Police name victim in fatal collision- 11/13/2003

Gaylord J. Feketia of Monroe was killed Wednesday morning

BY EVENING NEWS STAFF

The Monroe County sheriff's Office has released the name of the 49-year-old Monroe man killed in a head-on traffic crash on M-50 near Nichols Rd. in Rainsville Township Wednesday morning.

Gaylord John Feketia was pronounced dead at the scene after the 1986 Plymouth car he was driving crossed the centerline of the roadway and was struck head-on by a 1997 Ford F-350 pick-up driven by Morley Oerther, 35, of Ida.

The collision trapped Mr. Feketia inside the vehicle.  He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident remains  under investigation by Deputies Dan Zdybek of the traffic services division and Bradley Bently of the road patrol division.

Anyone who may have seen the accident or has information about it is asked to call 240-7551 or 240-7560.

When one of the best cried out death has no warning.

In the blink of an eye so many lives were changed,

And another generation that will never be the same.

There are so many times and memories I'll never forget,

There's just as many years gone by I'm gonna live to regret.

We had so much stuff and things we had to do,

That we never got around to us, and now we never will.

Everyone comes to the world and everyone must leave,

Life is funny like that, life has no guarantee.

So long for now Gaylord. October 7, 1954- November 12, 2003. Steve, Paul & Kip