Shirley Nan Olson
Born October 28, 1935 in Manor, Bastrop Co., Tx 1, 7
Died May 25, 1955 in Solms, Comal Co., Tx 1, 7
Buried: Elgin City Cemetery, Elgin, Bastrop Co., Tx 1
Notes:
b/c - born October 28, 1935, 1:15pm in Manor, Texas, father: Hjolmer Olson, age: 31, birthplace: Travis Co., Texas, occupation: mechanic, mother Nannie Howell, age: 32, birthplace: Manor, Texas, occupation: housewife, number of children born to mother: 2 (2 living), Roy G. Reed, M.D., Manor, Texas
1940 US Census - age 4, living in Elgin, Bastrop Co, Tx with parents Helmer (36,Tx) and Nannie (36, Tx), and siblings Wilella (5) and Joe Carrol (1), father owns a filling station
Shirley (19), her husband Bobby Creppon (22) and her father in law Lincoln Creppon (42) were killed in a head on collision around 4:20am on Hwy 81 in Comal County. Bobby (along with many others) had been discharged from the Air Force at Fort Bliss on Monday and his wife and father had come to pick him up. A news article stated the oncoming driver, another airman had been on temporary duty at a different base and had apparently fallen asleep at the wheel when his car swerved into oncoming traffic. Seven people, four of them airmen were killed in the collision.
d/c - died in rural precinct 1 (Hwy 81), Comal Co., Tx on May 25, 1955, 4:20am, age 19y6m27d, married, address:607 Ave A, Elgin, Texas, occupation: Stenographer for Smith Abstract Co., birthplace: Elgin, Texas, father: Helmer Olson, birthplace: Texas, mother: Nannie Lou Howell, birthplace: Texas, not in military, social security: unknown, informant: Helmer Olson, cause of death: fractured skull and trauma as result of automobile accident, witness: Dr. Frederick Frueholz, Jr., no autopsy, E.R. Karback, Coroner, Comal County Courthouse, removed to Elgin Cemetery via Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home, Richard J. Naeller, funeral director
Married
Bobby Joe Creppon on October 21, 1953
1, 7
no children
Siblings of Shirley Nan Olson:
Willella Olson,
Joe Carrol Olson
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