Are Harmons yours? There were some in St. Joseph, MI too.
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This article goes along with the obit I posted last week, when I was
looking for an accident that may have happened in Grand Rapids, Mich. I
think Vada and Walter Harmon may have been visiting her sister who lived in
Grand Rapids.
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Gosh, this is cheerful news.
I suppose you're going to terrorize the ladies at the library today?
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The Muncie Morning Star, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 1941
BOOKKEEPER HANGS SELF IN APARTMENT
Mrs. Vada Harmon Despondent Since Husband's Death.
Mrs. Vada LaVaughn Harmon, 28, took her own life yesterday afternoon by
hanging, while despondent over the loss of her husband, Walter E. Harmon,
who died July 21.
A sister, Mrs. Ila Ford, left Mrs. Harmon's apartment at 103
1/2 South
High street at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon and forty minutes later
a
neighbor discovered the door locked. When entry was made Mrs. Harmon was
found unconscious. Efforts of artificial respiration by police and firemen
failed and Mrs. Harmon was pronounced dead at 3:10 o'clock.
She was employed at the Rodgers-Yohey Auto Body Corporation as a
bookkeeper and was formerly employed by the old Thomas furniture
manufacturing company. She was a native of Randolph County but had lived in
Muncie for the past twelve years. The body was removed to the
Potter-Stephens funeral home and will be returned to the home where friends
may call after 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night. Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Silvers, of Muncie;
eight
sisters, Mrs. Jennings Meranda, of Farmland; Mrs. Harold Mull, of Grand
Rapids; Mrs. George Alexander, of Dayton; Mrs. Roy Vandervander, Mrs. Cecil
Ford, Mrs. Kermit Frazee, Mrs. Horald Baker and Miss Annabelle Silvers, of
Muncie; and two brothers, John Silvers, of Muncie and Kenneth Silvers, of
Oakland, Cal.
The Muncie Evening Press, Wednesday Dec. 16, 1941
YOUNG WIDOW TAKES OWN LIFE
Mrs. Walter Harmon Hangs Self in Uptown Home.
A 28-year-old widow, apparently despondant over the recent death of her
husband, committed suicide by hanging Monday afternoon in her second-floor
apartment in the 100 block, South High St.
The woman, Mrs. Vada LaVaughn Harmon, was found unconscious a few
minutes after 2 p.m. when a neighbor discovered she had locked herself in
her room. Rescue squads worked over her almost an hour before she was
pronounced dead shortly after 3 o'clock.
She had hung herself with the cord of an electric iron.
Husand Died in July.
The young woman's husband, Walter (Buck) Harmon, died last July. Mrs.
Harmon was employed at the Rodgers-Yohey Body Corporation, as a bookkeeper.
She married Walter Harmon five years ago, her husband having been employed
as a plant policeman at the Chevrolet-Muncie plant.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Harmon had been living with a
sister, Mrs. Ila Ford, in the High St. apartment.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Silvers of Muncie;
eight
sisters, Mrs. Jennings Meranda of Farmland, Mrs. Harold Mull of Grand
Rapids, Mich. Mrs. George Alexander of Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Roy
Vandervander, Mrs. Cecil Ford, Mrs. Kermit Frazee, Mrs. Harold Baker and
Miss Annabelle Silvers, all of Muncie, and two brothers, John Silvers of
Muncie, and Kenneth Silvers of Oakland, Calif.
Mrs. Harmon had lived in Muncie 12 years, coming here from Randolph
County. The body was removed to the Potter-Stephens mortuary.
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