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Iowa school raising money for scholarship in memory of airplane crash victims

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September 13th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

JEWELL, Iowa [KCCI] –  The South Hamilton Community School District is raising money for a new scholarship in memory of recent graduate Owen Renaud and his uncle, Jesse Ostheimer. The two men were among four Iowans killed last week in an Indiana airplane crash.

Authorities say their single-engine Piper PA-46 plane left the Fort Dodge Regional Airport around 6:30 a.m. Sept. 6 and crashed around 9 a.m. near a small airport in Anderson, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis.

Renaud, 19, and Ostheimer, 41, were killed along with 68-year-old Joseph Scallon and 36-year-old Braden Hicks. The plane was owned by a LCC registered to Scallon, and Indiana authorities have said he was piloting the craft at the time of the crash.

KCCI reports South Hamilton announced that tonight’s (Friday night’s) home football game against Roland-Story will be a white-out. White T-shirts with Renaud’s name and football number (6) will be available during the game for a free-will donation. Online shirt orders can be placed here.

Money raised from the shirt sale will go toward a new Flying High Scholarship Fund created in honor of Renaud and Ostheimer.