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Buffalo NY Courier Express - 8/1/1938

Dansville, Aug. 1-Roy Bossard,
41, Arkport farmer, died today of a
fractured skull in Dansville General
Hospital.
While driving his car he missed a
bridge on Hornell Road, vaulting
a small creek six feet, one bank to
the other. His companion. Herman
Waters, 40, Canisteo, is in General
Hospital with a dislocated right hip.
They were enroute to a Livingston
County volunteer firemens convention
celebration here.

ALSO

Dansville NY Genesee County Express - 8/4/1938

Dansville.-Roy Bossard, 41. a
resident of Oak Hill, near Arkport,
died in Dansville General Hospital
Monday morning of injuries received
in an automobile accident on
South street last Friday night.
Bossard was riding in a car driven
by Herman Warters 39, of Canlsteo,
who was proceeding toward Dansville.
and failed to make the curve
south of the Mill creek bridge, on
account of being blinded by the
lights of an approaching car, crashed
through the guard rail* turned
over twice and landed in the creek.
Both men were removed to the
Dansville General Hospital where
Bossard was found to be in a critical
condition, and Warters suffering
from a dislocated hip.
Owing to the crowd of 10,000 persons
in the village, who were witnessing
the parade of the Livingston
County Firemen's Association,
it was difficult for the ambulance
to reach the scene of the accident,
and it was necessary to halt the
parade and clear the streets of spectators
in order to make the trip .
Funeral services were held at 2:30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon from
the home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Bossard, in the town of Howard.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Florence Jaynes Bossard four children,
Mrs. F!oyd Kane, of Arkport,
Mildred Merle and Glenn, at home;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Bossard, of the town of Howard;
three sisters Mrs. William Horton,
Of Hornell, Mrs. Frank Smith and
Mrs. Lloyd Palmer, of the town of
Howard; three brothers, Claude, of
the town of Howard, Fred, of the
town of Hornellsville, and Lawrence,
of Hornell.

Roy married JAYNES, Florence about 1915. Florence was born on 8 Jun 1896 in New York; died in Dec 1978 in Hornell, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: KANE, Floyd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Merle married CAMPBELL, Emogene Doris on 15 Aug 1948 in Hornell, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]