Loomis, Leland H.

Rome Sentinel
December 20, 1962

On July 28, 1957, Leland H. Loomis, RD 1 Blossvale, lost three children in a car crash that claimed six lives, the worst auto accident in Oneida County in 20 years. At 7:25 this morning Loomis, 60, lost his life from injuries suffered in a two-car crash about 6 hours earlier. The 1957 smash-up occurred on Route 49, just west of Vienna Corners. Today's accident was on Pine Road, just off Rte. 49, about a mile from the scene of the first crash.

Loomis was the driver of a car which collided at the top of a knoll with a vehicle operated by Miss Louse Lucarelli, 19, of 4 Maple Ave, Canastota. State Trooper M. M. Martin said he and a passerby worked for 40 minutes to free Loomis from this morning's wreckage. Loomis was reportedly conscious at the time. He was pronounced dead at Syracuse Memorial Hospital.

Miss Lucarelli was released from Oneida City Hospital following treatment for minor abrasions. A passenger in her car, Richard Fox, 25, Rd 3, Rome, complained of injuries and was transferred to Griffiss AFB Hospital.

Ronald Loomis, 18, a passenger in his father's car, suffered minor injuries but was not hospitalized. Dr.James Wilson, sylvan Beach, gave emergency treatment at the scene before Leland Loomis, Miss Lucarelli and Fox were taken to Oneida City Hospital in a Sanborn ambulance.

(rest of article described accident involving his three children in 1957.)

Rome Sentinel
December 21, 1962

Vienna - Funeral services for Leland H. Loomis, 60, who was fatally injured in a motor vehicle accident Thursday, will be held Sunday at 2 pm at the Sanborn Funeral Home, Camden. The Rev. Roger Cola, pastor of Vienna Methodist Church, will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight 7 to 9 and Sunday 2 to 4. Interment will be in McConnellsville Cemetery.

Mr. Loomis was born in Stacy Basin October 6, 1902, son of Henry & Nettie Matthews. He and Frances D. Brown were married in Utica January 20, 1922. He was employed by Revere Copper and Brass Inc., Rome, 24 years in the shipping room. He was a member of Vienna Methodist Church and the Oneida Nest of Owls. Surviving are his wife, four daughters, Mrs. James (Dorothy) Yannone, Catskill, Mrs. J. L. (Minnie) Donnelly, Rome, Mrs. Norman (Joyce) Nichols, Stratford, Maine, and Mrs. Shirley Winton, Blossvale; three sons, Roger, Sylvan Beach, Robert, Colonie, and Ronald at home, two brothers Gifford, Utica, James, Troy, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Kretzer, Round Lake, NY.