Doctor, Bride Killed in Plane

Victims of Findlay Mishap Wed 5 Days

From The Blade Correspondent

FINDLAY, O., June 10 - Only five days after their wedding, a Liberty Center physician and his bride were killed last night when their single-engine plane plunged to the ground near Findlay Airport.

The body of Dr. Robert Ullum, 40, was thrown from the wreckage. His bride, Judith, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Burch, 619 West Harrison St., Maumee, was pinned in the plane.

The state highway patrol said the four-seat plane, a Cessna 182, climbed to about 1,500 feet before the left wing dipped and the plane plummeted to the ground, 400 feet from the runway.

The accident was witnessed by a large number of spectators, many of whom were attending a nearby baseball game. The witnesses included a pilot.

Airport officials said the crash was caused because Dr. Ullum had failed to remove a homemade control lock which he had placed on the rudder and elevators to prevent damage from the wind while the plane was parked on the ground. The plane was based at Grisier Airport, Fulton, O.

Dr. Ullum had interned at St. Vincent's Hospital, Toledo, in 1955 and 1956, before joining the Campbell Soup Co.’s Napoleon plant as plant physician. For the last four years he had been practicing with Dr. B. J. George, Liberty Center.

Dr. Ullum is survived by a son, Daniel, Plattsburg, N.Y. His body is in the Coldren Mortuary here while his wife’s body is in the Barnhart Mortuary.

Services Held Tuesday For Crash Victims

Double funeral services were held Tuesday for Dr. Robert Ullum, 40, and his wife, Judith, 21, who were killed Thursday when their light plane crashed shortly after take-off at Findlay Airport.

Burial was in Young Cemetery following the services at Wesche Mortuary in Napoleon.

Officials at the airport said Dr. Ullum failed to remove a homemade control lock from the rudders causing the plane to crash. The craft had reached an altitude of about 1500 feet.

The plane, which crashed in a field owned by Harry Bair of Findlay, did not catch fire. Hancock County coroner, Dr. B. F. Voorhees, reported that the couple suffered multiple fractures.

Dr. Ullum, a native of Warren County, was graduated from the college of medicine at the University of Cincinnati, serving his internship at St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo.

He then became plant physician at the Campbell Soup Company. He started his practice here four years ago.

Surviving are his father, albert of Warren County and a son, Daniel, of Plattsburg, N.Y.

Mrs. Ullum is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Burch of Maumee.