Born November 30, 1907 Lincoln Township, Audubon County, Iowa
Entered Into Rest September 6, 1970 near Manning, Iowa
Age 62 years, 9 months, 6 days
Services Held At Ohde Funeral Home Manning, Iowa Wednesday, September 9, 1970, 2 P.M.
Clergyman Rev. Robert Rushing Manning Presbyterian Church
Interment Manning Cemetery
Casketbearers: Marcellus E. Grundmeier, Marvin Schultz, Roy Schroeder, Art Kruse, William Dammann, Carl Musfeldt

All friends and relatives are invited to the V.F.W. Hall for lunch and fellowship following the committal services.

Killed in the crash were Dennis Beck, 18, Manning, driver of one of the cars; Melvin L. Sinow, 36, Aspinwall, driver of the other car and Mrs. Amanda Sinow, 62, Aspinwall, his mother.

The three deaths raised the Carroll County highway fatality toll to six for 1970.

The accident happened at 6:15 p.m. on a county road one mile east and one and three-quarter mile south of Manning.

The Beck car was southbound and the Sinow car was northbound at the time of the crash.

Each vehicle was demolished by the force of the impact and the occupants were killed outright.

Following the impact, the Beck car skidded sideways and direction across the west lane in the north-south road. The Sinow car went off the roadway and came to a stop with the front end buried in the ditch on the east side of the road.

The accident was investigated by Highway Patrolman Dale Hanson, Carroll, and Deputy Sheriffs Roger O'Tool and Jack Hays, Carroll.

A ruling of accidental death was made by Dr. Roland B. Morrison, Carroll County Medical Examiner. The two drivers each suffered crushed chests and Mrs. Sinow suffered several head injuries.

Double funeral services for Mrs. Sinow and her son will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning. The Rev. Robert Rushing will officiate and burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.

Pallbearers for Mrs. Sinow will be Marcellus Grundmeier, Roy Schroeder, William Dammann, Marvin Schultz, Arthur Kruse, and Carl Musfeldt. Serving as pallbearers for Melvin Sinow will be Allen Lorenzen, Daryle Rowedder, Frank Wegner, Ed Sextro, Roy Schilling, and Joe Brandt. He will be accorded military honors at the cemetery by V.F.W. Post No. 3517 of Manning.

Mrs. Sinow was born November 30, 1907, in Lincoln Township, Audubon County, a daughter of Fred and Metha (Ploen) Moeller. She attended rural schools and on February 20, 1929, was married to Emil Sinow. They farmed for 18 years south of Aspinwall and then moved to the present home at the edge of Aspinwall. Since her husband's death on June 24, 1968, she had lived with her son, Melvin.

She is survived by a son Milton of Aspinwall; three grandchildren; her mother, of Manning; two brothers, John and Fred Moeller of Manning; and three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Sinow, Gray; Laura and Betty Moeller, Manning.

Melvin Sinow was born in Iowa Township, Crawford County, on April 29, 1934. He attended school at Aspinwall through the eighth grade and graduated in 1953 from Manning High School. He had worked at Aspinwall as a farm hand and as a trucker, and for the last ten years had operated a corn sheller. He served with the Army in Germany and France from 1956 until 1958. Surviving are his brother, Milton; his grandmother, Mrs. Moller, aunts and uncles.