Gene S. Scrivner, 30, a mechanic at Corner's Farm Service here died Sunday night in the yard north of the courthouse as a result of a self-inflicted blast in the head from his own shotgun. The tragedy was discovered shortly before 9 a.m. Monday by District Court Clerk Paul Hodges. Neither relatives or friends were able to advance a reason for his act.
Scrivner left his home in the northwest part of town about 8 o'clock Sunday evening. He picked up the .410 guage (sic) gun from the building where he worked.
Evidence gathered by authorities points to 9 o'clock the same evening as the probable time of his act. Mr. Hodges found his body in the courtyard about 10 feet south of the street walk and 10 feet east of the walk leading to the north door of the courthouse. Deputy Sheriff H. McAdamson and Acting Coroner H.A. Brubaker conducted the routine examination.
Scrivner, married and the father of six daughters from 1 ½ to 11 years, had worked for the farm implement firm here for the past four years, where he was considered an excellent mechanic. He served with the Navy in World War II in the Pacific theatre.
He was born Oct. 11, 1921, in Jewell county (sic), Kansas.
Funeral services are being conducted this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Klawitter Chapel, with the Reverend Harold J. Coates of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment is being made in the Nelson Cemetery.
The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, September 4, 1952
Gene Stewart Scrivner, son of Robert E. and Catherine Scrivner, was born Oct. 11, 1921, in Jewell County, Kansas, and departed from this life on Aug. 31, 1952, at Nelson, Nebr., at the age of 30 years, 10 months and 20 days.
He was united in marriage to Helen Snavely on Apr. 11, 1940 and to this union six daughters were born: Paula Kay, Sherry Jean, Carol Lynn, Grace Elaine, Peggy Ann, and Cynthia Rae.
In July of 1944 he entered the Armed Forces. After serving with the Sea Beas for 16 months he was honorably discharged in November of 1945.
After a short time spent in Washington State, the remainder of his life was spent in Nelson where he was employed at Corner's Farm Service.
Gene was a loving husband and father, a conscientious worker, a friend of all who knew him, and will be sadly missed from our midst.
Besides his beloved wife and children, he leaves to mourn his passing: a grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Scrivner, Scandia, Kansas; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scrivner of Scandia; three brothers, Glen of Scandia, Sherman of Webber, Kan., and Marvin with the Armed Forces in Korea; two sisters, Grace Poole of Star, Idaho, and Gladys Freed of Scandia; his mother and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Will Vough of Nelson, Nebr.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Wayne Bennett of Superior, Nebr., and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4, in the Klawitter Chapel in Nelson, the Reverend Harold J. Coates officiating. Burial was made in the Nelson Cemetery.
The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, September 11, 1952; pg. 5
Scrivner left his home in the northwest part of town about 8 o'clock Sunday evening. He picked up the .410 guage (sic) gun from the building where he worked.
Evidence gathered by authorities points to 9 o'clock the same evening as the probable time of his act. Mr. Hodges found his body in the courtyard about 10 feet south of the street walk and 10 feet east of the walk leading to the north door of the courthouse. Deputy Sheriff H. McAdamson and Acting Coroner H.A. Brubaker conducted the routine examination.
Scrivner, married and the father of six daughters from 1 ½ to 11 years, had worked for the farm implement firm here for the past four years, where he was considered an excellent mechanic. He served with the Navy in World War II in the Pacific theatre.
He was born Oct. 11, 1921, in Jewell county (sic), Kansas.
Funeral services are being conducted this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Klawitter Chapel, with the Reverend Harold J. Coates of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment is being made in the Nelson Cemetery.
The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, September 4, 1952
Gene Stewart Scrivner, son of Robert E. and Catherine Scrivner, was born Oct. 11, 1921, in Jewell County, Kansas, and departed from this life on Aug. 31, 1952, at Nelson, Nebr., at the age of 30 years, 10 months and 20 days.
