Two Killed In Collison: 1960

HUDSON, WHISLER

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Date: 10/17/2015 at 20:28:06

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Two Killed In Autos At Birmingham

KEOSAUQUA. - Drivers of two cars were killed in a head-on collision at 11:15 a.m. today a mile south of Birmingham on highway 1.

The dead are Mrs. Faye Hudson, 46, of Keosauqua, director of social welfare in Van Buren county, and Warren Whisler, 25, of Birmingham, an employe of the Philco plant at Fairfield.

Coroner Harold Catcott said Whisler, southbound, had passed another car immediately before the crash.

Mrs. Hudson was en route to Cedar Rapids to visit her only son, Quentin Hudson. A widow, she formerly lived at Moravia.
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**Handwritten: 1960

Two Killed In Collision

BIRMINGHAM - A Van Buren county welfare director and a Birmingham man were killed in a two-car collision late Saturday morning about one-mile south of Birmingham on Highway 1.

Blondena Faye Hudson, 64, a resident of Keosauqua, collided with Warren Howard Whisler, 39, who lived on a farm two miles south of Birmingham with his parents. Highway Patrolman Leonard Weile said that Whisler was straddling the center line of the highway probably in an effort to pass another car. The two cars hit headon. Both drivers were killed instantly.

The woman's body was taken to Cattot funeral home, Keosauqua, where tentative plans for funeral services have been made, pending the arrival of her son, Quentin, from his home in Cedar Rapids. Services will be at the Keosauqua Christian church and burial will be in Moravia, her former home, July 5.

Warren Whisler, born March 24, 1921, the son of Howard and Laura Doty Whisler, was an employe of the Philco company for 12 years. Survivors include his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Carolyn Jacobson, San Jose, Calif., and Mrs. Hilda Felton, Udella. Services have not been set.
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**Handwritten: 1960

Two Are Killed Near Birmingham

Mrs. Faye Hudson, 64, Keosauqua, Van Buren county social welfare director, and Warren Whisler, 25, of near Birmingham, were killed when their cars collided on Highway 1, a mile south of Birmingham, about 11 a.m.

Investigators said Whisler was passing another car when his car met Mrs. Hudson's north-bound auto.

Whisler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Whisler, farming near Birmingham, was employed in Fairfield.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book F, Page 40, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Iowa