Phipps, Lonelle Rae

Description

Lonelle R. Phipps, 6. She perished with two sisters when she was in a car that was hit by a wall of water and swept away on Highway 79. Her dad went for a wrecker and tried to pull the car out, but the wrecker started to go into a ditch. He tried to stay with the car before it was taken away. She was survived by her parents. Buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings, South Dakota.

Files

LONELLE, BETH, CARLA JOE PHIPPS.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Phipps, Lonelle Rae,” Flood of 1972, accessed May 3, 2024, https://1972flood.omeka.net/items/show/424.