----Source: Greenwood Gleaner / /1939

MARION SYTH KILLED WEDNESDAY

A tragic and heart rendering accident occurred 3 and a half miles south of Greenwood at Eaton Center school house at 8:45 Wednesday morning, when a car driven by Undersheriff Herbert Olson, struck little Marion Syth, 6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arleigh Syth.

Herbert was driving north from Neillsville and a truck owned by Alvin Butterbrodt and driven by his son, William, stopped and the Syth children stepped out to go to school. Marion stepped from behind the truck and did not see the Olson car and stepped directly in front of it.

Reports have it that Mr. Olson was not driving at a great rate of speed and he stopped the car in 18 feet after he struck the child and that upon seeing her he drove off the right side of the road, so that only his two left wheels remained on the concrete.

Marion, seeing the car rushed for the side of the road so that she was struck by the right side of Olson car.

Marion suffered a broken neck, head lacerations, fractured skull, crushed chest, her left side was paralyzed and her arm broken. She was rushed to the Greenwood Clinic, and Dr. Overman worked on her for an hour but her little body had taken too much punishment to survive and she passed away at 10:15 a.m.

The body was taken to the Schiller Funeral Parlors but funeral arrangements have not been completed. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arleigh Syth, her sister, Shirley and a brother, George.

Coroner P.C. Ludvic was summoned and picked a jury for an inquest Wednesday afternoon but the inquest will not be held until after the funeral.

A more complete obituary will be published next week.