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- Man Struck By Propeller, Killed After Hamilton Airport Landing
Fred B. Kelley, 64, 1993 Dixie Hwy., retired Champion Papers employe, was injured fatally about 6:10 p.m. Friday when he walked or fell into the propeller of an airplane from which he had just alighted at Hamilton Airport.
The victim was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital where he was taken by the fire department emergency squad. Dr. Garret J. Boone, Butler County coroner, said Kelley suffered severe head and neck injuries.
Don Schirmer, 580 Hermany Ave., pilot of the airplane, told police and state highway patrolmen he and Kelley had just returned to the airport from a flight to Cleveland.
He said a power failure in the airplane left them without light or radio power and that Kelley held a flashlight so he could see the instruments in the aircraft to make a landing upon arrival at the airport on Bobmeyer Road.
Schirmer said when the aircraft came to a stop in front of the main hanger of the airport, Kelley told him he would check with airport officials to learn where they wanted the airplane parked so the electrical problem could be corrected. He said it was dark and he did not see whether the victim walked too close to the propeller or slipped and fell.
Schirmer said Kelley had been working for him and had accompanied him on other flights.
Mr. Kelley was born in Livingston, Ky., a son of John and Winnie Ponder Kelley, received his education in public schools in the area.
A resident of Hamilton 30 years, he was employed at U.S. Plywood Champion Papers Inc. for 20 years, retiring in 1962.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fairfield and a veteran of World Wart II, serving from April 1, 1943 until Sept. 25, 1945 as a corporal in the U.S. Army quartermaster corps. He received the EAME Theater ribbon with six bronze starts.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mattie French Kelley; five sisters, Mrs. Albert (Lillie) Marcum, Hamilton, Mrs. Harry (Brilla) Kelley, Trenton, Mrs. Mae Dyer, Lockland, Mrs. Russell (Maude) Mullins, Livingston, Ky., Mrs. Richard (Ruth) Fritts), Mt. Vernon, Ill.; three brothers, Oscar Kelley and William F. Kelley, both of Livingston, Ky., and Marion Kelley, Hamilton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Web Funeral Home, Ross Ave., and S.D. St. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park. Visitation is Monday from 5 until 9 p.m.
The Journal News, Hamilton, Ohio. Saturday, 8 January 1971.
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