When he filled out his WW2 draft card in Nov 1945 he was living at 1410 East Ten Mile Road in Ferndale, Michigan. Under employer's name it said "Discharge U.S. Army" so why he was filling out a draft card seems odd, especially given that the war was over by the time he did it. He was 5'8" tall, weighed 155 pounds and had brown hair, blue eyes, and a "ruddy" complexion.4
From the 29 October 1981 El Paso Times: Amateur lands plane when pilot collapses. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- John Ussery had never handled an airplane before, so when the pilot let him take control of a single-engined plane at 2,500 feet, he welcomed the chance. Then the pilot collapsed, and Ussery had to bring the plane down. "I was flying the plane -- I had the wheel in my hands when he fell over," Ussery, a 29-year-old businessman, said Wednesday. "He asked me, 'Think you can handle it now?' and I said, 'No, I can't handle it.' I expected him to take it back, but that's the last thing he said and his head fell back." The pilot, Ellsworth Moore, 55, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Ussery and his father-in-law, John Boyd, 60, of Hot Springs, Ark., were on a pleasure flight Tuesday with pilot Moore south of Little Rock. Ussery said that when Moore slumped over, he thought it was a joke. "But then we started slapping him, trying to wake him up, and I couldn't feel a pulse," he said. Ussery said he followed Interstate 30 south, then called for help on the radio. With the help of two Hot Springs flight instructors, Ussery flew the Rockwell Aero Commander more than 60 miles to Little Rock's Adams field, where he landed safely. "I guess I was a little bit lucky," Ussery said. "Sure, I was real scared, but it was a funny kind of scared -- not really panicky.".
Versions of this story appeared in papers around the country. They won't be transcribed here, but some additional bits of information were:
Efforts to revive Moore at the airport were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at the University of Arkansas Medical Center.
Moore was from Hot Springs Village, Ark., and he lost consciousness as the plane approached Arkadelphia.
Moore had promised Ussery a flying lesson that day and had already explained the plane's instruments before he died.
Flying instructors Larry Cain, 33, of Arkadelphia and Joseph Ropp of Bismarck were in an Arkadelphia airport tower and answerd the distress call. Ussery flew the plane along Interstate 30, and as Cain and Ropp took off in a second plane, Little Rock Airport was notified of the emergency. Officials cleared air traffic in the area and brought out crash crews, ambulances and rescue units. The instructors told Ussery how to reach Little Rock, and then talked him through the landing. Cain said that in landing, Ussery "got a bounce out of it, but it was acceptable." [Chillicothe Gazette, Chillicothe, Ohio, 28 Oct 1981, p.2]
'It was comparable to a student's first landing,' Cain said. 'He bumped it once but it wasn't a bad bump. He drove it right down the center line and even reached over and turned the engine off by himself.' He said the tensest moments in the whole affair came when Ussery had to change radio frequency to the airport's landing frequency, when they could have lost contact, and when they had to get his landing gear down. 'We kept him going at a little faster air speed than normal because we didn't want him stalling out,' Cain said. He said neither he nor Ropp had ever talked a plane down before and admitted it had its scary moments. Asked if he would do it again, he said: 'You bet your sweet ass I would. It's all I could do.' [UPI news archive]5
She was living in Commerce Township, Michigan when her stepfather Dale Crumly died in 2003.
Her obituary appeared on the website of the Borek Jennings Funeral Homes in MichiganG and read as follows:
Ullrich, Patricia Lee. Hartland, MI. Her Legacy… Patricia Lee Ullrich, 75, passed away February 16, 2025. She was born on June 23, 1949, in Detroit, Michigan to Elsworth Moore and Virginia (Pigman) Moore. Patricia graduated from Southfield High School and then married the love of her life, Walter Ullrich, on September 14, 1968, in Southfield, Michigan. Patricia spent 15 years in caring for others while nursing as a supervisor in wound care, in a rehabilitation facility. She will be remembered as being very focused on her family, especially her children and grandchildren. Patricia’s personal passion was playing piano for most of her life. She also enjoyed going on vacations to all-inclusive resorts or on cruises to places warm and sunny. Her Family… Patricia will be greatly missed by her husband, Walter Ullrich; her children, Todd (Lisa) Ullrich, Mark (Audrey) Ullrich, Matthew (Erin) Ullrich; siblings, Carol (John) Spears, Debbie Woods; grandchildren Rachael (Scott), Sarah (Ben), Morgan, Gretchen, Austin, Alex, Ava; great grandchildren Reese, Ella, Jack; many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Elsworth and Virginia Moore.3
Ivan died on 27 October 2003. His last place of residence was Hot Springs Village, Arkansas.1
His obituary appeared in the 5 November 2003 Hot Springs Village Voice and read as follows:
Ivan "Dale" Crumly of HSV (Hot Springs Village) died Monday, October 27, 2003. He was born November 24, 1921 in Fountain County, IN to the late Clinton and Hazel McCollum Crumly. He served his country in the U. S. Army Corp. during WWII, and was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church of Hot Springs Village AR. He was a retired postal clerk with the U. S. Post Office and was an American Legion Life member in Lafayette, IN. He was voted into the Indiana Bowling Association Hall of Fame, and also a life member of the Edmonton Alberta Canada Old Timers Baseball Association. Survivors include: his wife, Virginia "Ginnie" Pigman Crumly of Hot Springs Village, AR; three sons - Michael D. Crumly of Brownsburg, IN; Mark C. Crumly of Lafayette, IN; Martin B. Crumly; one daughter: Michele A. Pruitt of Lafayette, IN; three stepdaughters: Patricia Ullrich of Commerce Township, MI; Carol Spears of Clinton, MS; Deborah Woods of Greenville, MS; 17 grandchildren, 18 Great grandchildren and two great, great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty G. Maddox Crumly and his parents. Visitation was Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at CedarVale Funeral Home. A Memorial Service was held October 30, 2003 at the Christ Lutheran Church of Hot Springs Village. Memorials may be made to the Christ Lutheran Church of Hot Springs Village. Arrangements were under the direction of Cedarvale Funeral Home, Hot Springs Village, AR.
