Florence Katherine Nadeau Ditch

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Obituary- Ditch, Florence

FORMER ROSSVILLE WOMAN
FATALLY INJURED BY CAR
Services for Mrs. Florence Ditch, 63, of 1641 Western, Topeka, wife of the late Ora Ditch, who died early Sunday morning from injuries suffered when she was struck by an automobile at the corner of Seward and Ohio, in Topeka, were held Tuesday at 9:30 a. m. at Wall-Diffenderfer mortuary.
Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Ditch, with her daughter, Mrs. Milton Long, of 3735 Sena Drive, Topeka, was crossing Seward going toward their parked automobile on the north side of street shortly after midnight Saturday, when Roger Colby, 27, of Oskaloosa, driving a 1950 model Chevrolet and headed west, struck Mrs. Ditch. She was thrown on top of the car’s hood and carried along the street. Skid marks on the pavement indicated the car traveled 138 feet from the point of impact before it came to a stop, officers said. According to Dr. H. L. Clark, coroner, Colby said he was driving between 40 and 45 miles an hour. Mrs. Ditch was dead on arrival of the ambulance at St. Francis hospital. Colby was arrested on a reckless driving charge.
Mrs. Long was not hit, although she was only a few steps from her mother.
Mrs. Ditch was born a mile northwest of Rossville October 14, 1886, and had been a resident of Topeka the last 25 years. Her husband, before his death March 31, 1948, was employed during the war as a foreman at the Supply Depot.
Mrs. Ditch is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Roy Brees, Mrs. Charles Spangler, Mrs. Don Stevens, Mrs. Milton Long and Mrs. Lester Currey, all of Topeka; and Mrs. Norman Hug, Manhattan; a son Lloyd G. Ditch, Kansas City, Kansas; two grandchildren two great-grandchildren; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Nadeau, Topeka; two sisters, Mrs. T.J. McManus, Topeka, and Mrs. Merle Hart, Phoenix, Ariz.; and four brothers, John and Ben Nadeau, Ventura, Calif.; Arch Nadeau, Kansas City, Mo and Edward Nadeau, Rossville.