This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dgoldy1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.johnson/742.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Kristina I found some information on the accident today at the library. However, the library closed before I could find the obituary. It appears that the funeral (and obituary) was delayed for a few days, until a cause for the death could be determined. Apparently, on the day of the accident, there were high winds in the KC area. The police wanted to determine if high winds were the cause of death or the vehicle that hit her was the cause of death. She was struck about 9 am and died about 3 pm on March 6th. She was struck at 39th St and Main Street and died in St. Mary's hospital, both in Kansas City, MO. It is unclear if she stepped into the path of a telephone service truck turning right or if the WIND blew her off the curb into the truck. The article I did find indicates that she only weighed 80 pounds. It also states that she lived in Kansas City, MO not Overland Park, KS. I will take a look in the city directories and phone books to see if I can figure out which city she lived in. As for your problem, I think you were the victim of a poorly laid out web page. The library pays for access to several on line data bases for its patrons to search. You need to have a library card to access those databases, which is what you were trying to to do. In any event, had you found the correct link, the free data base, you would not have found Marie's obituary listed. She died 4 years before the obituary index was started. This link will take you to the library web page you were on... http://www.jocolibrary.org/default.aspx?id=2168 If you go there and click on OBITUARIES in the top right tab of the box instead of the link to "America's Obituaries and Death Notices" in the box, you will get to the free index of Obituaries of Johnson County Residents who had an Obituary published in either the Kansas City TIMES or Kansas City STAR newspapers, from 1977 thorough today. I will continue the search for Marie's obituary the next time I go to the library. Dave Goldy Overland Park, KS Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.