Believed to have become suddenly insane. Killed his mother and then ended his own life. A farmer of Orangeville. Born in Orangeville, son of Philip & Elizabeth Christ Gath. In 1917, he married Bertha M. Spink. Survived by his widow, 2 children, Elizabeth about 15 & Philip, Jr. about 17; a sister, Mrs. Frank Glor and a brother, Albert Gath of Orangeville. Funeral held at German Church at the same time as his mothers.
There is a lengthy article about the way they died in the Attica News dated Thursday, August 27, 1936. It is to detailed for me to write.
There is a lengthy article about the way they died in the Attica News dated Thursday, August 27, 1936. It is to detailed for me to write.
Believed to have become suddenly insane. Killed his mother and then ended his own life. A farmer of Orangeville. Born in Orangeville, son of Philip & Elizabeth Christ Gath. In 1917, he married Bertha M. Spink. Survived by his widow, 2 children, Elizabeth about 15 & Philip, Jr. about 17; a sister, Mrs. Frank Glor and a brother, Albert Gath of Orangeville. Funeral held at German Church at the same time as his mothers.
There is a lengthy article about the way they died in the Attica News dated Thursday, August 27, 1936. It is to detailed for me to write.
There is a lengthy article about the way they died in the Attica News dated Thursday, August 27, 1936. It is to detailed for me to write.
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