KELEYDA, Lynn: Died 1970

KELEYDA, MERRITT, MAGILL, LEE, KERR

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 12/22/2020 at 00:47:38

**Handwritten: 1970

Plane Accident Takes Life Of Daughter Of Former Miltonian

A plane accident has taken the life of Lynn Keleyda, 18 year old daughter of a former Milton resident, Mrs. Merlie (Merritt) Keleyda, now of Arlington, Va.

The Friday, March 6, accident was in a private, light plane during take -off near a Ski Lodge Resort where Miss Keleyda had been visiting.

Lynn was the granddaughter of John Merritt of Memphis, Mo. and the niece of Mrs. Alva Magill of Bloomfield, both formerly of Milton, and Mrs. Betty Lee of Lynwood, Calif. Mrs. Clyde Kerr of Cantril is a great-aunt of the deceased.

Source: "The Hazel Stanford Obituary Collection", Pg. 116, Keosauqua Public Library,
Keosauqua, IA