Ivy, George

Webb City Missouri, Sept. 20 Funeral arrangements remained incomplete this morning for George Raymond Ivy, 45 year old Webb City Missouri man who was killed in a hard rock lead and zinc mine accident near Treece Kansas, early Monday afternoon. A falling slab of rock killed George Ivy and injured another Webb Citian, Virgil Orville Martin, also 45. Martin suffered only bruises, but remained at Picher Oklahoma hospital for observation today.

The tragedy occurred at the Mid-Continent Mine, northwest of Treece. The mine, once known as the King Tut Mine, is owned by Kenneth Childress and Herbert Milligan. Ivy, who was killed outright, was a veteran of World War II, and had been employed as a miner for some 10 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Viola Ivy; one son, Paul Ivy, of the home; three daughters, Miss Nina Ivy of the home, Mrs. Betty Reeder of Carterville Missouri, and Mrs. Wanda McKee, Oronogo Missouri; his mother, Mrs. Mae Fleck, Joplin Missouri Route I; two brothers, Charles Ivy and Henry Ivy, both of Racine Wisconsin, and four grandchildren. The body was brought to the Hedge-Lewis mortuary at Webb City.