Evening News Banner, Wells County, Indiana
August 29, 1930
EDWARD BEERY KILLS HIMSELF WITH SHOTGUN
Despondent Laborer Commits Suicide Early Today Near Decatur
DECATUR, Ind., Aug 29 - Edward W. Beery, 46, a laborer residing east of Decatur, ended his life at 6:30 o'clock this morning by shooting himself in the mouth with a shot gun. He placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger with his toe.
Despondency over inability to get work is said to be the cause of Beery's act. Three years ago he was gassed while working in a Decatur garage and had been in poor health since.
Surviving are the widow, formerly Leota Gilpin, and three children, Jeanette, John and Kenneth. A sister, Mrs. C. H. Kolter, of Kendallville, and three brothers, W. F. Beery, of Decatur; Freeman Beery, of Connersville, and Sherman beery of Jackson, Mich., also survive.
The funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon.
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William Edwin Beery
in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: William Edwin Beery
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 46
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1884
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 29 Aug 1930; suicide
Death Place: Root, Adams, Indiana, USA
Father: Martin Beery
Mother: Martha Ellen Shady
Informant: Leota Beery, wife, Decatur, Ind.
Burial: Aug. 31, 1930; Decatur Cem.
Decatur Public Library (Adams Co, IN) online obit index
Title: Beery, Edwin W.
Publication: Decatur Daily Democrat; Date: 30 AUG 1930
Abstract: Funeral rites wil be held for him Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. He committed suicide on Friday morning. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery .
Subjects: Obituaries -- B -- 1930-1939
August 29, 1930
EDWARD BEERY KILLS HIMSELF WITH SHOTGUN
Despondent Laborer Commits Suicide Early Today Near Decatur
DECATUR, Ind., Aug 29 - Edward W. Beery, 46, a laborer residing east of Decatur, ended his life at 6:30 o'clock this morning by shooting himself in the mouth with a shot gun. He placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger with his toe.
Despondency over inability to get work is said to be the cause of Beery's act. Three years ago he was gassed while working in a Decatur garage and had been in poor health since.
Surviving are the widow, formerly Leota Gilpin, and three children, Jeanette, John and Kenneth. A sister, Mrs. C. H. Kolter, of Kendallville, and three brothers, W. F. Beery, of Decatur; Freeman Beery, of Connersville, and Sherman beery of Jackson, Mich., also survive.
The funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon.
**
William Edwin Beery
in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: William Edwin Beery
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 46
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1884
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 29 Aug 1930; suicide
Death Place: Root, Adams, Indiana, USA
Father: Martin Beery
Mother: Martha Ellen Shady
Informant: Leota Beery, wife, Decatur, Ind.
Burial: Aug. 31, 1930; Decatur Cem.
Decatur Public Library (Adams Co, IN) online obit index
Title: Beery, Edwin W.
Publication: Decatur Daily Democrat; Date: 30 AUG 1930
Abstract: Funeral rites wil be held for him Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. He committed suicide on Friday morning. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery .
Subjects: Obituaries -- B -- 1930-1939
Evening News Banner, Wells County, Indiana
August 29, 1930
EDWARD BEERY KILLS HIMSELF WITH SHOTGUN
Despondent Laborer Commits Suicide Early Today Near Decatur
DECATUR, Ind., Aug 29 - Edward W. Beery, 46, a laborer residing east of Decatur, ended his life at 6:30 o'clock this morning by shooting himself in the mouth with a shot gun. He placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger with his toe.
Despondency over inability to get work is said to be the cause of Beery's act. Three years ago he was gassed while working in a Decatur garage and had been in poor health since.
Surviving are the widow, formerly Leota Gilpin, and three children, Jeanette, John and Kenneth. A sister, Mrs. C. H. Kolter, of Kendallville, and three brothers, W. F. Beery, of Decatur; Freeman Beery, of Connersville, and Sherman beery of Jackson, Mich., also survive.
The funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon.
**
William Edwin Beery
in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: William Edwin Beery
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 46
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1884
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 29 Aug 1930; suicide
Death Place: Root, Adams, Indiana, USA
Father: Martin Beery
Mother: Martha Ellen Shady
Informant: Leota Beery, wife, Decatur, Ind.
Burial: Aug. 31, 1930; Decatur Cem.
Decatur Public Library (Adams Co, IN) online obit index
Title: Beery, Edwin W.
Publication: Decatur Daily Democrat; Date: 30 AUG 1930
Abstract: Funeral rites wil be held for him Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. He committed suicide on Friday morning. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery .
Subjects: Obituaries -- B -- 1930-1939
August 29, 1930
EDWARD BEERY KILLS HIMSELF WITH SHOTGUN
Despondent Laborer Commits Suicide Early Today Near Decatur
DECATUR, Ind., Aug 29 - Edward W. Beery, 46, a laborer residing east of Decatur, ended his life at 6:30 o'clock this morning by shooting himself in the mouth with a shot gun. He placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger with his toe.
Despondency over inability to get work is said to be the cause of Beery's act. Three years ago he was gassed while working in a Decatur garage and had been in poor health since.
Surviving are the widow, formerly Leota Gilpin, and three children, Jeanette, John and Kenneth. A sister, Mrs. C. H. Kolter, of Kendallville, and three brothers, W. F. Beery, of Decatur; Freeman Beery, of Connersville, and Sherman beery of Jackson, Mich., also survive.
The funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon.
**
William Edwin Beery
in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Name: William Edwin Beery
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 46
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1884
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 29 Aug 1930; suicide
Death Place: Root, Adams, Indiana, USA
Father: Martin Beery
Mother: Martha Ellen Shady
Informant: Leota Beery, wife, Decatur, Ind.
Burial: Aug. 31, 1930; Decatur Cem.
Decatur Public Library (Adams Co, IN) online obit index
Title: Beery, Edwin W.
Publication: Decatur Daily Democrat; Date: 30 AUG 1930
Abstract: Funeral rites wil be held for him Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. He committed suicide on Friday morning. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery .
Subjects: Obituaries -- B -- 1930-1939
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