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- Obit courtesy of the Zanesville Times Recorder, June 5th, 1930
ERNEST MANN IS SUICIDE VICTIM Despondency Over Death of Son Leads to Tragic End
Despondency and grief ove the loss of a son in a traffic accident on Woodlawn Avenue is given at the cause for the suicide of Ernest Mann, aged 45, at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at the family home on Limestone Street.
Mann was found by his wife in a semi-conscious condition, a bottle of poison at his side. A physician failed to revive the victim and death followed soon afterwards. Coroner G. B. Trout returning a suicide verdict.
He was an employee of the Weller pottery and had not worked steadily of late. He brooded almost continually over the death of his son, Edward on Jan. 8, 1930, under a truck on Woodlawn Avenue and had been in a despondent mood for the past few days, relatives say.
Surviving are his widow and one son, Basil, twin-brother of the accident victim, at home; five sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Prince, Stafford; Mrs. Edward McAtee and Mrs. Floyd Parrett, Cambridge; Mrs. Ernest Thompson and Mrs. Milo King of Berne. Mann had moved here from Noble county about 20 years ago. Funeral services are incomplete. Keck in charge.
Same day
ERNEST MANN FUNERAL
Funeral services for Ernest Mann of Limestone Street, will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the C. A. Keck home, South Seventh Street. Interment will be made in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the home until time for the last rites.
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