This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sackett, Bandi, Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7920 Message Board Post: Ida Repovich Killed in Tragic Daylight Head-on Collision A tragic head on collision, 5 miles south of Mojave on Hwy. 6 at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, took the life of Ida Lucille Repovich 39, of 400 P St., Mojave. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Repovich and daughter Barbara Jean 5, were coming north on Hwy. 6 when their vehicle, a Cheve club coupe, was struck head on by a pickup truck driven by William Holt Sauls, 24, 105th EAB at Edward Air Force Base. The Repovich vehicle spun, and hit a Ford business coupe driven by Charles Clifton Burton 32, of 14648 So. William St. Compton, also driving north on Hwy. 6. . Minor injuries were sustained by Sauls and passenger, Sgt. Harry L. Daugherty also of EAFB. Barbara Jean also suffered minor injuries and the extent of Roy’s were unknown at press time. O'Donnell ambulance brought the body to Mojave where funeral arrangements are pending at the O'Donnell Funeral Home. Investigation was made by Hwy. Patrol officer K. D. LaMarr. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 16 Sep 1954 Last Rites for Ida Repovich A large crowd of Mojave people gathered in the Mojave Community Congregational Church on Tuesday, Sept. 21, to pay their last respects to Ida Lucille Repovich. She was born November 27, 1914, in Sand Creek, Montana and had been a, resident of Mojave for the past nine years, her present residence being 400 "P" Street. Mrs. Repovich is survived by her husband, Roy, and daughter, Barbara Jean. of Mojave; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sackett, parents, of Gables, Mich.; six brothers, Bernard, Richard, Ken, Frank, Herbert and Wayne also of Gables, Mich.; three sisters, Beatrice of Kalispel, Mont., Vivian of Oroville, Calif., and Jean of Gables, Mich. Following the services in Mojave, graveside services were held in the Greek Orthodox Cemetery in Los Angeles under direction of the O'Donnell Funeral Home. Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 23 Sep 1954 Repovich faces Long Hospital Stay Roy Repovich, whose wife, Ida, was killed in a head-on collision a week. ago Wednesday, Sept. 14, has been admitted to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles with an injured right leg or hip and a possible broken disc in his back. He faces a six to eight week stay in the hospital according to Art Bandi, his brother-in-law. Little Barbara Jean, his daughter, has also been taken to the same hospital for a physical check-up. Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 23 Sep 1954 Man Held In Repovich Death William Sauls, who is accused of driving negligently and causing the accident that took the life of Ida Repovich of Mojave, appeared this week. Sauls did not have an s attorney but judge Kelly Steele named a lawyer to represent him in municipal court in Bakersfield when the case will come up for a preliminary examination on the 14th of October. The local woman was killed and other members of the family were injured in an accident that happened on September 15th. Bail had been set for the service man at $3,000 but he had not posted it up to the time of his arraignment. The official .charge is manslaughter and driving while drunk causing bodily injury. Each is a felony. Sauls, attached to Edwards Air Force Base, was driving a truck at the time of the crash five miles south of Mojave. Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 07 Oct 1954