21. Larson Cemetery
Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.9347000, -96.7893982

22. Bethany Cemetery
Astoria, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5606003, -96.5366974

23. Bethlehem Cemetery
Astoria, Deuel County, USA
Coordinate: 44.5682983, -96.5008011

24. Dempster Cemetery
Dempster, Hamlin County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6303800, -96.9417400