Kern County Obituaries

Margaret Thoe

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 22 Nov 1956

Five Die in Head-on Crash Six Miles South of 
Mojave
Four Mojave Marine Base residents were instantly killed involved in a grinding 
head on auto crash 6 miles south of Mojave on Hwy. 6 last Saturday, November 17th 
at approximately 4:45 p.m.
A fifth person; died about three hours later in Mojave Hospital bringing the score 
for death to five according to a California Hwy. Patrol report.
A reconstruction of the fatal crash was given by James F. Russell, 39 of 
Rosamond who was going south when he saw a car approaching at high speed from 
the rear, This car was later established as being driven by David W. Grayson, 28 of 
Lancaster. "He started to pass me," said Russell, but there was not enough room so I 
pulled over to the right. The Grayson car hit my left rear fender and glanced off 
directly in the path of a north-bound vehicle which patrol officials said was driven by 
Sgt. Fremont Thoe, 22, a marine stationed at MCAAS.	
Killed instantly were Sgt. Thoe, Robert A. Kulp, a civil service employee at 
MCAAS, his wife, Exie, all passengers in the Thoe vehicle. Sgt. Thoe's wife Margaret 
died later in the Mojave Medical Center. .
George Pritchard, Jr., 29, a passenger in Grayson's car was also killed when pinned 
under the car. Grayson was critically injured and was brought to the Mojave Hospital. 
He was later transferred to the Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster.
   The dead were brought to O'Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave where the 
following arrangements were made. Sgt. Thoe and wife, Margaret were shipped to 
Pontiac, Michigan for double services. Mrs. Thoe was a native of Dusseldorf, 
Germany .and her body will be shipped back there. George Pritchard Jr. will be 
interred at   Joshua Memorial Park with graveside services, Nov. 23.
Mr. Robert Kulp's body will be shipped to San Francisco for services while his 
wife, Exie will be interred in Greenlawn Cemetery in Bakersfield.

Transcriber's note: The names according to the California Death Index are:
THOE, FREMONT JONDORAN  
b. 19 Apr 1934, Minn.
THOE,   MATHILDE MARGRET    
b. 28 May 1933
KULP, EXIE VERNELL     
b. 05 Jul 1933, Okla.
KULP, ROBERT ADRAIN     
b. 30 Jun 1918, Calif.
PRITCHARD, GEORGE
b. 02 Dec 1926, N Mex.