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- Niagara Gazette - 10/22/1955
WILSON, Oct. 22 - One Wilson driver was killed and
another seriously injured at 12:15- a.m. today in a headon col-.
lision in Lake St., near the Duxbury Farm. '
Gordon Frank Dold, 25, of Ide Rd., was pronounced dead on arrival at Ransomville General Hospital. Coroner F.
Eugene Ingram, Niagara Falls, said Dold suffered a fractured
neck, fractured ribs, a fractured jaw and internal injuries.
John R. Schoonmaker. 40, of 182
Franklin St.. was admitted to Ransomville
Hospital with fractured
ribs, multiple lacerations on the
face and legs, a fractured left ankle
and possible fractured spine.
50-fool Skid Marks
Mr. Schoonmaker told sheriffs
deputies he was traveling north in
Lake St. and saw the Dold car
coming south but could not avoid
being hit. Deputies said marks on
the highway show the Schoonmaker
car skidded about 50 feet along the
east side of the highway with the
right wheel at the edge of the highway
and partly on the shoulder.
There were no skid marks from
the other car. Both cars were demolished.
The two men were taken to the
hospital in the Wilson Fire Department
ambulance by Kenneth Tracey
and Donald Flagler of Wilson.
The accident was investigated by
Set. Robert Andrews and Deputies
Ciyde Doty. William Munch and
Stanley Dotmki of the sheriffs department.
A veteran of the Korean War,
Mr. Dold was born April 24. 1930.
in the Town of Royalton. son of
Frank and Clara Wittcopp Dold. He
was graduated from Lockport High
School.
World War II Vet
Mr. Dold was employed about
three months at Harrison Radiator
Division of General Motors Corp
before entering the armed forces in
1950 and returned to work there
when he was discharged from mili-
tary service in 1953.
Mr. Dold served in the Air Force
in Korea as an airman second class.
He was a member of the First Pres-
byterian Church, Lockport.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by seven sisters, Esther,
Elizabeth, Nancy, Arlene, Suzanne,
Alice and Sandra, all of Wilson, and
four brothers, Victor, Franklin and
Frederick of Wilson and Charles
O'Dell of Jersey City, N.J.
Friends may call at the Prudden
& Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Gen-
esee St., Lockport, beginning sun-
day afternoon. Services will be held
at the funeral home Tuesday at 2
p.m. Burial will be in Orangeport
Cemetery.
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