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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ken: Day-by-day, I've been looking at the obituary column of <i>The Roanoke Times</i> to determine when and where the funeral would take place, but have been unable to find any information. Maybe Charlie and Ellen hailed from a different part of the country.</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, April 28, 2025 at 01:47:03 PM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">All<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is no way to improve this.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Longtime volunteers Charlie Schlotthober and his wife Ellen were killed in a car crash yesterday afternoon in Bedford County. Apparently, a truck turned across in front of them, failing to yield the right of way. Both were wearing seatbelts and died at the scene.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Those of you who didn’t know them, this is very sad. Charlie and Ellen were both very fine folks. Charlie was a long-time archives volunteer and came in every Thursday. His knowledge of the system and how to find things and his understanding of what is out there are unassailable and irreplaceable. Charlie is the one responsible for us having the collection of N&W Mechanical Drawings.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I’ve been totally punched in the gut with this news, and I really cannot really post more at this point. But Charlie and Ellen were good friends of mine.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">No other details are available at present. More will be posted as time permits.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Ken Miller<br></div><div dir="ltr">________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">To change your subscription go to<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/</a><br></div></div>
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