Kathryn Durdel Suffers r
£* Fatal Accident in Toledo
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One of the severest shocks this
community has experienced in a
long: time came Tuesday morning
when word was received here that
Miss Kathryn Durdel, 22, of this
place had been struck by an auto¬
mobile in Toledo about 7 o'clock
A. MM andinstantly killed. The
accident happened on Cherry
street near Flower hospital, where
jMiss Durdel was a professional
I nurse in surgery. She was on
I her way to the hospital to begin
J her daj's work, and had stepped
jinta the street in front of a park¬
ed car which obstructed her view
^of an approaching car and the
driver's view of her. The body
was carried into the hospital
where attendants attributed her
death to a fracture of the skull.
Last rites were held at her par- j
ental home and at Trinity Metho¬
dist church,this(Thursday) after¬
noon, with her pastor, Rev, Di¬
bert, .officiating; the Sabroske-���Myers funeral service in charge
and interment in Clay cemetery
near her home. The church aud¬
itorium, large Sunday school
room and coiridor were filled to
capacity, while the wonderful
profusion of floral tributes massed
about the altar altogether evidenc¬
ed the high esteem in which the
I deceased was held. Among the
| many from Toledo and elsewhere
I who attended the rites was a
I group of associate nurses in uni-
! form who saner, with Mrs. E< H.
Meyer, church organist,!" at the
console.
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Durdel, Miss Kathryn
was born in Elmore December 5,
1916. She was graduated from
Harris-Elmore high school at 17,
and boys of her class were pall¬
bearers. Soon after, she entered
Flower hospital Nurses' Training
j School, from which she was grad-
I uated with high honor, having
bestowed upon her the Florence
Nightengale lamp pin. After
graduation she took her finishing
work in a Columbus hospital and
later was engaged in a children's
hospital there. Some months
ago she returned to Flower and
had advanced into the surgery de¬
partment. She was a beautiful
character, possessed of a pleas¬
ing personality and kindly, win¬
some manner that endeared her
to all who knew her; and her un¬
timely passing is deeply deplored
by all with whom she was asso¬
ciated.
Surviving are her bereaved
parents, three brothers: Ray¬
mond, Clifford and Keith; two
sisters, Mildred and Eleanor, and
a large number Gather xejjttive?
Harris-Elmore PL - Obituaries
