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Show Las Vegas Lad Burns To Death In Truck Crash Philo Don Gronning, 18-year old son of Mrs. Ada Faye Works Corey of Las Vegas, Nev, was burned to death Tuesday, May 6, in a three-car three-car crash near Las Vegas. According to investigating officers offi-cers the butane truck driven by the Gronning youth was struck from both sides by two automobiles automo-biles (mint in finnncito - Iparttirtno as the truck made a right turn. . The truck was rolled over and caught fire almost immediately from leaking gasoline from the fuel tank. The butane gas did not catch fire. Gronning was trapped in the cab of the truck and the flames prevented efforts to rescue him. He burned to death in the cab. The other two vehicles were bad ly damaged ,and the occupants injured and hospitalized. The Gronning youth had been one of the trusted employes of the Myers-Thorton Gas company for the past two years and worked after school hours for. the firm. He was prominent In high school activities and was an active member mem-ber of the LDS church. He was born Jan. 21, 1934, at Delta, and had lived since at Las Vegas, where his mother resides. re-sides. An older brother, Ralph Gronning, is in college at Reno, Nev., and a half-brother and half-sister, half-sister, David and Margo Corey, live at Las Vegas. Word of the tragedy came to Delta Tuesday night of last week, and his grandfather, Edwin Works, of Delta, and Mrs. Works, with members of the family, Mrs Lola Mankin, Mrs. Betty Lister, of Delta, Del-ta, Mrs. Doneta Hardy, of Black Rock, Mrs. Pearl Little and son, Larry Works, of Kanab, left for Las Vegas for funeral services there Friday. .Burial was in Las Vegas, under the direction of the ! Bunker Brothers mortuary. |