Name: Alice J Hoad
      Sex: F

          Birth: 10 Jan 1915
    Christening: 
          Death: Nov 1987 - Bath, NY Steuben County
         Burial: in Semans Cemetary, Savona NY
Cause of Death: cirhosis of the liver

         Father: Frederick Gordon Hoad (1881-1958)
         Mother: Alida Towner (1887-1958)

1.  *Malcolm Harold Ferguson (1903 - 14 Dec 1943) 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Living Ferguson (4 Dec 1930 -           )
                2. Living Ferguson (22 Jan 1932 -           )
                3. Living Ferguson (3 Oct 1935 -           )
                4. Living Ferguson (20 Mar 1940 -           )

2.  Fredrick Holmes (               -           ) 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 

The Trial started April 3, 1944, in Corning, Honorable John C. Wheeler, Supreme Court Justice presiding. The action was brought by the widows against:

Keeshin Motor Express Co., Inc.
branch: Endwell, Broom County, New York

Seaboard Freight Lines, Inc.

Daniel Maroney

William Platt

The Widows sought judgment of $75,835.00 with interest from December 14, 1943.
Before the trial was over Keeshin And Seaboard settled for a total of $95,000.00. Charges against the companies and Maroney were dropped. The jury also awarded a judgement against William Platt, owner of the Bus, of $36,405.00 . However Platt appealed and the Appeals Court set aside the judgement on the basis of the facts that showed no negligence or fault on Platt's part.
The widows , of course testified at the trial. The Widow of Malcolm Ferguson received a settlement of $16,500.00
Their words convey, more than testimony, the poignancy of lives cut short, the difficulties faced by the families and the witness of co-workers whose lives went on but never quite the same.