1LT Leonard A Szyman of South Cornish, NH died in by accident at the Presto Grain Co on Main Street in Claremont, NH on May 14, 1969. He was born on August 17, 1930 in Claremont; the son of Alexander and Maria (Ulasewicz) Szyman. He was the owner of Presto Grain Co.
He attended local schools and was a graduate of Stevens High School in the Class of 1948. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1952.
He served as a First Lieutenant in the U S Air Force from July 19, 1952 to July 18, 1954.
He married Despina Condolon.
He owned Presto Grain Company in Claremont.
He was preceded in death by brother Edmund.
He is survived by his wife and children Bridgett, Colleen, and Leonard Jr all of South Cornish; his mother Maria Szyman of Claremont; sisters Waltina Szyman of Boston, MA, Mrs John Bourdon of Claremont, and Mrs William Baerthelein of Albany, NY; brother Bernard of Ascutney, VT; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial is in St Mary's Cemetery.
Source: NH death record, military records, City of Claremont birth records
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Source: Eagle Times, May 14, 1969
CLAREMONT, NH: Leonard Szyman, 38, of Cornish, owner of a grain plant here, died from suffocation after falling into a grain chute. Police say Szyman was reportedly shoveling the grain into the chute on the third floor when he fell into it. When fellow workers discovered he was missing, they ripped open the trap door on the first floor and found his body. Source: Nashua Telegraph, May 16, 1969
CLAREMONT, NH: An accident at the Presto Grain Co., Inc. today took the life of the plant owner; Leonard Szyman, RFD 1, Cornish. Szyman, about 38, was working alone on the third floor of the plant shoveling grain into a chute to be sent to the first floor for bagging, apparently slipped into the chute. He fell through the three floor levels of the chute and was caught in the wedge-shaped opening at the bottom which was covered with a trap. Several tons of grain fell after him, burying him inside the chute. An determined amount of time elapsed before Szyman's absence was noticed by his co-workers, Kenneth Gaudette and George Dashner. When they discovered that he was not working where they has last seen him, they searched the plant before finding indications that he might have fallen into the chute. When they realized this possibility, Gaudette and Dashner ripped open the bottom of chute and discovered Szyman. Police, firemen and the Golden Cross ambulance were called to the scene where oxygen was administered to the victim. In the rescue attempt, Gaudette injured his leg and was taken by amnbulane to Claremont General Hospital. Dr Robert Shoemaker and Dr James Skillen, Sullivan County Medical Referees, were called to the scene but their attempts to revive the victim were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead by asphyxiation by Skillen.
He attended local schools and was a graduate of Stevens High School in the Class of 1948. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1952.
He served as a First Lieutenant in the U S Air Force from July 19, 1952 to July 18, 1954.
He married Despina Condolon.
He owned Presto Grain Company in Claremont.
He was preceded in death by brother Edmund.
He is survived by his wife and children Bridgett, Colleen, and Leonard Jr all of South Cornish; his mother Maria Szyman of Claremont; sisters Waltina Szyman of Boston, MA, Mrs John Bourdon of Claremont, and Mrs William Baerthelein of Albany, NY; brother Bernard of Ascutney, VT; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial is in St Mary's Cemetery.
Source: NH death record, military records, City of Claremont birth records
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Source: Eagle Times, May 14, 1969
CLAREMONT, NH: Leonard Szyman, 38, of Cornish, owner of a grain plant here, died from suffocation after falling into a grain chute. Police say Szyman was reportedly shoveling the grain into the chute on the third floor when he fell into it. When fellow workers discovered he was missing, they ripped open the trap door on the first floor and found his body. Source: Nashua Telegraph, May 16, 1969
CLAREMONT, NH: An accident at the Presto Grain Co., Inc. today took the life of the plant owner; Leonard Szyman, RFD 1, Cornish. Szyman, about 38, was working alone on the third floor of the plant shoveling grain into a chute to be sent to the first floor for bagging, apparently slipped into the chute. He fell through the three floor levels of the chute and was caught in the wedge-shaped opening at the bottom which was covered with a trap. Several tons of grain fell after him, burying him inside the chute. An determined amount of time elapsed before Szyman's absence was noticed by his co-workers, Kenneth Gaudette and George Dashner. When they discovered that he was not working where they has last seen him, they searched the plant before finding indications that he might have fallen into the chute. When they realized this possibility, Gaudette and Dashner ripped open the bottom of chute and discovered Szyman. Police, firemen and the Golden Cross ambulance were called to the scene where oxygen was administered to the victim. In the rescue attempt, Gaudette injured his leg and was taken by amnbulane to Claremont General Hospital. Dr Robert Shoemaker and Dr James Skillen, Sullivan County Medical Referees, were called to the scene but their attempts to revive the victim were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead by asphyxiation by Skillen.
