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Betty Wanda Kroh Showers Lilyquist

21 Mar 1925 – 8 Aug 1953

Birth	21 Mar 1925
Death	8 Aug 1953
Cemetery	Clarion Cemetery Clarion , Clarion County , Pennsylvania , USA
Added by	Paul E. Kifer on 05 Aug 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141129513

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Betty Kroh Showers and Pvt. Lester L. Lilyqist of Johnsonburg were married July 8 by the Rev. I. S. Long of Baltimore. The Clarion Democrat (PA), Thu, Jul 27, 1944, p 5. ***** Why her married name was not stated in the obituary is unknown. Her certificate of death,1953, PA File No. 69337 lists her name as Lilyquist, daughter of Wilbert and Alda Kifer Kroh. She was divorced. ************************* Betty Wanda Kroh was first married to [Wayne] Franklin Showers, age 18, son of Wayne A. Showers and Gwendolyn Keck. She was 14 years old with her father's consent. The marriage occurred at Clarion, Clarion Co. on January 1, 1940. Marriage performed by Rev. N. K. Powell. Source: Clarion Co. Marriage License No. 13455. NOTE: Betty filed for divorce in 1942 for indignities and cruelties. They were divorced in March, 1943 ************************* Funeral services for Betty Wanda Kroh, 28, of Clarion, R.D., who was fatally injured in a headon two-car collision early Saturday morning on Route 68, between Vowinckle and the Forest Count line, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the home of the girl's mother in Clarion. Rev. George Haines will officiate and burial will be in Clarion Cemetery. Luke Taylor, of Marienville, who had a possible skull fracture and who was operating his car north toward Marienville at the time of the accident, which is believed to have occurred at 1:50 a.m., is in a poor condition. Oil City Hospital authorities said this morning, and Mrs. May Bell, of Kittanning, R.D. 1, a passenger in the same car as Miss Kroh, was said to be in "fair." She suffered lacerations of the forehead, abrasions of the left leg and a possible fractured pelvis. One of the two men in the car with the girls, Paul Corbett, 29, of Strattanville, was treated here and later discharged. His companion, William Cook, 30, of Strattanville, was reported as good today. Corbett was the operator of the vehicle which collided with the Taylor machine. Betty Wanda Kroh was the daughter of Alda Kifer Kroh and the late Wilbert Kroh and was born March 21, 1925 in Clarion. She was an employee of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company and was a member of the Clarion Methodist Church. Besides her mother, she is survived by the following brothers and sisters; Gerald M. of Clarion, Charles of Los Angeles, Calif., and [children] Wilbert Wayne, Shirley Amanda and Timothy Gerald at home. The body was taken to the Goble Funeral Home, Clarion, and later removed to the home of her mother Mrs. Alda Kroh, Clarion. C. E. Whitehill, Knox, deputy coroner of Clarion county, issued a certificate of accidental death and stated Betty Kroh died of a broken neck and crushed chest. Source: The News-Herald (Franklin, Pennsylvania) Mon, Aug 10, 1953 - Page 11 (transcript courtesy Kim Talboo) NOTE: The obituary listed Wilbert Wayne, Shirley Amanda and Timothy Gerald as brothers and sisters which is incorrect. Wilbert and Shirley were her children by Wayne Franklin Showers. Timothy appears to have been her child by Lester Lilyquist. ************************ A 28-year-old Clarion woman was killed and four persons seriously injured in a head-on collision on Route 68, between Vowinkle and the Forest County line early this morning. State Police of the Clarion sub-station identified the dead woman as Betty Kroh, of Clarion. She was a passenger in a car operated south on Route 68 by Paul Corbett, 29, of Strattanville. The Corbett car collided head-on with a machine driven by Luke Taylor, of Marienville, which was proceeding north toward Marienville. The crash occurred at approximately 1:50 a.m. All of the injured were taken to Oil City Hospital. The included: Luke Taylor, of Marienville, who suffered a possible fractured skull and was unconscious when brought to the hospital. His condition at 9:15 a.m. today was listed as "serious," but hospital authorities stated he had regained consciousness. He was the only occupant of the car he was driving. Paul Corbett, 29, of Strattanville, incise wounds of the left leg, in "fair" condition today. William Cook, 30, of Strattanville, lacerations of the forehead and lip and brush burns of the right leg, condition "fair." May Bell, Kittanning, R.D. 1, age not listed, in serious condition with lacerations of the forehead which required ten sutures, abrasions of the left leg, and a possible fractured pelvis. She is also suffering from shock, hospital attendants reported. The fatality victim, Mr. Cook and Miss Bell were all passengers in the Corbett vehicle. The cars met head on and were demolished, State Police said. Source: The News-Herald (Franklin, Pennsylvania) Sat, Aug 8, 1953 - Page 1 (transcript courtesy Kim Talboo) *******************************

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