Angola Woman, Man Die in Florida Crash

	Two Angola persons were killed and four others were 
injured in a car-truck accident near Clewiston, Florida, on 
Tuesday, February 22.  The six were vacationing in Florida.
	The victims, Mrs. Verna May DeLancey, 64, and Lorin H. 
Waite, 65, both were dead on arrival at Henry General 
Hospital, Clewiston.
	Injured were Floyd DeLancey, husband of one of the 
victims, and Mrs. Esther Waite, wife of the other victim, 
along with another Angola couple, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dodge.  
Mr. Dodge was treated and released from the hospital the day 
of the accident, but the others are still confined to the 
Henry General Hospital.
	Rites for Waite were held at the Weicht Funeral Home at 
3:30 p.m., Saturday with the Reverend Doyle Pavy, pastor of 
the Angola United Methodist Church, officiating.  Interment 
followed in the Flint Cemetery.
	A contractor and builder, Waite was born May 14, 1906, 
at Flint, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Waite, who reside at 
Crooked Lake.
	He was married to Esther Ickes on March 4, 1928.  She 
also survives.
	Waite was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and the 
Steuben Contractors Association.
	Surviving in addition to his parents and wife are a 
daughter, Lorna Alexander, of Port Huron, Michigan; two sons, 
Don, of Angola, and Carlton, Indianapolis; ten grandchildren; 
one brother, Vernon, of Angola; and a sister, Mrs. Dick 
Courtright of Route 1, Hudson.

The above information was found in Book #21 in the black notebook 
collection, #1 through #22, compiled by Audree Siebel Lewis, located at the 
Steuben County Library, Angola, Indiana.  The newspaper obituary published 
March 1, 1972, combined information for both accident victims in one 
article.  The information is separated here so that each could have a page.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  Lorin H. Waite was the son of Perry J. and his 1st 
wife, Edna Pearl (Miller) Waite. His sister, Edythe (Waite) Courtright 
married Dick Courtright.