The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday October 3, 1965 Rites Set for Man Killed in Accident. Perry--Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church here for Clarence LeRoy TABBERT, 25, Perry, who was electrocuted Saturday after the truck he was driving struck a power pole near Perry. An official of the Jefferson County sheriff's department said Tabbert, who was hauling sand for the Perry Reservoir project, lost the back tandem of his dump truck on a curve, causing him to lost control of the vehicle. The truck plunged off the road after striking the pole, but remained upright. Tabbert apparently jumped from the vehicle, but power line fell on his foot, officials said. The accident occurred on a county road about a mile south of the dam site. He was born June 12, 1940 near Oskaloosa. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Perry. He was employed by the Meier's Rapid Dump Trucking, a firm with offices in Topeka. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cara Lee Tabbert, and two daughters, Regina Lee Tabbert, and Julia Annette Tabbert, all of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tabbert, Perry; two sisters, Judith Ann Tabbert and Linda Lou Tabbert, both of Perry; and grandparents, Mrs. Anna Tabbert, Perry, and Mrs. Agnes JAMES, Lecompton. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery near Perry. Hampton Funeral Home at Oskaloosa is in charge of arrangements.