Services for Daniel Carl McFerrin, 25 of Modale, Iowa, who died as a result of a motorcycle accident May 22, 1994 at Community Memorial Hospital in Missouri Valley, Iowa will be 10 a.m. Thursday, May 26 at the United Methodist Church in Missouri Valley. Rev. Dick Krambeck will officiate. Burial will be in St. Johns Cemetery at Bellevue.

Daniel Carl McFerrin was born May 27, 1968 in Blair to Sonny and Raynelle Bohringer McFerrin. He graduated from Blair High School.

He married Janice Nichols June 13, 1992 in Omaha and they made their home in Modale.

He was a manager at Bakers Supermarket in LaVista.

He is survived by his wife, Janice of Modale; his mother, Raynelle Kaszynski and her husband, Richard of Omaha; his father, Sonny McFerrin of Modale; a sister, Michelle Hatcher and her husband, Monte of Logan, Iowa; a nephew, Zachary Hatcher of Logan; his grandparents, Carol and Frances Bohringer of Omaha and Ed and Helen McFerrin, Sr. of Modale; half-sisters, Debra Baker of Sacramento, California and Sandra Spaulding of Council Bluffs, Iowa; half-brothers, Elvin McFerrin of Pittsburgh, Mississippi; Dwane McFerrin of Council Bluffs and Bill McFerrin of Byron, Minnesota; a step-brother, Richard Kaszynski of Omaha and nieces and nephews.

Marjorie Kraushaar will be organist. Teri Grimm will be soloist.

Casket bearers will be Lloyd Rupp, Jason Salter, Carol Bohringer, Don Nichols, David Nichols and Bobbie Hildreth.

Hennessey-Van Cleave-Hurley Funeral Home in Missouri Valley is in charge of arrangements.

#2-Enterprise 26 May 1994

Former Blair Man Dies After Accident

Daniel McFerrin of Modale, Iowa and formerly of Blair died Sunday, May 22 following an accident in which his motorcycle collided with one driven by Bruce A. Killpack of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Killpack also died.

McFerrin and his wife, Janice were reportedly southbound on County Road K-45 in Harrison County, Iowa about 9:40 p.m. Killpack was apparently northbound and was rounding a curve as McFerrin entered the curve. The two allegedly collided in the northbound land of the road.

Both Killpack and Daniel McFerrin were killed as a result of the accident. Janice McFerrin was taken by air ambulance to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha with major injuries, according to information in the Missouri Valley Times News.

Damage to McFerrin’s 1994 Suzuki was estimated at about $7000. Killpack’s 1958 Harley-Davidson had about $1500 damage.

McFerrin was manager of a Baker’s Supermarket in La Vista. Killpack was manager of Tamarack Lanes in Missouri Valley.

#3-Daniel McFerrin - Omaha World Herald -24 May 1994

2 Men Killed in Crash Loved to Ride Cycles

BY CINDY CONNOLLY WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Bruce Killpack and Daniel McFerrin lived seven miles from each other in southwest Iowa, and they loved to ride motorcycles.

The men never met, but they died together this weekend after an accident on a county road near Modale, Iowa.

Killpack, 38, of Missouri Valley, and McFerrin, 25, who lived with his wife in Modale, were killed Sunday night when their motorcycles collided on County Road K-45, 1 1/2 miles north of Modale, said Harrison County Sheriff Merle Sass.

Both men were pronounced dead at Community Memorial Hospital in Missouri Valley shortly after the 9:30 p.m. accident, Sass said.

McFerrin's wife, Janice, who was riding on the back of her husband's 1994 Suzuki motorcycle, was listed in serious condition Monday night at University Hospital in Omaha, where she was flown by medical helicopter after the accident.

Mrs. McFerrin, daughter of Don Nichols, a battalion chief with the Omaha Fire Department, was in the intensive care unit with multiple trauma, including a crushed right leg, said Tim Kaldahl, a hospital spokesman.

McFerrin, an assistant manager of the Baker's supermarket in LaVista, was driving south on the county road when his motorcycle collided head-on with Killpack's northbound 1958 Harley Davidson, Sass said.

The collision occurred in the northbound lane, Sass said, as both drivers were rounding a curve that had a 50 mph speed limit.

Sass said he had not determined whether either of the men was speeding or who was at fault.

The cause of the accident remained under investigation Monday night.

None of the three riders was wearing a helmet, Sass said.

Sonny McFerrin of rural Modale said his son, who developed his love of motorcycles at age 4, usually wore a helmet when he rode.

"But apparently he didn't have one on this time," the elder McFerrin said Monday night.

"I was just in his home and got some clothes for the funeral, and I saw his helmet lying on the floor. But I don't know if he had another one or not. I don't know if that would have helped him anyway," he said.

McFerrin, who lives on a farm west of town, said he bought his son a toy model of a Honda motorcycle when he was 4. Daniel McFerrin had been riding ever since, his father said.

The younger McFerrin and his wife met at an Omaha Baker's store where they both worked and had been married a year and a half. Sonny McFerrin said. Sunday night, he said, they rode McFerrin's new bike to Mondamin for fun and were heading home when the accident occurred.

Killpack's father, Ron Killpack of Beebeetown, Iowa, said his son's 1958 Harley Davidson Hardtail was his pride and joy.

"He'd had it for years. He worked and babied that machine for years. That was his baby," he said.

Ron Killpack said his son managed the Tamarack bowling alley in Missouri Valley and rode his motorcycle whenever he got the chance.

Killpack and a friend from Magnolia, Iowa, were riding on separate motorcycles when the accident occurred, Ron Killpack said.

Bruce Killpack was divorced. His children, Aaron, 19, and Melissa, 16, live with their mother in Missouri Valley. Killpack was born in Council Bluffs and grew up in the Beebeetown area, which is south of Logan, Iowa.

McFerrin's parents are divorced. His mother, Raynelle Kaszynski, lives in Omaha. McFerrin began working at Baker's stores in Omaha shortly after he graduated from high school and worked his way up to manager.

Sonny McFerrin said his son and daughter-in-law enjoyed living in Modale because it was quiet.

Funeral services for McFerrin will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Methodist Church of Missouri Valley.

In addition to his wife, father and mother, McFerrin is survived by a sister, Michelle Hatcher of Logan; grandparents, Carl and Frances Bohringer of Omaha and Ed and Helen McFerrin of Modale; five half brothers and half sisters; and a stepbrother.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~