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Ogden Man Killed In One-Car RolloverA one-car rollover Sunday night two miles above Pine View Reservoir claimed the life3f a 25-year-old Ogden man.Gerald Reed Cheney of 3316 Childs was dead on arrival at Dee Hospital about 10 p.m. after his car went through a guard rail at high speed, according to Highway Patrol Trooper GeraldPeterson.Mr. Cheney’s death hikes the road death toll in Weber County to 14 compared to the .same time a year ago. His death is the 89th on the highways in the . state this year.Six other area people were injured in three separate auto mishaps in Weber County Sunday.Trooper Peterson said Mr. Cheney’s car was traveling at a high rate of speed when he apparently lost control and went through the.guard rail. jFLEW IN AIR ‘The car flew about 300 feet through the air before landing and rolling- over, the troopersaid-Mr. Cheney was thrown from his vehicle 'and then the car rolled over him, pinning the victim beneath it.In an earlier accident near Huntsville, Paul G- Layton, 32, of 2219 W. 4975 Si, Roy, received abdominal injuries whenVS-'GERALD R. CHENEY Dies in Crashthe car he was driving crashed into a guard rail 13 miles east , n. .. - . .of Ogden on U-39, about 3:45 “d Washington about-10 a.m.Ogden Officer K. W. Hoyal said the Clark vehicle was unable to stop for Mr. Galley’s car because of faulty brakes. Both cars were northbound on Washington at the time of .the mishap.Hannah Morley, 20, of 2670Jackson, was treated and released from Dee Hospital for shoulder and leg injuries received in an accident at 26thp.m.Trooper Jack Graviet said witnesses reported Mr. Layton had crashed into the guard rail several times before hitting the end of another rail and diving 10 feet down a dirt embankment.Mr. Layton’s car was traveling north at the time of the incident, said the trooper.He was reported in ^‘satisfactory” condition this morning at St. Benedict’s Hospital.In another accident in the 100 block of Washington,*a car driven by Lee Roderick Clark, 21, of Simi, Calif., crashed into a vehicle driven by Darrel O. Gailey, 21, -of 136 N. 3rd E., Kaysville, about 3:30 p.m.THOSE INJUREDInjured in the Gailey car were Lila Mae Miller, 25, of 2619 Gramercy, admitted to Dee Hospital with a possible concussion and neck injury; and Mr. Galley who was treated 'and released for back and neck injuries:Also injured were MarlineShe was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Michael Morley, 21, which was hit by an auto driven by Henry G. Del-more, 29, of Manatoba, Canada.Officer F. V. Padelsky said Mr. Delmore was traveling south on Washington when it failed to stop for a red semi-phore and struck the Morley car which was traveling west on 26th.Gerald Reed Gbeney was born March’4, 1944, in Oakland, Calif., a son of Reed and Carolyn Edith Garleton Cheney.The family came to Brigham City when he-was a child andmoved to Roy in 1947 where he was reared .and educated.He attended Weber H i g h School.He served in the Navy from 1960 to 1964 aboard the USS Princeton.On June 22,1967, he was married to Jeanene Wickham Beck-stead in Elko, Nev.He had worked for the OgdenAdams, 19, of 584 E, 1st S., Umon Railway Depot Co. as KaysviUe, who was treated and] a switchman and at Hill Air released for a neck' injury; and Force Base as a warehouseman. Mae Gailey, 44, of 843 N. Mon- WAS SALESMANrc«'J''h“ rc~ At the time of his death heleased for minor injuries. was m automobile salesmanfor the Bayshore Auto Sales in Ogden.He was a member of the LDS First Ward. ':Surviving are his widow, one stepson, David Wesley Beck-sfcead, Ogden; one stepdaughter, Terry Lynn Beckstead, Ogden; his parents of Roy, three brothers, Raymond E. Cheney, Robert D. Cheney, Michael Thomas Cheney, all of Roy; two sisters, Mrs. James A. (Janice) Starkey, Ogden; Miss Debbie Mama Cheney, Roy.Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Flowers Mortuary with Bishop Raymond Orton of die 1st Ware officiating.Friends may call at the chapel Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and .Thursday from 12:30 p.m.; until services.Burial wilt be in the Roy City Cemetery with full military graveside rites under direction ■of Veterans of Foreign Wars, ; Leu; B. Hooper, commanded
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Ogden Standard Examiner

Ogden, Utah, US

Mon, May 12, 1969

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