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- Four Perish In Headon Auto Crash
De Kalb (Special) – Four persons were fatally injured in a headon automobile wreck Friday afternoon near DeKalb.
Dead are Kenneth H. Crouch, 28, DeKalb; his two-year-old son, Kenneth Jr., and five-year-old daughter, Janet, and Mrs. Florence Spolum, 56, Rt.1, Maple Park.
Crouch’s wife, Maxine, 30, was reported in critical condition in DeKalb Public Hospital, and another daughter, Angela, 9, was in serious condition with a fractured leg.
The accident, on Alt. Rt.30 about 2 1/2 miles west of DeKalb, reportedly occurred when a car driven by Mrs. Spolum swerved into Crouch’s lane of traffic.
Dixon Evening Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois. Saturday, 16 February 1957.
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- Maxine E. Kirkpatrick
Maxine E. Kirkpatrick, 70, of Sycamore, died Friday, May 31, 1996 at Kishwaukee Community Hospital. She was born Sept. 27, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Louis and Velma (Logston) Hoskins.
She married Kenneth Crouch and later married James Kirkpatrick March 7, 1958 in Sycamore. She was a member of Hardee’s Coffee Cluthc.
She is survived by her husband James Kirkpatrick, of Sycamore; three daughters, Angela (Carl) Wennemar of DeKalb, Roberta Paulsen and Paul Cassity, of Sycamore and Jean (Don) Paulsen, of Sycamore; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Marge Logston.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her stepfather, Claude Lowe; her first husband, Kenneth Crouch; one daughter, Janie Crouch; one son, Herbie Crouch; and one brother, Gene Logston.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, at 11 a.m. at the Quiram-Sycamore Funeral Home, with the Rev. Stephen Perssons officiating. Burial will be in the Oak Mound Cemetery, in Somonauk. Visitation will be Monday, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Quiram-Sycamore Funeral Home, 1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore, Ill. 60178.
A memorial fund has been established in care of the funeral home.
For information, call (815)895-6589.
The Daily Chronicle, De Kalb, Illinois. Sunday, 2 June 1996.
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