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- Employee of Lima Plant Hangs Self
Vaughnsville – Charles R. Sherrard, 50, Vaunghnsville, a machinist at the Ohio Steel Foundry Co., Lima, took his own life in a shed at the rear of his home yesterday.
His body was found hanging in the shed at 3:45 p.m. by his wife, Lucille. Dr. J.R. Echelbarger, Putman County coroner, returned a verdict of suicide. It was the second suicide in five days in Putnam County.
A native of Leipsic, he was a member of the Vaughnsville Knights of Pythias Lodge and Union Church.
In addition to the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Don Rader, Lima; three sons, Marlen, Toledo, and Terry, all at home; a sister, Mrs. Seneca Datterer, Leipsic; a brother, Otto, Maumee, and one grandchild survive.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Union Church here with the Rev. Paul Watson officiating. Burial will be in Monroe Cemetery, Continental.
The body will remain in Hartman Sons Funeral Home, Columbus Grove, until being removed to the church at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Lima News, Lima, Ohio. Thursday, 14 Oct 1954.
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