Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-05-01
MRS. CORA A. HARMER DIES
FOLLOWING AN AUTO CRASH


FOLLOWING AN AUTO. CRASH
Mrs. Cora A. Harmer, wife OF
Henly J.. Harmer. funeral director
at Pennsville, was fatally injured
Sunday afternoon, near Columbus
in an auto crash. Following the ac-
White Cross hospital, Columbus,
where she died soon after being adj
mitted, her death occurring about
o'clock. Last Thursday Mr.. and Mrs
Harmer went to Delaware to visit
their daughter, Freda, wife OF
Frank Wilson. They were on their
way home when their automobile
was struck by another machine
travelling in the opposite direction
at Blendon Corners, at the junction
of state route 161 and the Three
C's highway. Mrs. Harmer was
thrown from their machine, between
the two cars. The left part of her
chest was crushed and she sustain
ed injuries about her head, and
never regained consciousness. Fol
lowing her death, the body was re-
moved from the hospital to an un-
dertaking establishment in Colum-
bus, and Monday afternoon it was
taken by the Fisher Co. of this
place to the Harmer home in Penns
vile.
Mrs. Harmer was a daughter OF
the late Andrew and Mary Buchanan
Shuster, and was born in Malta town
ship, Morgan county. She was So
years of age at the time of her death
and since her marriage Pennsville
had been their home. Besides her
husband, she is survived by three
children-Hazel, wife of Charles
Lindsay. whose home is in Vermont ;
Freda, wife of Frank Wilson, Della
ware; and Fred A. Harmer of Ches-
Mrs. Harmer was woman held in
high regard by wide circle OF
friends and acquaintances, who
will learn with deep regret of her
sudden passing. She was a mem
ber of the Methodist Protestant
church at Pennsville. and of the
Eastern Star, Chesterhill.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, at the M
P. church, Pennsville, with Rev. E
A Martin, officiating. Burial will
be made in Pennsville cemetery.
T. Il. Gordon Pneumonia Victim
A few days illness from pneu.
monia terminated Monday after
noon about o'clock in the death oi
Thomas E. Gordon, 68, which oc-
Cured at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Leo Patterson of the New Lex
ington pike. Wednesday of last
week Mr. Gordon attended the fu-
neral of his half sister, Mrs. Hattie
Appleman at Crooksville, remaining
in Crooksville over night. He re
turned Thursday to the home Of his
daughter Mrs. Patterson, Soon af
ter he had chill, and pneumonia
developed, his condition becoming
critical
Mr. Gordon's wife who was Will
nina Walpole, died two years ago
at the family home on Poplar Ridge
Following her death he broke III
housekeeping, residing with his chill
dren, who are: Bernice, wife of LIE.
Patterson; Sylvia, wife of Malcolm
D. Tysinger; Oliver and Raleigh
Gordon, all of Malta and vicinity
Besides the children surviving, are
three brothers and one sister,. r
Gordon, Chanute, Kan; F. E., oil
Ashland, Neb.; F. G., Galesburg
ILL.,, and Mrs. Mary Nelson OF
Crooksville; also three half brothers
and one half sister-C. B. Gordon
New Lexington; H. R., of Columbus;
H. W., of McConnelsville, and Artie
wife of Edward Foraker, Deaver-
town. The deceased was a retire
farmer. He was member of the
Deerfield Presbyterian church. He
spent his entire married life on tho
farm in Malta township, known as
the Mathew Walpole farm, about six
miles from his birth place. He was a
good neighbor and friend and de
voted to his family.
Funeral services were held al
Deerfield church Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev
w. j. Mills of GAINESVILLE. Interment
was made in Deerfield cemetery
Mr.. GordOn's funeral was the third
in the Gordon family in about a
week. Wednesday of last week his
half sister Mrs. Hattie Appleman
was buried. Tuesday of this week
was the funeral of an aunt, Mrs
Hattie Gordon Bash of Crooksville.