Funeral services for Howard Ray Byrd, 27, were held at Riddle Sunday, the Rev. V. R. Kellems in charge. Death was caused by scalds received Friday March 30, 1928 at 1:20 p.m., when Mr. Byrd fell into a steam vat at the English Box & Basket Company. He lived seven agonizing hours.
Mr. Byrd, a former school teacher of Ohio Township, was employed as a block puller at the factory. In attempting to hoist a block out of a vat where it had been steamed to prepare it for the veneer lathe, he fell backwards from a safety rail on which he was standing.
Laverne Hughes, an employee who saw him fall, burned his hands when he pulled him from the water. Mr. Byrd was taken to the office of Dr. G. B. Hammond, from where he was taken home in the Luckett building. He was conscious until he died at 8:30 p.m. that night.
Surviving were his parents Mr. & Mrs. David S. Byrd, of Riddle, In. to whom he was born November 2, 1900; his widow the former Lela Ethel Batman, they were married June 27,1923, their two sons, Clifford Harris Byrd and Howard Clinton Byrd, both of English, In.; a brother, David Edgar Byrd, of Seattle, Washington, and a sister, Mrs. Charles H. Nash, of English, In., Two sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Byrd was converted a few weeks ago and joined the Pilgrim Holiness Church.
He attended the Wright school in Ohio Township, and after being graduated from common school, studied high school subjects by correspondence. He passed the state examination and received a diploma.
He received teacher's training at Oakland City College and taught for three years. He attended Vincennes University for three months.
Burial was in the Riddle Cemetery.
Mr. Byrd, a former school teacher of Ohio Township, was employed as a block puller at the factory. In attempting to hoist a block out of a vat where it had been steamed to prepare it for the veneer lathe, he fell backwards from a safety rail on which he was standing.
Laverne Hughes, an employee who saw him fall, burned his hands when he pulled him from the water. Mr. Byrd was taken to the office of Dr. G. B. Hammond, from where he was taken home in the Luckett building. He was conscious until he died at 8:30 p.m. that night.
Surviving were his parents Mr. & Mrs. David S. Byrd, of Riddle, In. to whom he was born November 2, 1900; his widow the former Lela Ethel Batman, they were married June 27,1923, their two sons, Clifford Harris Byrd and Howard Clinton Byrd, both of English, In.; a brother, David Edgar Byrd, of Seattle, Washington, and a sister, Mrs. Charles H. Nash, of English, In., Two sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Byrd was converted a few weeks ago and joined the Pilgrim Holiness Church.
He attended the Wright school in Ohio Township, and after being graduated from common school, studied high school subjects by correspondence. He passed the state examination and received a diploma.
He received teacher's training at Oakland City College and taught for three years. He attended Vincennes University for three months.
Burial was in the Riddle Cemetery.
Funeral services for Howard Ray Byrd, 27, were held at Riddle Sunday, the Rev. V. R. Kellems in charge. Death was caused by scalds received Friday March 30, 1928 at 1:20 p.m., when Mr. Byrd fell into a steam vat at the English Box & Basket Company. He lived seven agonizing hours.
Mr. Byrd, a former school teacher of Ohio Township, was employed as a block puller at the factory. In attempting to hoist a block out of a vat where it had been steamed to prepare it for the veneer lathe, he fell backwards from a safety rail on which he was standing.
Laverne Hughes, an employee who saw him fall, burned his hands when he pulled him from the water. Mr. Byrd was taken to the office of Dr. G. B. Hammond, from where he was taken home in the Luckett building. He was conscious until he died at 8:30 p.m. that night.
Surviving were his parents Mr. & Mrs. David S. Byrd, of Riddle, In. to whom he was born November 2, 1900; his widow the former Lela Ethel Batman, they were married June 27,1923, their two sons, Clifford Harris Byrd and Howard Clinton Byrd, both of English, In.; a brother, David Edgar Byrd, of Seattle, Washington, and a sister, Mrs. Charles H. Nash, of English, In., Two sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Byrd was converted a few weeks ago and joined the Pilgrim Holiness Church.
He attended the Wright school in Ohio Township, and after being graduated from common school, studied high school subjects by correspondence. He passed the state examination and received a diploma.
He received teacher's training at Oakland City College and taught for three years. He attended Vincennes University for three months.
Burial was in the Riddle Cemetery.
Mr. Byrd, a former school teacher of Ohio Township, was employed as a block puller at the factory. In attempting to hoist a block out of a vat where it had been steamed to prepare it for the veneer lathe, he fell backwards from a safety rail on which he was standing.
Laverne Hughes, an employee who saw him fall, burned his hands when he pulled him from the water. Mr. Byrd was taken to the office of Dr. G. B. Hammond, from where he was taken home in the Luckett building. He was conscious until he died at 8:30 p.m. that night.
Surviving were his parents Mr. & Mrs. David S. Byrd, of Riddle, In. to whom he was born November 2, 1900; his widow the former Lela Ethel Batman, they were married June 27,1923, their two sons, Clifford Harris Byrd and Howard Clinton Byrd, both of English, In.; a brother, David Edgar Byrd, of Seattle, Washington, and a sister, Mrs. Charles H. Nash, of English, In., Two sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Byrd was converted a few weeks ago and joined the Pilgrim Holiness Church.
He attended the Wright school in Ohio Township, and after being graduated from common school, studied high school subjects by correspondence. He passed the state examination and received a diploma.
He received teacher's training at Oakland City College and taught for three years. He attended Vincennes University for three months.
Burial was in the Riddle Cemetery.
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