1LT Leonard A Szyman of South Cornish, NH died in by accident at the Presto Grain Co on Main Street in Claremont, NH on May 14, 1969. He was born on August 17, 1930 in Claremont; the son of Alexander and Maria (Ulasewicz) Szyman. He was the owner of Presto Grain Co.
He attended local schools and was a graduate of Stevens High School in the Class of 1948. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1952.
He served as a First Lieutenant in the U S Air Force from July 19, 1952 to July 18, 1954.
He married Despina Condolon.
He owned Presto Grain Company in Claremont.
He was preceded in death by brother Edmund.
He is survived by his wife and children Bridgett, Colleen, and Leonard Jr all of South Cornish; his mother Maria Szyman of Claremont; sisters Waltina Szyman of Boston, MA, Mrs John Bourdon of Claremont, and Mrs William Baerthelein of Albany, NY; brother Bernard of Ascutney, VT; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial is in St Mary's Cemetery.
Source: NH death record, military records, City of Claremont birth records
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Source: Eagle Times, May 14, 1969
CLAREMONT, NH: Leonard Szyman, 38, of Cornish, owner of a grain plant here, died from suffocation after falling into a grain chute. Police say Szyman was reportedly shoveling the grain into the chute on the third floor when he fell into it. When fellow workers discovered he was missing, they ripped open the trap door on the first floor and found his body. Source: Nashua Telegraph, May 16, 1969
CLAREMONT, NH: An accident at the Presto Grain Co., Inc. today took the life of the plant owner; Leonard Szyman, RFD 1, Cornish. Szyman, about 38, was working alone on the third floor of the plant shoveling grain into a chute to be sent to the first floor for bagging, apparently slipped into the chute. He fell through the three floor levels of the chute and was caught in the wedge-shaped opening at the bottom which was covered with a trap. Several tons of grain fell after him, burying him inside the chute. An determined amount of time elapsed before Szyman's absence was noticed by his co-workers, Kenneth Gaudette and George Dashner. When they discovered that he was not working where they has last seen him, they searched the plant before finding indications that he might have fallen into the chute. When they realized this possibility, Gaudette and Dashner ripped open the bottom of chute and discovered Szyman. Police, firemen and the Golden Cross ambulance were called to the scene where oxygen was administered to the victim. In the rescue attempt, Gaudette injured his leg and was taken by amnbulane to Claremont General Hospital. Dr Robert Shoemaker and Dr James Skillen, Sullivan County Medical Referees, were called to the scene but their attempts to revive the victim were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead by asphyxiation by Skillen.
He attended local schools and was a graduate of Stevens High School in the Class of 1948. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1952.
He served as a First Lieutenant in the U S Air Force from July 19, 1952 to July 18, 1954.
He married Despina Condolon.
He owned Presto Grain Company in Claremont.
He was preceded in death by brother Edmund.
He is survived by his wife and children Bridgett, Colleen, and Leonard Jr all of South Cornish; his mother Maria Szyman of Claremont; sisters Waltina Szyman of Boston, MA, Mrs John Bourdon of Claremont, and Mrs William Baerthelein of Albany, NY; brother Bernard of Ascutney, VT; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Burial is in St Mary's Cemetery.
Source: NH death record, military records, City of Claremont birth records
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Source: Eagle Times, May 14, 1969
CLAREMONT, NH: Leonard Szyman, 38, of Cornish, owner of a grain plant here, died from suffocation after falling into a grain chute. Police say Szyman was reportedly shoveling the grain into the chute on the third floor when he fell into it. When fellow workers discovered he was missing, they ripped open the trap door on the first floor and found his body. Source: Nashua Telegraph, May 16, 1969
CLAREMONT, NH: An accident at the Presto Grain Co., Inc. today took the life of the plant owner; Leonard Szyman, RFD 1, Cornish. Szyman, about 38, was working alone on the third floor of the plant shoveling grain into a chute to be sent to the first floor for bagging, apparently slipped into the chute. He fell through the three floor levels of the chute and was caught in the wedge-shaped opening at the bottom which was covered with a trap. Several tons of grain fell after him, burying him inside the chute. An determined amount of time elapsed before Szyman's absence was noticed by his co-workers, Kenneth Gaudette and George Dashner. When they discovered that he was not working where they has last seen him, they searched the plant before finding indications that he might have fallen into the chute. When they realized this possibility, Gaudette and Dashner ripped open the bottom of chute and discovered Szyman. Police, firemen and the Golden Cross ambulance were called to the scene where oxygen was administered to the victim. In the rescue attempt, Gaudette injured his leg and was taken by amnbulane to Claremont General Hospital. Dr Robert Shoemaker and Dr James Skillen, Sullivan County Medical Referees, were called to the scene but their attempts to revive the victim were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead by asphyxiation by Skillen.
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