FLANDER, Thomas Franklin, 1937-1962

FLANDER, SINGMASTER, CRUSE

Posted By: Betty-Volunteer
Date: 3/8/2013 at 16:04:21

Washington (IA) Evening Journal
22 September 1962

Thomas F. Flander and Michael Alfred Greiner, both of Keota, were fatally injured early this morning in a car truck accident north of Iowa City.

Funeral services for the two men are pending today. The bodies are at the Powell Funeral Home in Keota.

The two 24 year old Keota men suffered head injuries and died shortly after they were taken to the University Hospital at Iowa City.

Authorities said the car in which the two were riding slammed into the back of a semi-truck gasoline transport about 1:30 this morning four miles north of Liberty on highway 218.

The driver of the truck, Kenneth Fulton, 32, of Iowa City was not injured, according to reports.

Authorities stated that Greiner and Flander were alone in their auto at the time of the accident.

Both were single.

Michael was associated with his brother, Cecil, in the Greiner Pump and Plumbing Company at Keota

Flander, a graduate of Iowa State University in Ames, farmed with his father, Frank, west of Keota.

Flander

Thomas Franklin Flander, 24, of rural route Keota was born Dec. 10, 1937, a son of Frank N. and Lillian Singmaster Flander. He graduated from Keota High School and from Iowa State University in the fall term of 1960.

He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

He had completed six month of active service and was a member of the army reserve, attached to the ordnance unite in Washington.

Survivors are his parents; one sister, Mrs. Richard (Jo Ellen) Cruse of Fresno, Calif.; and one brother, James of Keota.

**Hand written on the top of the article is “d. 22 Sep 1962”

Transcribed for genealogical purposes, I am no relation to this family.