Charles T. Yocum, of Paxtang, Harrisburg, a railway mail clerk, former Northumberland resident was found dead in an empty mail storage car at the Hagerstown, Md. yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Saturday. Mr. Yocum died approximately 45 minutes before from a self-inflicted gunshot wound of the head. He was 46 years of age and a son of Dr. and Mrs. John P. Yocum, of Chester, former residents of Northumberland, Dr. Yocum having been a well-known dentist here more than 25 years ago with offices at Front and Queen Streets.
According to an examination by Dr. Samuel S. Wells, deputy medical examiner for Washington County, Mr. Yocum died approximately 45 minutes before the body was discovered by a railroad conductor. The examiner said that death was due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound that was discovered about two inches behind the right ear and which emerged about four inches above the lobe of the left ear. The wound was self-inflicted with a .30 calibre service gun, the type issued railway clerks.
Employed by the Post Office Department as a mail transferer in the Harrisburg station, Yocum failed to report for duty at 11:30 o'clock Friday night. The Norfolk and Western car which he boarded at Harrisburg was unattended during the trip. The deceased was a veteran of World War I and a member of Trinity Methodist Church, Harrisburg. He was a grandson of the late Rev. Dr. Ezra H. Yocum, long a minister of the Methodist Church and who was buried in Riverview Cemetery. The late Mr. Yocum was a nephew of Dr. Charles W. Rice, long a local physician.
Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife, Grace Yocum; three sons, Barry Lee, home, Charles E., of Camp Hill, and James M., of Harrisburg; a stepson, Paul Simon Yocum, at home; two brothers, J. P. Yocum of Chester and Ezra Yocum, Manila, Philippine Islands, and two sisters.
Services will be held from the Dugan Funeral Home, Harrisburg, Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock in charge of Rev. J. Merrill Williams, Methodist pastor, there and burial will be made in Riverview Cemetery here. The funeral cortege is expected to arrive about noon with interment to be made at once.
[The Daily Item - Monday, January 12, 1948]
According to an examination by Dr. Samuel S. Wells, deputy medical examiner for Washington County, Mr. Yocum died approximately 45 minutes before the body was discovered by a railroad conductor. The examiner said that death was due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound that was discovered about two inches behind the right ear and which emerged about four inches above the lobe of the left ear. The wound was self-inflicted with a .30 calibre service gun, the type issued railway clerks.
Employed by the Post Office Department as a mail transferer in the Harrisburg station, Yocum failed to report for duty at 11:30 o'clock Friday night. The Norfolk and Western car which he boarded at Harrisburg was unattended during the trip. The deceased was a veteran of World War I and a member of Trinity Methodist Church, Harrisburg. He was a grandson of the late Rev. Dr. Ezra H. Yocum, long a minister of the Methodist Church and who was buried in Riverview Cemetery. The late Mr. Yocum was a nephew of Dr. Charles W. Rice, long a local physician.
Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife, Grace Yocum; three sons, Barry Lee, home, Charles E., of Camp Hill, and James M., of Harrisburg; a stepson, Paul Simon Yocum, at home; two brothers, J. P. Yocum of Chester and Ezra Yocum, Manila, Philippine Islands, and two sisters.
Services will be held from the Dugan Funeral Home, Harrisburg, Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock in charge of Rev. J. Merrill Williams, Methodist pastor, there and burial will be made in Riverview Cemetery here. The funeral cortege is expected to arrive about noon with interment to be made at once.
[The Daily Item - Monday, January 12, 1948]
Charles T. Yocum, of Paxtang, Harrisburg, a railway mail clerk, former Northumberland resident was found dead in an empty mail storage car at the Hagerstown, Md. yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Saturday. Mr. Yocum died approximately 45 minutes before from a self-inflicted gunshot wound of the head. He was 46 years of age and a son of Dr. and Mrs. John P. Yocum, of Chester, former residents of Northumberland, Dr. Yocum having been a well-known dentist here more than 25 years ago with offices at Front and Queen Streets.
According to an examination by Dr. Samuel S. Wells, deputy medical examiner for Washington County, Mr. Yocum died approximately 45 minutes before the body was discovered by a railroad conductor. The examiner said that death was due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound that was discovered about two inches behind the right ear and which emerged about four inches above the lobe of the left ear. The wound was self-inflicted with a .30 calibre service gun, the type issued railway clerks.
Employed by the Post Office Department as a mail transferer in the Harrisburg station, Yocum failed to report for duty at 11:30 o'clock Friday night. The Norfolk and Western car which he boarded at Harrisburg was unattended during the trip. The deceased was a veteran of World War I and a member of Trinity Methodist Church, Harrisburg. He was a grandson of the late Rev. Dr. Ezra H. Yocum, long a minister of the Methodist Church and who was buried in Riverview Cemetery. The late Mr. Yocum was a nephew of Dr. Charles W. Rice, long a local physician.
Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife, Grace Yocum; three sons, Barry Lee, home, Charles E., of Camp Hill, and James M., of Harrisburg; a stepson, Paul Simon Yocum, at home; two brothers, J. P. Yocum of Chester and Ezra Yocum, Manila, Philippine Islands, and two sisters.
Services will be held from the Dugan Funeral Home, Harrisburg, Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock in charge of Rev. J. Merrill Williams, Methodist pastor, there and burial will be made in Riverview Cemetery here. The funeral cortege is expected to arrive about noon with interment to be made at once.
[The Daily Item - Monday, January 12, 1948]
According to an examination by Dr. Samuel S. Wells, deputy medical examiner for Washington County, Mr. Yocum died approximately 45 minutes before the body was discovered by a railroad conductor. The examiner said that death was due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound that was discovered about two inches behind the right ear and which emerged about four inches above the lobe of the left ear. The wound was self-inflicted with a .30 calibre service gun, the type issued railway clerks.
Employed by the Post Office Department as a mail transferer in the Harrisburg station, Yocum failed to report for duty at 11:30 o'clock Friday night. The Norfolk and Western car which he boarded at Harrisburg was unattended during the trip. The deceased was a veteran of World War I and a member of Trinity Methodist Church, Harrisburg. He was a grandson of the late Rev. Dr. Ezra H. Yocum, long a minister of the Methodist Church and who was buried in Riverview Cemetery. The late Mr. Yocum was a nephew of Dr. Charles W. Rice, long a local physician.
Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife, Grace Yocum; three sons, Barry Lee, home, Charles E., of Camp Hill, and James M., of Harrisburg; a stepson, Paul Simon Yocum, at home; two brothers, J. P. Yocum of Chester and Ezra Yocum, Manila, Philippine Islands, and two sisters.
Services will be held from the Dugan Funeral Home, Harrisburg, Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock in charge of Rev. J. Merrill Williams, Methodist pastor, there and burial will be made in Riverview Cemetery here. The funeral cortege is expected to arrive about noon with interment to be made at once.
[The Daily Item - Monday, January 12, 1948]
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