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Doris Irene
Farndale 20 August 1935 to 3 September
1955
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Las
Vegas, Nevada
1935
Doris Farndale was born in Nevada USA on 20 August 1935, the
daughter of James and Edna (nee Adams) Farndale, (FAR00607) (letter).
1940
The US Census of 1940 for 922, South Second
Street, Las Vegas listed James Farndale, 52, head, carpenter; Edna Farndale,
43; Hazel J Farndale, 17; James N Farndale, 16; Mary Ellen Farndale, 13; Gordon
E Farndale, 7; Doris I Farndale, 4.
1942
Gordon Elliott and Doris Irene Farndale
1950
The US Census
of 1950 for Nevada listed James Farndale, 64, County Housing Executive Director; Edna Farndale, 55; Gordon
Farndale, 18; Doris Farndale, 14.
1951
Las Vegas High School, 1951
1952
Las Vegas High School, 1952
1954
1954: Thespian Club, Girl’s Club
1955
Doris married James D Jaeger in
about 1955. He was in the air force and stationed in Japan at the time of
Doris’ death.
Doris
Farndale, was killed in a car accident
at San Bernadino on 3 September 1955.
Doris’ grave at Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery, Las Vegas.
FARNDALE GIRL
DIES; 3 OTHERS HURT IN WRECK. While Clark County was free from Labor Day
traffic fatalities, one Las Vegan and was killed and three others were injured,
one critically, in a holiday accident in Colton, California. Killed was Mrs
Doris Farndale Jaeger, 20, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Farndale, of 922 S 2nd
St. Farndale is the Clark County Housing Authority Manager. …. Mrs Jaeger,
who was a native Las Vegan, was killed when a car driven by Staff Sergeant
Warren Martin, of March Air Force Base, collided head on with the vehicle in
which the popular young woman was riding. She was on holiday to San Diego,
California, to visit with Mr and Mrs James Taylor, son
and daughter-in-law of Lee Taylor, of Bunker Brothers mortuary. In critical
condition following the accident is Mr Jack Dale, 20, of Nellis air force base.
He was taken to the March air force base hospital. Martin, the driver of the
other car was also critically injured, and was taken
to the base hospital. Receiving minor injuries in the accident were Mrs Jack
Cole, 20, and Mrs Joyce Van Borstal, of Las Vegas. As the car of the Las Vegans
drove through an underpass on Highway 395, which leads to San Diego, Martin’s
car swerved across the highway and into the oncoming traffic, Police officer L
E Stewart, reported. It was unknown late last night if Martin would be held for
Mrs Jaeger's death. The accident occurred at about night at 2:00 AM yesterday
morning as the holidaying Las Vegans passed through Colton, which is just three
miles west of San Bernardino, California. Mrs Jaeger’s body will be returned to
Las Vegas for Funeral services and burial. It is being held at Lord's Mortuary
in San Bernardino, pending an inquest into her death. Mrs Jaeger 's husband,
James D Jaeger, is in the Air Force and was stationed in Japan. He was notified
of his wife's death last night by the American National Red Cross. Arrangements
are being made to have him flown home and it is expected he will arrive in Las
Vegas late this week. When the body of Mrs Jaeger is returned to Las Vegas,
Bunker Brothers Mortuary will handle the Funeral arrangements. The funeral is
currently pending awaiting return the return of the family. Mrs Jaeger, who was
born in Las Vegas on August 20 1935 went through the
Las Vegas school system, and graduated from Las Vegas high school last year.
She was an office employee of the Southern Nevada telephone company at the time
of her death. In addition to her parents, Mr and Mrs James Farndale, 922 S 2nd
St, and her husband, Mrs Jaeger is survived by two brothers, James N Farndale,
and Gordon E Farndale, both of Las Vegas; And two sisters, Mrs John E Rydell,
of San Antonio, Texas, and Mary Ellen farndale, of Glendale CA. Mrs Jaeger’s
father, James Farndale, is a former state senator and assemblyman, and the
Farndale family has long been prominent in Las Vegas.
The Nevada State Journal, 7 September 1955:
VEGAS PAIR DIE IN
ACCIDENTS. California crashes occur separately. Las Vegas September 6. 2 Two
Las Vegas residents were killed in California traffic accidents during the
holidays, the Las Vegas Sun reports … Mrs
Dorothy Farndale Jaeger, 20, was killed earlier Sunday near Colton,
California when her car collided head on with one driven by Staff Sergeant
Warren Martin of March AFB. Sergeant Martin was critically hurt, as was airmen
Jack Dale, 20, of Nellis AFB, who was riding with Mrs Jaeger. Less seriously
hurt were the other two occupants of the Jaeger car... The group was on route
to visit friends in San Diego during their holiday.
Two Las
Vegas residents die in Auto Wrecks. Mrs Doris Jaeger, 20, of Las Vegas
was killed Saturday and two persons were seriously hurt in a head on collision
at Colton, California. Sergeant Warren Martin of March Air Force Base, driver
of the other car, is in a serious condition at March AFB hospital as is airman
Jack D Cole of Nellis Air Force Base, a passenger in Mrs Jaeger 's car. Patrol
man said Martin was driving on the wrong side of the road.
The San Bernadino County Sun, 6
September 1955: Colton
records first fatal crash in 1955. First fatal accident of the year marred
Colton’s traffic record Saturday night, when Doris Farndale Jaeger, 20,
911 S 2nd St, Las Vegas, Nevada, was dead on arrival at the county hospital,
following a head on collision just south of the Santa Fe underpass on La Cadena
Drive...