Name: Melvin Maynard Fonda
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1923
Death Date: 8 Jun 1962
Cemetery: Maple Grove Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Fultonville, New York
Evening Recorder, Amsterdam, NY, Saturday, June 9, 1962
Melvin Fonda, 38 Victim of Suicide
Melvin M. Fonda, 38, of West
Main St., Fonda, was found shot
to death in his bedroom at 8 p.m.
yesterday. His wife, Philomena,
made the discovery.
Dr. Michael D. Kizun, coroner,
pronounced a verdict of suicide,
with the wound self-inflicted by
a shotgun blast.
The incident was investigated
by Montgomery County Sheriff
Alton R. Dingman, County Investigator
John Warn and Deputy
William Wert
Mr.Fonda was born in Fultonville
on Sept 25, 1923, the
son of Theodore and Addie Fonda,
and he lived in the vicinity all
of his life, attending local schools.
He was married to the former
Philomena Conte on June 16, 1945,
and was last employed at the
Fonda Manufacturing Co. as foreman
of the finishing department
He was an attendant at the
Fultonville Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife and
two sons, Michael and Joseph, all
of Fonda, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Services at the Jackson funeral
home will be private at the convenience
of the family.
Name: Melvin Maynard Fonda
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1923
Death Date: 8 Jun 1962
Cemetery: Maple Grove Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Fultonville, New York
Evening Recorder, Amsterdam, NY, Saturday, June 9, 1962
Melvin Fonda, 38 Victim of Suicide
Melvin M. Fonda, 38, of West
Main St., Fonda, was found shot
to death in his bedroom at 8 p.m.
yesterday. His wife, Philomena,
made the discovery.
Dr. Michael D. Kizun, coroner,
pronounced a verdict of suicide,
with the wound self-inflicted by
a shotgun blast.
The incident was investigated
by Montgomery County Sheriff
Alton R. Dingman, County Investigator
John Warn and Deputy
William Wert
Mr.Fonda was born in Fultonville
on Sept 25, 1923, the
son of Theodore and Addie Fonda,
and he lived in the vicinity all
of his life, attending local schools.
He was married to the former
Philomena Conte on June 16, 1945,
and was last employed at the
Fonda Manufacturing Co. as foreman
of the finishing department
He was an attendant at the
Fultonville Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife and
two sons, Michael and Joseph, all
of Fonda, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Services at the Jackson funeral
home will be private at the convenience
of the family.
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