| Show plane crash kills 2 children to Arizona home to join rest of Prominent was driver Of ill-fated Couple former Basin residents What had been planned as a joyful return home to their other four children in Casa Arizona Tuesday turned Into a tragic death of a former Roosevelt couple and when their single-engine private plane crashed in a dense fog after a take-off from the Roosevelt air Killed instantly when their plane crashed about a mile and one half north-west of the air field were Ray F. his wife a son Frank and the couple's only Four other ranging from lS-months to 13 years were awaiting their parents return for Christmas at Casa where the father was a prominent physician and and Lamb and their two children had flown to Roosevelt Sunday where they were called due to the death of Lamb's Mary P. at They flew to Price on Monday to attend funeral services of 1 and had returned that afternoon to visit Lamb's and E Lamb in Lamb had driven his son and family to the air field Tuesday morning about 9 after his son had placed several telephone calls' to points in Eastern Ufah and Western Colorado to inquire concerning flying who was an experienced flyer with a reputation as a safe felt as a result of his phone calls about the areas he would be flying over that intense fog at the Roosevelt airport was and he was sure he could climb above it to fly home to his other children for Remain Ten Minutes The young doctor asked his to remain the field for approximately ten while they took off to see if the fog was too thick for the return trip to The craft was a.m. and was heard to leave the About 10 a.m. Jay Gates and Clem the latter a deputy county were working in the Car lot of L. 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Motor when they heard a plane The engine suddenly sputtered a time or two and and they feared a They immediately headed for the airfield where they contacted Lamb who had returned to the After Ms account of the take Gates and Labrum headed in the direction of the last of the The wreckage of the plane and the bodies of four were discovered by who was first upon the scene about a.m. He called Labrum and a general alarm Several farmers living in the Crescent scene of the among which were Wayne Ben and Ronald Dye and others heard the plane circling and the loud thud which later was identified as the crash of the Investigation Conducted The Cessna plane struck the ground about a mile and a half from the airfield where it lore deep in the ground for approximately 75 before it across a canal and then several hundred feet into a grassy swail where the were The right wing of the plane was torn off and pieces of metal from the plane were scattered over an area several hundred The bodies were thrown from the wreckage approximately 50 to 75 Other contents of the plane and personal belongings of the family were scattered over a wide The engine of the plane was torn loose and thrown nearly feet from the fuselage which was rolled into a ball of twisted The Civil Air assisted by Duchesne County Sheriff Lorin his members of the Roosevelt police force and the conducted the investigation and helped to recover bodies of the is apparent from a study of the wreckage and the direction the plane was that Lamb hail found fog too dense to penetrate and was trying to return to the air field to He had gotten off course and was making a right-hand turn toward the which was south at least a half Apparently he was too near the ground to clear the uneven terrain or to effect a crash landing Born In Myton Ray Frank Lamb was at a son of Floyd E. and Hill He was as valedictorian of his class at Roosevelt High School in He attended the University of Utah where he his pre-medical training and received his medical degree from Northwestern University He interned at j County Hospital in Chicago practiced medicine in before being called into active service in the U. 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Air his release from the air Lamb went to Casa where he was a member of the staff of the Casa Grande Clinic and the Hospital in that He was a member of the American Society of General Practitioners and the Kiwanis Club of Casa Was Highly Respected In a. conversation with Waiter editor-publisher of Casa Grande the Standard was that Lamb- was one of the outstanding young surgeons in the state and a highly respected citizen of that community of approximately His wife Helen and their children were loved and respected by the whole community who were shocked beyond description when they heard of their tragic He married Helen June 1948 in Survivors include four Steven and 18 all of Casa He also is survived by his a twin Rex a Homer Millard Born In worth Helen Lamb was born April in Carbon to Steve and Jary Fran She was a graduate of the Roosevelt High School and the Holy Cross School of Salt Lake Survivors in addition to her four are two Citrus Granda John Keith George Grand Laurence James Ernest and Ted Frank Edward the couple's third was born May in where Lamb practiced for five years before coming to Janet Helen the couple's only daughter was born July in Funeral On Saturday The family all members of the Catholic Funeral services for his wife and two children will be held at 11 in the Roosevelt Elementary School under the direction of pastor of St. Helen's Catholic Holy Rosary will be recited Friday at 8 p.m. at the Mortuary in where friends may call Friday evening and Saturday prior to the Burial will be in the Roosevelt City cemetery under the direction of the at the home of Mr and Keith Bergquist Sunday and Monday were Mr Edward Bergquist of a Salt and another brother and and Gordon Bergquist of Los |
