Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Zoie S. Triplet

Dec. 3, 1998 - July 9, 2007

 

South Bend Tribune 7/12/2007
BREMEN - Zoie S. Triplet, 8, of Bremen, IN, passed away at 1:24 p.m. Monday, July 9, near the intersection of U.S. 6 and King Roads from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

 

She was born on December 3, 1998, in Mishawaka, IN, to Tony and Sherri (Dutoi) Triplet. Zoie is survived by her parents, Tony and Sherri Triplet of Bremen, IN; a brother, Zachary S. Triplet at home; maternal grandparents, Dale and Marilyn Dutoi of Bremen, IN; paternal grandparents, Charles F. and Judy Triplet Jr. of Culver, IN; uncles and aunts, David and Rachel Dutoi of Bremen, IN, Debbie and John Warwick of Bluffton, IN, and Victor and Tina Triplet of South Bend, IN. A brother, Zane Triplet, passed away with Zoie as the result of the automobile accident, and paternal grandmother, Mildred Triplet, also preceded her in death.

 

Zoie was a student at LaVille Elementary School, entering the 3rd grade in the fall. She was a member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church and a member of the Union Township 4-H. Zoie played soccer and softball for LaVille and upward basketball. She also played in the Marshall County Jr. Golf Tour.

 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday in the Cathedral of St. Matthew, 1701 Miami Road, South Bend, IN. Rev. Tom King, C.S.C., will officiate. Burial will follow at Lambs Settlement, Bremen. Friends may visit with the family from 2 to 8 p.m. today in the LaVille High School gymnasium, 69969 U.S. 31 South, Lakeville. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Scholarship Fund in memory of Zane and Zoie Triplet at any 1st Source Banking Center. Palmer Funeral Home-Lakeville, is assisting the family with arrangements.

 

Editor: From South Bend Tribune 7/10/2007

A head-on crash claimed the lives of a 17-year-old Bremen boy and his 8-year-old sister Monday, when their minivan collided with an RV on U.S. 6 just west of King Road.

 

According to Sgt. Trent Smith of the Indiana State Police, Zane Triplet, 17, was driving a 2000 Chrysler minivan east on the highway shortly before 1 p.m. when it was involved in a near-head-on collision with a new Jayco motorhome headed west on U.S. 6, driven by Hazel Grant, 62, of Kokomo.

"The RV was heading to Virginia for a show," Smith said. For an unknown reason, Triplet's vehicle drifted into the westbound lane and collided with the motorhome, according to Smith.

 

The impact destroyed the entire driver's side of Triplet's minivan, and caused the RV and a small car it was towing to careen into a corn field on the south side of the road. Smith said that Zoie Triplet, 8, was pronounced dead at the scene, while Zane Triplet was transported to Community Hospital of Bremen before he was also pronounced dead.