Wilfred GAGNON, 47, R.R. 1, Silver Lake, was killed at 1 p.m. today in a hay baler accident on the Fred KIRTLEY farm, 4 1/2 miles east of Akron on the Rock Lake road. Mr. Gagnon was attempting to thread a needle on the hay baler when his head became lodged in the locker arms of the baler and was crushed. Sheetz funeral home in Akron is in charge of arrangements, which are pending. Dr. Howard ROWE, Fulton county coroner, investigated.
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, August 2, 1960
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Silver Creek church for Wilfred J. GAGNON, 40, R.R. 1, Silver Lake, who was killed in a hay baler accident Monday at 1 p.m. Mr. Gagnon was working on the Fred KINLEY farm, 4 1/2 miles east of Akron on the Rock Lake road when the accident occurred. He was attempting to thread a needle on the hay baler when his head became lodged in the rocker arms of the baler and was crushed. Mr. Gagnon had lived in the Akron and Silver Lake communities for 40 years coming there from Illinois. He was born April 2, 1911, in Iroquois county, Ill., to Edward and Armin BLOIS GAGNON. He married Alice MURPHY Feb. 11, 1933, at Akron. He was a farmer and was a member of the Silver Creek church and the Modern Woodmen lodge. Surviving are the wife; four daughters, Mrs. Max (Rosella) Van CLEAVE, R.R. 1, Silver Lake; Mrs. Gene (Carolyn) MILLER, Argos; Mrs. James (Patricia) McKIBBIN, Hawaii; Mrs. Robert (Joyce) SHAFFER, Rochester; one son, William GAGNON, R.R. 1, Silver Lake; five grandchildren; eight brothers, Walter [GAGNON], Laketon, Oneal and Orville [GAGNON], Akron; Arthur, Lawrence and Rosewell [GAGNON], all of Silver Lake; Russell [GAGNON], South Whitley; and Blair [GAGNON], Fort Wayne; one sister, Mrs. William (Loretta) HANCOCK, Akron. One brother and one sister preceded him in death. The Rev. Victor YEAGER will officiate at the services and burial will be at the Silver Creek cemetery. Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron after 7 p.m. today and until 1 p.m. Thursday.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1960.htm
Wilfred GAGNON, 47, R.R. 1, Silver Lake, was killed at 1 p.m. today in a hay baler accident on the Fred KIRTLEY farm, 4 1/2 miles east of Akron on the Rock Lake road. Mr. Gagnon was attempting to thread a needle on the hay baler when his head became lodged in the locker arms of the baler and was crushed. Sheetz funeral home in Akron is in charge of arrangements, which are pending. Dr. Howard ROWE, Fulton county coroner, investigated.
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, August 2, 1960
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Silver Creek church for Wilfred J. GAGNON, 40, R.R. 1, Silver Lake, who was killed in a hay baler accident Monday at 1 p.m. Mr. Gagnon was working on the Fred KINLEY farm, 4 1/2 miles east of Akron on the Rock Lake road when the accident occurred. He was attempting to thread a needle on the hay baler when his head became lodged in the rocker arms of the baler and was crushed. Mr. Gagnon had lived in the Akron and Silver Lake communities for 40 years coming there from Illinois. He was born April 2, 1911, in Iroquois county, Ill., to Edward and Armin BLOIS GAGNON. He married Alice MURPHY Feb. 11, 1933, at Akron. He was a farmer and was a member of the Silver Creek church and the Modern Woodmen lodge. Surviving are the wife; four daughters, Mrs. Max (Rosella) Van CLEAVE, R.R. 1, Silver Lake; Mrs. Gene (Carolyn) MILLER, Argos; Mrs. James (Patricia) McKIBBIN, Hawaii; Mrs. Robert (Joyce) SHAFFER, Rochester; one son, William GAGNON, R.R. 1, Silver Lake; five grandchildren; eight brothers, Walter [GAGNON], Laketon, Oneal and Orville [GAGNON], Akron; Arthur, Lawrence and Rosewell [GAGNON], all of Silver Lake; Russell [GAGNON], South Whitley; and Blair [GAGNON], Fort Wayne; one sister, Mrs. William (Loretta) HANCOCK, Akron. One brother and one sister preceded him in death. The Rev. Victor YEAGER will officiate at the services and burial will be at the Silver Creek cemetery. Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron after 7 p.m. today and until 1 p.m. Thursday.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1960.htm
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Loretta Marie Gagnon Hancock
1897–1978
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Della Irene Gagnon Hoffman
1899–1925
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Walter Prim Gagnon
1901–1974
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Floyd Joseph Gagnon
1903–1945
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O'Neal Fred Gagnon
1905–1994
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Arthur Romeo Gagnon
1907–1980
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Russel Claud Gagnon
1909–1995
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Lawrence Alphonse Gagnon
1914–1973
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Orval J. Gagnon
1916–1983
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Rosewell Joseph Gagnon
1919–1992
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Blair D. Gagnon
1921–2006
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