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Suffering from injuries which he substained nearly two years ago, drove "John" ? Boose, 55 years old, to commit suicide. His dead body being found hanging in the stairway of his home at Dillsburg. The discovery was made when his five year old daughter, Miriam, went to see why he did not come down to breakfast.
Dr. W.L. Crawford was summoned, but the man was dead upon his arrivial. The cause of the suicide is thought by members of the family to have been due to ill health. Since he was struck on August 3, 1920, by a dinky engine at the city banks, near Dillsburg, and had his two legs crushed. Mr. Boose has been suffering greatly, and lately had only been able to be about with the aid of crutches. Frequently in the past few months, Mr. Boose had threatened to commit suicide, and the family kept a close watch on him. He was taken down by Charles Prosser and J.S. Kapp.
Besides his wife, the following children survive: Mrs. George Chronister of near Heidlersburg; Mrs. Elton Myers of Idaville; John Boose of York Springs; Mrs. Harry Fogle of near Deardorff's Mill; Marjorie Boose of Latimer; George of Heidlersburg; Hoddy, Bertha, Anna, and Mariam, all at home; One sister: Mrs. J.E. House of Lemoyne, also survives.
Mr. Boose was a retired carpenter and painter.
Source: The Gettysburg Times - Friday
April 28, 1922
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Suffering from injuries which he substained nearly two years ago, drove "John" ? Boose, 55 years old, to commit suicide. His dead body being found hanging in the stairway of his home at Dillsburg. The discovery was made when his five year old daughter, Miriam, went to see why he did not come down to breakfast.
Dr. W.L. Crawford was summoned, but the man was dead upon his arrivial. The cause of the suicide is thought by members of the family to have been due to ill health. Since he was struck on August 3, 1920, by a dinky engine at the city banks, near Dillsburg, and had his two legs crushed. Mr. Boose has been suffering greatly, and lately had only been able to be about with the aid of crutches. Frequently in the past few months, Mr. Boose had threatened to commit suicide, and the family kept a close watch on him. He was taken down by Charles Prosser and J.S. Kapp.
Besides his wife, the following children survive: Mrs. George Chronister of near Heidlersburg; Mrs. Elton Myers of Idaville; John Boose of York Springs; Mrs. Harry Fogle of near Deardorff's Mill; Marjorie Boose of Latimer; George of Heidlersburg; Hoddy, Bertha, Anna, and Mariam, all at home; One sister: Mrs. J.E. House of Lemoyne, also survives.
Mr. Boose was a retired carpenter and painter.
Source: The Gettysburg Times - Friday
April 28, 1922
Family Members
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Phoebe Viola Boose Chronister
1887–1947
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Emma Jane Boose Myers
1888–1975
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John Henry Boose
1890–1934
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Rosie Alice Virginia Boose Sipe
1893–1965
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George William Boose
1898–1983
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Lottie May Boose
1900–1905
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Pvt Hoddy Oberlin Boose
1904–1963
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Bertha Mae Boose Shaffer
1907–1939
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Anna F. Boose Slusser
1910–1984
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Marion Lucille Boose Beaverson
1915–1991
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