THE STAR AND SENTINEL July 11, 1931
Amos Daniel Longenecker, 59, of Mummasburg, committed suicide by hanging himself in a woods near his home, Tuesday. Members of the family attributed the act to ill health which caused Longenecker to be despondent for several months.
He left home about 9:30, Tuesday morning, without saying where he was going or what he was going to do.
When he filed to return for dinner, a search was instituted, and a son, Emmert C Longenecker, who lives at home, discovered his father's body hanging from the limb of a tree. The gruesome discovery was made about 3:00, Tuesday afternoon.
……….He was a farmer and lumberman. Surviving are a widow, Mrs. Elmira Hammers Longenecker; one daughter, Mrs. Roy M Cluck, Gettysburg; two sons, Harry A Longenecker, Hanover RD, and
Emmert C Longenecker, at home; one sister, Miss Annie E Longenecker, Carlisle, and one brother, the Rev. A R Longenecker, Littlestown.
Funeral services at the home Friday morning at 10:00, the Rev WG Group, East Berlin, officiating, assisted by Elder BF Lightner, Gettysburg. Interment in the Mennonite cemetery, Mummasburg.
Amos Daniel Longenecker, 59, of Mummasburg, committed suicide by hanging himself in a woods near his home, Tuesday. Members of the family attributed the act to ill health which caused Longenecker to be despondent for several months.
He left home about 9:30, Tuesday morning, without saying where he was going or what he was going to do.
When he filed to return for dinner, a search was instituted, and a son, Emmert C Longenecker, who lives at home, discovered his father's body hanging from the limb of a tree. The gruesome discovery was made about 3:00, Tuesday afternoon.
……….He was a farmer and lumberman. Surviving are a widow, Mrs. Elmira Hammers Longenecker; one daughter, Mrs. Roy M Cluck, Gettysburg; two sons, Harry A Longenecker, Hanover RD, and
Emmert C Longenecker, at home; one sister, Miss Annie E Longenecker, Carlisle, and one brother, the Rev. A R Longenecker, Littlestown.
Funeral services at the home Friday morning at 10:00, the Rev WG Group, East Berlin, officiating, assisted by Elder BF Lightner, Gettysburg. Interment in the Mennonite cemetery, Mummasburg.
THE STAR AND SENTINEL July 11, 1931
Amos Daniel Longenecker, 59, of Mummasburg, committed suicide by hanging himself in a woods near his home, Tuesday. Members of the family attributed the act to ill health which caused Longenecker to be despondent for several months.
He left home about 9:30, Tuesday morning, without saying where he was going or what he was going to do.
When he filed to return for dinner, a search was instituted, and a son, Emmert C Longenecker, who lives at home, discovered his father's body hanging from the limb of a tree. The gruesome discovery was made about 3:00, Tuesday afternoon.
……….He was a farmer and lumberman. Surviving are a widow, Mrs. Elmira Hammers Longenecker; one daughter, Mrs. Roy M Cluck, Gettysburg; two sons, Harry A Longenecker, Hanover RD, and
Emmert C Longenecker, at home; one sister, Miss Annie E Longenecker, Carlisle, and one brother, the Rev. A R Longenecker, Littlestown.
Funeral services at the home Friday morning at 10:00, the Rev WG Group, East Berlin, officiating, assisted by Elder BF Lightner, Gettysburg. Interment in the Mennonite cemetery, Mummasburg.
Amos Daniel Longenecker, 59, of Mummasburg, committed suicide by hanging himself in a woods near his home, Tuesday. Members of the family attributed the act to ill health which caused Longenecker to be despondent for several months.
He left home about 9:30, Tuesday morning, without saying where he was going or what he was going to do.
When he filed to return for dinner, a search was instituted, and a son, Emmert C Longenecker, who lives at home, discovered his father's body hanging from the limb of a tree. The gruesome discovery was made about 3:00, Tuesday afternoon.
……….He was a farmer and lumberman. Surviving are a widow, Mrs. Elmira Hammers Longenecker; one daughter, Mrs. Roy M Cluck, Gettysburg; two sons, Harry A Longenecker, Hanover RD, and
Emmert C Longenecker, at home; one sister, Miss Annie E Longenecker, Carlisle, and one brother, the Rev. A R Longenecker, Littlestown.
Funeral services at the home Friday morning at 10:00, the Rev WG Group, East Berlin, officiating, assisted by Elder BF Lightner, Gettysburg. Interment in the Mennonite cemetery, Mummasburg.
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