Maude M. (Creech) Lansden (1883 - 1962)

Another family member has the spelling of her first name as Maud and gives her date of death as July 1, 1962 rather than July 3, 1962.

Additional newspaper article on the plane crash:

Gerry T. Majors, 14, of North Pekin, was killed in the crash of a light plan at 4:40 p.m. Sunday near Bethany. His brother, Herbert A. Majors, 24, and pilot of the plane, and a cousin, James Ward, 20, of Bethany, are in St. Mary's hospital with severe injuries. The single-engine Taylorcraft plane crashed shortly after its takeoff and fell from a low altitude. Witnesses stated a strong wind was blowing, forcing the plane into a field on a farm operated by Robert Snyder... The Major brothers had been visiting in Bethany all day Sunday and according to reports had been flying passengers.

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Herbert A. Majors, 24, of North Pekin, died Wednesday afternoon in St. Mary's hospital from injuries received in a plane crash on April 1. Majors was pilot of the light plane which crashed east of Bethany. He is the third victim of the wreck. his younger brother, Gerry T. Majors, 14, died a few hours after the crash. A passenger, James Ward, 20, died Apr. 10.

Newspaper article on plane crash:

Gerry T. Majors, 14, died Sunday evening in a Decatur hospital from injuries received a few hours earlier in a plane crash near Bethany. Young Major's brother, Herbert Allen, 24, and a cousin, James Ward, 20, were critically injured in the same crash. The three were in a light plane piloted by the older Majors brother. They took off from a field about two miles east of Bethany, flew in a half-circle and crashed nearby in a field on a farm owned by Walter Crowder, and operated by Robert Snyder. The time of the accident was about 4:40 p.m. The three were pinned in the wreckage which had to be cut away before they could be put in an ambulance and taken to the Decatur hospital. The accident is believed due to the plane being overloaded, also possibly from the high wind blowing that afternoon. Wednesday of this week, both young Ward, and the older Majors brother were still reported as critical, and both are unconscious. Both Majors boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. (Red) majors of North Pekin, Illinois, formerly of Bethany. Services for Gerry Majors were held Wednesday afternoon at the Bethany Methodist church with interment there. He is survived by his parents, a sister, Mrs. Paul Compton of Shelbyville, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Christ Majors and Mrs. Amos Lansden of Bethany.

On April 1, 1956 (Easter Sunday), Maude and Amos lost three of their grandsons - Katherine's sons Herbert Allen and Gary, and Lucille's son, James Loren, in the crash of a private plane near Bethany. The family had been watching the boys fly over when the plane went down.

Marriage date February 26, year unknown.