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Jane Ann Butts

Birth	:	1939
Death	:	1958
Burial	:	Abbottsville Cemetery, Abbottsville, Darke County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.0394440, -84.5774994
Plot	:	Section 22/22E
Description	:	West Manchester Woman Victim of 4-Car Crash In Mercer Co. Friday Night. Three young women, one of them the daughter of a well-known West Manchester couple, were killed instantly early Friday evening in a four-car collison at the intersection of U.S. Route 127 and State Route 117 near Celina. Four other persons were injured, one seriously, in the multiple crash which occured just south of the Mercer-Van Wert county line. This vitims of the tragedy included Miss Carolyn Ann Baker , 26-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Baker of West Manchester. driver of one of the cars... Read More	West Manchester Woman Victim of 4-Car Crash In Mercer Co. Friday Night. Three young women, one of them the daughter of a well-known West Manchester couple, were killed instantly early Friday evening in a four-car collison at the intersection of U.S. Route 127 and State Route 117 near Celina. Four other persons were injured, one seriously, in the multiple crash which occured just south of the Mercer-Van Wert county line. This vitims of the tragedy included Miss Carolyn Ann Baker , 26-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Baker of West Manchester. driver of one of the cars involved. Miss Jane Ann Butts, 19 and her sister, Marilyn Jean, 17 of RR 2, Greenville, passengers in Miss Bakers car, also died in the collision. Miss Baker's death was attributed to head and internal injuries while the sisters both died of internal injuries. Orville Stetler, 20, Van Wert, driver of one of the other cars, and his wife, Marie, 17, were removed to Otis Hospital in Celina. Statler sustained cuts and abrasions, said to be of a minor degree, but his wife was critical with internal injuries. Others injured were John Taylor, 22, and Damon Tiggs, 26, both of Greenville. They were released from the hospital after being treated for cuts and abrasions. Taylor and Tiggs wer passengers in a car driven by Boone Smith, 20 of Greenville. The Smith car was westbound on Route 117 and. according to state highway patrol investigators, failed to observe a stop sign in the intersection. Officer's said Smith's cars struck Miss Bakers auto broadside as it was traveling north on and spun it around into the southbound line of traffic. There Miss Baker's was struck again by the auto driven by Stetler and a fourth car driven by Geral Hickey, 30, of Delphos crashed into the tangle of autos. Hickey and his wife Beverly, were uninjured. Smith was cited into Celina Municipal court by State Highway Patrolman Ed Kernerer of the St. Marys post of charge of failing to observe the stop sign. Miss Baker and the Butts sisters were all members of the Christian and Missonary Allliance Church in Greenville and at the time of the fatal crash were enroute to Winons, Ind. to attend a youth conference. Miss Baker a native of New Lebanon, had resided in West Manchester most of her life. She was a 1951 Graduate of Monroe high school. She had served three years in the Women's Marine corps and had been employed by the Fram Corporation in Greenville for the past three years. Final rites for Miss Baker were conducted from a West Manchester funeral home Monday afternoon with bruial in Sugar Grove Cemetera at New Lexington. In addition to her parents. she is survived by one siister, Mrs. Howard Wood, of Elkhart, Ind. The Butts sisters were daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Butts who reside north of Greenville. Miss Jane Butts was graduated from Greenville in 1957 and Marilyn was a member of this year's Greenville graduating class. Double funeral services were conductedfrom the Greenville Christian and Missionary Alliance church Monday afternoon with burial in Abbottsville cemetery. Smith pleaded innocent Monday in Celia Municipal court to the charge of failing to obey the stop sign at the scene of the fatal crashand is scheduled to appear before the Mercer county grand jury when it reconvenes in September. He is being held in jail at Celina under $10,000 bond. Fourth Victim Dies Mrs. Steler, seriously injured in the cras, succumbed to her injuries in Ceina's Otis hosipital Tuesday. article from Genealogical and Historical Records of Preble County, Preble County Room, Preble County Library

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Latitude: 40.0394440
Longitude: -84.5774994

Family Members:

Parent

Orville Raymond “Raymond” Butts

(1908 - 2005)

Maude Ellen Marker Butts

(1917 - 2014)

Siblings

Marilyn Jean Butts

(1940 - 1958)

Carolyn Sue Butts

(1942 - 1943)

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Coordinate: 40.0394440, -84.5774994

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