Submitted by: Dan Rich
Dec. 3, 1998 - July 9, 2007
South Bend Tribune 7/12/2007
BREMEN - Zoie S. Triplet, 8, of Bremen, IN, passed away at
1:24 p.m. Monday, July 9, near the intersection of U.S. 6 and
King Roads from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
She was born on December 3, 1998, in
Mishawaka, IN, to Tony and Sherri (Dutoi) Triplet. Zoie is
survived by her parents, Tony and Sherri Triplet of Bremen, IN; a
brother, Zachary S. Triplet at home; maternal grandparents, Dale
and Marilyn Dutoi of Bremen, IN; paternal grandparents, Charles
F. and Judy Triplet Jr. of Culver, IN; uncles and aunts, David
and Rachel Dutoi of Bremen, IN, Debbie and John Warwick of
Bluffton, IN, and Victor and Tina Triplet of South Bend, IN. A
brother, Zane Triplet, passed away with Zoie as the result of the
automobile accident, and paternal grandmother, Mildred Triplet,
also preceded her in death.
Zoie was a student at LaVille Elementary
School, entering the 3rd grade in the fall. She was a member of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church and a member of the
Union Township 4-H. Zoie played soccer and softball for LaVille
and upward basketball. She also played in the Marshall County Jr.
Golf Tour.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at
11:00 a.m. Friday in the Cathedral of St. Matthew, 1701 Miami
Road, South Bend, IN. Rev. Tom King, C.S.C., will officiate.
Burial will follow at Lambs Settlement, Bremen. Friends may visit
with the family from 2 to 8 p.m. today in the LaVille High School
gymnasium, 69969 U.S. 31 South, Lakeville. In lieu of flowers,
contributions may be made to the Scholarship Fund in memory of
Zane and Zoie Triplet at any 1st Source Banking Center. Palmer
Funeral Home-Lakeville, is assisting the family with
arrangements.
A head-on crash claimed the lives of a
17-year-old Bremen boy and his 8-year-old sister Monday, when
their minivan collided with an RV on U.S. 6 just west of King
Road.
According to Sgt. Trent Smith of the Indiana
State Police, Zane Triplet, 17, was driving a 2000 Chrysler
minivan east on the highway shortly before 1 p.m. when it was
involved in a near-head-on collision with a new Jayco motorhome
headed west on U.S. 6, driven by Hazel Grant, 62, of Kokomo.
"The RV was heading to Virginia for a
show," Smith said. For an unknown reason, Triplet's vehicle
drifted into the westbound lane and collided with the motorhome,
according to Smith.
The impact destroyed the entire driver's
side of Triplet's minivan, and caused the RV and a small car it
was towing to careen into a corn field on the south side of the
road. Smith said that Zoie Triplet, 8, was pronounced dead at the
scene, while Zane Triplet was transported to Community Hospital
of Bremen before he was also pronounced dead.