Cordella Pauline Kissick b. 27 Nov 1953 Indiana d. 4 May 1955 New Castle, Henry County, Indiana: Hedges Genealogy

1953 - 1955 (1 years)

Name	Cordella Pauline Kissick
Born	27 Nov 1953	Indiana [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Died	4 May 1955	New Castle, Henry County, Indiana [1, 2, 3]
Buried	South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana [1, 2]
	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47646842/cordella-pauline-kissick Section L-9, Babyland
Person ID	I4051	Hedges
Last Modified	26 Dec 2023

Father	Leroy Kissick, b. 9 Sep 1931, Henry County, Indiana , d. 10 Aug 2007, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana (Age 75 years)
Mother	Deloris K. Walls, b. 18 May 1934, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana , d. 16 Sep 1990, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana (Age 56 years)
Family ID	F1792	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Born - 27 Nov 1953 - Indiana
	Died - 4 May 1955 - New Castle, Henry County, Indiana
	Buried - - South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry County, Indiana

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Notes

New Castle Baby Killed In Mishap
New Castle, Ind. (AP) – An 18-month-old baby girl was killed today by the car of an insurance salesman as he drove away from her grandparents’ home three miles west of New Castle.
She was Cordelia Kissick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Kissick, who live near New Castle.
The salesman, Marvin Clark, 27, New Castle, told Deputy Sheriff Cash Robinson he did not see the child standing in front of his car as he drove from the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walles.
Coroner Robert Couder gave a verdict of accidental death.
Rushville Republican, Rushville, Indiana. Wednesday, 4 May 1955, page 1.

LKH note:
News article misspells her name. Should be Cordella.
News article also misspells surname of her grandparents. Should be Walla.

[4]
Henry Co. Child Killed By Car Near Home Of Grandparents
New Castle. – An 18-month-old child was killed Wednesday by a car in front of the home of her grandparents near here.
Cordella Pauline Kissick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Kissick, of Mt. Lawn, died when she was hit by a car driven by Marvin Clark, 27 years old, New Castle insurance salesman.
Clark told police officers he had been at the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walls, of near Westwood to make an insurance collection. He said he didn’t see the child when he returned to his car.
Police theorized the child was standing in front of the auto or hanging on its bumper. Clark saw her body in the road in his rear view mirror as he stopped at another nearby home.
Both Mt. Lawn and Westwood are little communities west of New Castle. Coroner Robert Couden ruled the death accidental.
Survivors include the parents; two brothers, Darrell and Gerald, both at home; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walls, and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cash Kissick, also of near New Castle.
Last Rite Set
Funeral services for the child will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the Davis, Smith and Couden funeral home. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana. Thursday, 5 May 1955.
[3, 4]

Sources
[S6] Find a Grave.

[S7] Death certificate.

[S9] Obituary.

[S87] Newspaper article.

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