The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06
Crash


lieutenant from the Army Air
Forces three months ago. was
at the controls of the plane, q
Fairchild two-seater.
With four years of service to
his credit, he had run up a total
of IS missions against Axis
forces in the European and A.
rican theatres of war.
Teschler had served in the u.
S. Navy. Neither man was mar
ried.
CAUSE UNDETERMINED
As far as police authorities
could ascertain, no person OBJ
served the civilian plane with
sufficient study prior to the
crash to afford any clue as to
the cause of the tragedy.
An eyewitness saw the two
scatter plane coming in low"
over a group of trees one half
mile north of New Baltimore.
It narrowly missed the topmost
branches and ploughed nose
first into a field Both men were
found dead in the tangled wreck
age. Coroner Howard v. Groes-
beck, Jr., said both must have
been dead before fire demolish-
ed the shattered craft.
The plane had been lent to
R1shton by its owner, Mervin
yStier, of Armada, and had taken
off from an improvised airport
at New Baltimore late in the
afternoon. It landed at Armada
and left there at Sis p. M,
presumably for the return trip.
The crash took place at 5:55
D. M, short distance north OF
New Baltimore about one half
mile from the Lakeshore road.
Rushton held commercial
pilots license which he had OBJ
tanned after re-entering civilian
life, according to deputies OF the
Sheriffs Department.
HAD BUILT FIELD
Rushton appar tly was
bringing the plane in for a land
ing at the private airfield which
he and Stier had recently been
constructing for commercial and
flight training purposes. Run
ways had been completed and
various buildings erected. Rush.
ton and Stier had formed a part
nership.
One Of the most shocked per-
sons In the families involved
was Arthur Teschler, brother of
Paul, who returned home with
an honorable discharge Monday
after more than three years
service, mostly in the Panama
Canal Zone. Arthur had had
happy reunion with Paul short
ly before the fatal crash.
Funeral arrangements for both
accident victims are in charge
of the Will funeral home, New
Haven. An Army Air Forces
honor guard will provide mill
tary rites at the Rushton fu-
neral.
RUSHTON FUNERAL
Robert Rushton was a gradu-
ate of New Haven High School.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by a brother, Floyd, Jr.;
two sisters, Mrs. Fred Seltmann,
of Clifton, N. j., and Mrs. Cor
don Hurley, of Croswell. Mich;
and the grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William j. Rushton, OF
Croswell, and Mrs. Henry Cud-
ney. of Applegate, Mich.
Funeral services for Rushton
will take place at the Congre-
gational Church at 2 p. m,
Thursday, and the remains will
rest at the Will funeral chapel
until 1890 p. m, that day. Rev.
William Watson will officiate
and military rites will take
place. Burial will be in the New
Haven Cemetery.
TESCHLER RITES
Besides his parents, Paul
Teschler Is survived by the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters: Ar
thur. newly released from the
u. S. Army; Warrant Officer
Raymond, in G er m any; Sgt.
Howard, with the AAF, in In,
dia; Mrs. jeanette Harm, New
Haven; William and Arlene, at
home.
Teschler entered the navy on
Oct. IL, 1914, but later received
q medical discharge. A former
New Haven High School stu
dent, he had worked on his
parents farm and for the Froh
transportation firm both before
and since his navy service.
The remains will rest at the
Teschler residence. ALTO Lind
sey road. Lenox Township, un-
til Friday at 2 p. m. Services
will be held at st. Johns Evan.
gelical Lutheran Church, New
Haven, at 2:30 p. m. with Rev.
Fred Bublitz officiating. Burial
will be in Richmond Cemetery.
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