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About George Roy Zellers
Coming as a shock to his relatives and friends is the death of George Roy ZELLERS, aged 46, well known plumber of Kewanna, which occurred at 8:30 Friday morning at Woodlawn hospital in Rochester, death being due to embolism.
Mr. Zellers was injured late Wednesday afternoon when he fell from a windmill, a distance of 30 feet, at the Jacob CRAMMER farm, north of Kewanna. Mr. Zellers, with his brother, Monroe, was engaged in putting a wheel on the windmill when the accident occurred. The two men were attempting to pull the wheel to the structure, Roy being on top of the mill and his brother on the ground, when suddenly the chain broke throwing Roy to the ground. The injured man was rushed to Woodlawn hospital, in Rochester, by his brother and a doctor who was summoned. X-ray pictures showed that Mr. Zellers had suffered a minor injury to his back and fractures of both forearms. However, his condition was not regarded as serious until early Friday morning when he suddenly became worse his death resulting a few hours later.
The deceased was born on a farm near Winamac on March 27, 1883 the son of Rudolph and Lucy ZELLERS, but practically all of his life had been spent in Kewanna. Upon reaching manhood he was married to Miss Edna McKEE, and for a number of years Mr. Zellers and his brother, Monroe, had been engaged in the plumbing business in Kewanna. He was a member of the Kewanna Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, Orbra [ZELLERS] and Wilmer [ZELLERS]; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph ZELLERS, of Kewanna; two sisters, Mrs. Lee BENNETT of Kewanna, and Mrs. Robert AGNEW, of Frankfort, Ind.; two brothers, Monroe [ZELLERS] and Howard [ZELLERS], both of Kewanna.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 25 2016, 18:32:44 UTC
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George Roy Zellers's Timeline
| 1883 |
March 27, 1883
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Winamac, Pulaski, Indiana
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| 1911 |
January 21, 1911
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Kewanna, Fulton County, Indiana
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| 1929 |
May 10, 1929
Age 46
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Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana
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