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In Memory

Jennifer Thomas

Jennifer Thomas

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The Oberlin paper reports the traffic accident that killed her in February of 1968.

From the Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, February 29, 1968

An Oberlin man, Grady Jack Robinson, 54, of 237 S. Park was killed and Oberlin College freshman Miss Sophie Dunlap, 18, seriously injured in a head-on car crash on Rt. 20 two miles west of Gastown Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Robinson was pronounced dead on arrival at Elyria Memorial Hospital a few minutes later.
Miss Dunlap, on the critical list at Allen Hospital after the accident, yesterday was reported in “poor” condition by hospital administrator Donald C. Leine. Miss Dunlap sustained chest injuries, fractured upper right arm and possible abdominal injuries the extent of which is not yet know, Leine said. Miss Dunlap rooms at Baldwin Cottage; her home is in Lorain.
According to state highway patrol reports Mr. Robinson, alone in his car, pulled out of the parking lot of Albert’s Restaurant, headed west in the eastbound lane and crashed head-on into a car driven by Benjamin Dunlap of Lorain. Dunlap is in Allen Hospital with fractures of the lower face and right shoulder and multiple lacerations and abrasions, Leine said.
A second passenger in Dunlap’s car, Miss Jennifer Thomas, 20, of Berea was killed in the accident and a third, Hector Rosa, 26, Lorain, was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital.

 
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10/04/08 01:43 PM #1    

Dick Curtner

Dave Baehr and I roomed together at OSU Summer '68 and he told me Jenn was an auto accident casualty. So it was probably '66 or '67. Anyone know for sure? We were classmates back at Loomis.

Dick Curtner

06/15/15 11:59 PM #2    

Patty Bandwen (Hahn)

Jennifer went to Oberlin College and she was coming home on a break.  The driver was a member of the Oberlin Sheriff's Department, and they were both killed in a car accident.  Jennifer was a good friend of my twin sister Nancy, and I remember we ate dinner at their house a few times.  One night rabbit was on the menu.  I did try it, but didn't care for it.  But the entire Thomas family was very creative, caring, and smart.  Jennifer had 2 brothers who had polio and wore braces, but it didn't stop them from being the best they could be.  I wonder what marvelous things Jennifer would have accomplished in the world if she had lived longer.


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