SHEROD, Richard Craig: 1952-1987

SHEROD, LAWSON, MITCHELL, HOAGLIN, PLEMMONS, ANDREWS, DECKER

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 3/6/2013 at 06:53:30

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2 Jan 1987 Democrat

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Lee County Deputy Sheriff Jim Henshaw (left) and Iowa Highway Patrol Trooper Rich Kinseth search for clues at the scene of a one vehicle accident four miles west of Donnellson on Highway 2 which claimed the lifes of Robert Glen Andrews, 25, and Richard Craig Sherod, 34, both of 4635 J, Fort Madison, today. A third person, Andrew Leroy Decker, 24, Keokuk, was injured in the crash.
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Keosauqua native dies in 1-vehicle accident
**Handwritten below heading: Sat 3 Jan 1987 Fairfield

FORT MADISON - The funeral service for one of two men killed in a one-vehicle accident Thursday will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua.

Keosauqua native Richard C. Sherod, 34, was killed when the pickup he was driving crashed about 6 p.m. Thursday on Highway 2 four miles west of Donnellson. Also killed was a passenger, 25-year-old Robert Andrews of Fort Madison.

Sherod was born March 6, 1952, the son of Jack and Betty Lawson Sherod. He grew up in Mount Sterling and attended high school in Memphis, Mo. Hewas a construction worker.

Surviving are two sons, Joshua, 10, and, Wayland, 8, both of Farmington; his mother and stepfather, Betty and Ivan Mitchell of Bonaparte; and two sisters, Sheila Hoaglin and Mary Plemmons of Battletown, Ky.

The Rev. Ed Newman will officiate at the service. Memorials to an education fund for Sherod's sons may be left at the funeral home. Interment arrangements are pending.

According to the Iowa Highway Patrol, Sherod's westbound 1976 International pickup struck an intersection embankment, became airborne, flipped twice and came to rest in the north ditch. The truck wasn't discovered by a passerby until 7 a.m. Friday.

Another passenger, Andy Decker, 24, Keokuk, was pinned in the wreckage and extricated Friday morning by the Donnellson Fire Department, according to the patrol.

Decker is listed in satisfactory condition at Fort Madison Community Hospital. None of the three occupants of the truck was wearing a seat belt, patrol said.
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**Handwritten above heading: 5 Jan 1987 Democrat
Richard C. Sherod

Richard C. Sherod, 34, 4635 Ave. J, Fort Madison, died in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 2 west of Donnellson at about 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1.

He was born March 6, 1952, in Keosauqua, the son of Jack and Betty Lawson Sherod. He grew up in Mount Sterling and attended Memphis, Mo., High School. He was a construction worker.

He is survived by two sons, Joshua and Waylen, Farmington; his mother and stepfather, Betty and Ivan Mitchell, Bonaparte; two sisters, Sheila Hoaglin, Hillsboro, and Mary Plemmons, Battletown, Ky.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Services were held today at 11 a.m. at the Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Ed Newman officiating. Burial was in Pittburg Cemetery near Keosauqua.

Memorilas to an educational fund for Sherod's sons may be sent to the funeral home.

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Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book, Page 437, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA