The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-07
Two Others In
Car Seriously
Injured
Victim Hurled
Thru ~ ndshield
Of Au, mobile

Funeral services were held
Thursday at Bethel AME church
for 1S-year-old Marguerite Louise
Seitz who was fatally injured last
Thursday as she was enroute TO
school to attend her last classes
before the semester closed.
Marguerite. sophomore student
at Michigan State Normal college.
was seated in the front seat OF
car driven by Fred Taylor OF Ypsi-
lanti when the fatal accident oc-
cured. She was thrown through
the windshield over the radiator for
several feet by the impact. She lift
ed herself from the ground and
walked back TO the wrecked car to
see about her friend and was TAX
en- to the Flora hospital in Toledo
before she collapsed,
The dead girl suffered facial
cuts. and puntured abdomen, lacer-
atoms Of the right leg and a crush
ed chest. The end came Saturday
after two full days in an oxygen
tent had failed TO show any results.
Marguerite, along with Taylor.
his girl friend. Bessie Crochran. OF
Ecorse, and the dead girls room
mate, Sarah. whose last name Is
unknown. had left Ypsilanti We'd
nesday afternoon 10 take Sarah to
Cincinnati, O. Sarah finished her
semester wednesday. Bessie and
Marguerite were TO have finished
Thursday after attending two
classes which began at 8 am.
The trio started Immediately for
their return trip after Sarah had
removed her belongings from the
car. The accident is believed to
have occurred about Z am. on US
24-25. just few miles north OF
Toledo as they were enroute to
E,onroe, Michigan.
Piecing together the vague in
formation available 1t Is believed
that the death car" was standing
at a red light on the Detroit-Tole-
do highway when transport truck,
attempting TO make the amber. fail
ed to make the sharp turn at the
position OF the accident.
Marguerite was born in Detroit
and attended public school here.
She was graduated from Garfield
intermediate in 1886 as an honor
student. She was validictorian OF
her class. She finished Northern
High school in 1889 with magma
cum laude. She was awarded the
Latin Medal for maintaining an "a
average throughout her four-year
term in that subject. since enroll
ling at Ypsilanti she has been a
"B" student.
In college Marguerite played on
the freshman hockey team and was
interested in tennis. archery, swim
ming and basketball. She was
member OF the Spanish club and
the Semper Fl Delis always
Faithfully. She had aspired 10 be an
English teacher in elementary
school although she was studying
for laboratory technician.
Bessie Crochran had her left arm
broken in four places, cuts about
the face and had several teeth
knocked out. The driver, Fred Tay-
Tor. was believed to have suffered
a skull fracture.
The assistant dean at the college
spent Friday at Marguriete's be-
side while the dean OF women wrote
the dead girls mother n splendid
letter OF coincidence. Perhaps most
grieved at the news OF the acct
dent was Marguriete's life long
friend. Miriam Massenberg with
whom she had grown up. They at
tended grammar. intermediate and
high school. Miriam entered Wayne
while Marguriete enrolled at Ypsi-
lanti.
The deceased is bereaved by her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James V.
Seitz OF 1886 st. Antoine street.