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Katie's FIND A GRAVE memorial
Kaitlin M. “Katie” Cole, 15, Peru, passed
away at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004 after an auto accident on Wabash Road near Paw Paw Pike.
She was born March 5,
1988 in Peru and raised here by James and Sandra Wilson Cole.
Cole was a sophomore at Peru High School and involved
in jazz and ballet, the student council, and was a contestant in the homecoming court.
Survivors besides her parents
include a special friend, Sean Hannan; five grandparents, Mary Wilson, Sidney, Ill., Bill and Nedra Phillips, Columbia, S.C.,
and Bethel and Marie Hughes, Sidney, Ill.; and two brothers, Jimmy and Braden Cole, Peru. She also leaves behind a special
mom and dad, three brothers and two sets of grandparents.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Jim
Wilson.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church, Peru, with Rev. George McCarty officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Peru and Miami County Rolling Chapel.
Ashley's FIND A GRAVE memorial
Ashley N. Rusie, 16, Peru, passed away at 4 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 11, 2004 after an auto accident on Wabash Road near Paw Paw Pike.
She was born Oct. 27, 1987 in Kokomo to Mark
A. and Lori Prior Rusie.
Rusie was a sophomore at North Miami High School, loved
music and dance and being in the Ballet Arts of Peru. She attended the Mexico Baptist Church and St. Charles Catholic Church,
loved her family and hanging out with her friends.
Survivors besides her parents include three grandparents, James
and Janice Prior, Peru, and Linda Rusie, Mexico; 12 aunts and uncles, Byron and Mary Beth Fites, Bill and Ann Friend, John
and Dana Rusie, Randy and Teresa Pier, Troy and Lisa Prior and Missy and Larry Cripe; a sister, Allison Rusie, Peru; and several
cousins.
She was preceded in death by a grandfather, John Rusie.
The
funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Mexico Baptist Church, with Rev. Gary Colby and Rev. Francis Kilcline officiating. Burial
will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mexico. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mexico Baptist Church. Memorials may
be made to the Humane Society or Mexico Baptist Church Youth Ministries. Arrangements are being handled by Flowers-Leedy Funeral
Home.
Two Miami County teens died after sustaining injuries in a single car accident Sunday
evening.
Ashley N. Rusie, 16, 10203 E. CR 400 N., Peru, daughter of Mark and Lori Rusie, and a North Miami High School
student, died on impact from the accident.
Her passenger, Kaitlin (Katie) N. Cole, 15, 75 E. Fifth St., Peru, daughter of Dr. James
and Sandra Cole and Michelle and Eric Rose, all of Peru, and a Peru High School student, also died on impact during the accident
which happened at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Witnesses to the accident reported Rusie’s vehicle, a 1996 green Oldsmobile,
was traveling west on Wabash Road near Paw Paw Pike at what appeared to be a high rate of speed, according to Deputy Linda
Sutton of the Miami County Sheriff’s Department.
Sutton said the passenger tires of the car went off the right side of the road and Rusie
over corrected, causing the car to leave the road and enter a ravine. While traveling in the ravine, the car struck one tree
with its front driver’s side, spinning it sideways. It then struck a second tree.
Rusie was ejected from the
vehicle, despite the fact that she and Cole were both wearing seat belts.
Sutton said it did not appear there was any alcohol or drugs involved in the accident,
just speed.
She also reported an Indiana State Police accident reconstructionist may be called in today to determine
the exact speed the car was traveling.
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Fundraiser to benefit Rusie/Cole scholarship
By ADAM WOLFE
Tribune Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Ryan McGuire and Richelle Weller were proclaimed this year's Mr. and Miss Sweetie recently, as the North Miami
senior class sponsored a Little Sweetie Contest.
The contest was used as a means to help raise money for a scholarship in memory of Ashley Rusie and Katie
Cole. Rusie, a North Miami High School student, and Cole, who attended Peru High School, both lost their lives in an automobile
accident two years ago.
Heading the contest were North Miami seniors Kayla Arnett, Megan Oldfather, Abbey Hudson and
Mattie Lawson. The group began working on ideas for fundraising some time ago and decided on the Little Sweetie Contest earlier
this month.
"We decided about a month ago to do this," Arnett said. "It was just something fun to get the little kids
involved in, and we felt like we could raise a lot of money with it."
The students began putting out collection cans
for the 14 children involved in early February and then set out donation cans at the school during the final week.
"We have a lot of other things we are probably going to do," Arnett said. "Some other ideas we may give a
try. This was something, though, that we felt would be easy to set up and have a really good turn out."
This was evident
as the children collected $3,352.35. Richelle Weller, the two-year-old daughter of Danielle and Aaron Weller, was named Miss
Sweetie by collecting $646.48. Ryan McGuire, the one-year-old son of Shane and Angela McGuire collected $560.05 to win the
title of Mr. Sweetie.
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