He was united in marriage to Helen Snavely on Apr. 11, 1940 and to this union six daughters were born: Paula Kay, Sherry Jean, Carol Lynn, Grace Elaine, Peggy Ann, and Cynthia Rae.
In July of 1944 he entered the Armed Forces. After serving with the Sea Beas for 16 months he was honorably discharged in November of 1945.
After a short time spent in Washington State, the remainder of his life was spent in Nelson where he was employed at Corner's Farm Service.
Gene was a loving husband and father, a conscientious worker, a friend of all who knew him, and will be sadly missed from our midst.
Besides his beloved wife and children, he leaves to mourn his passing: a grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Scrivner, Scandia, Kansas; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scrivner of Scandia; three brothers, Glen of Scandia, Sherman of Webber, Kan., and Marvin with the Armed Forces in Korea; two sisters, Grace Poole of Star, Idaho, and Gladys Freed of Scandia; his mother and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Will Vough of Nelson, Nebr.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Wayne Bennett of Superior, Nebr., and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4, in the Klawitter Chapel in Nelson, the Reverend Harold J. Coates officiating. Burial was made in the Nelson Cemetery.
The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, September 11, 1952; pg. 5
Gene S. Scrivner, 30, a mechanic at Corner's Farm Service here died Sunday night in the yard north of the courthouse as a result of a self-inflicted blast in the head from his own shotgun. The tragedy was discovered shortly before 9 a.m. Monday by District Court Clerk Paul Hodges. Neither relatives or friends were able to advance a reason for his act.
Scrivner left his home in the northwest part of town about 8 o'clock Sunday evening. He picked up the .410 guage (sic) gun from the building where he worked.
Evidence gathered by authorities points to 9 o'clock the same evening as the probable time of his act. Mr. Hodges found his body in the courtyard about 10 feet south of the street walk and 10 feet east of the walk leading to the north door of the courthouse. Deputy Sheriff H. McAdamson and Acting Coroner H.A. Brubaker conducted the routine examination.
Scrivner, married and the father of six daughters from 1 ½ to 11 years, had worked for the farm implement firm here for the past four years, where he was considered an excellent mechanic. He served with the Navy in World War II in the Pacific theatre.
He was born Oct. 11, 1921, in Jewell county (sic), Kansas.
Funeral services are being conducted this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Klawitter Chapel, with the Reverend Harold J. Coates of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment is being made in the Nelson Cemetery.
The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, September 4, 1952
Gene Stewart Scrivner, son of Robert E. and Catherine Scrivner, was born Oct. 11, 1921, in Jewell County, Kansas, and departed from this life on Aug. 31, 1952, at Nelson, Nebr., at the age of 30 years, 10 months and 20 days.
He was united in marriage to Helen Snavely on Apr. 11, 1940 and to this union six daughters were born: Paula Kay, Sherry Jean, Carol Lynn, Grace Elaine, Peggy Ann, and Cynthia Rae.
In July of 1944 he entered the Armed Forces. After serving with the Sea Beas for 16 months he was honorably discharged in November of 1945.
After a short time spent in Washington State, the remainder of his life was spent in Nelson where he was employed at Corner's Farm Service.
Gene was a loving husband and father, a conscientious worker, a friend of all who knew him, and will be sadly missed from our midst.
Besides his beloved wife and children, he leaves to mourn his passing: a grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Scrivner, Scandia, Kansas; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scrivner of Scandia; three brothers, Glen of Scandia, Sherman of Webber, Kan., and Marvin with the Armed Forces in Korea; two sisters, Grace Poole of Star, Idaho, and Gladys Freed of Scandia; his mother and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Will Vough of Nelson, Nebr.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Wayne Bennett of Superior, Nebr., and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4, in the Klawitter Chapel in Nelson, the Reverend Harold J. Coates officiating. Burial was made in the Nelson Cemetery.
The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, September 11, 1952; pg. 5
Scrivner left his home in the northwest part of town about 8 o'clock Sunday evening. He picked up the .410 guage (sic) gun from the building where he worked.
Evidence gathered by authorities points to 9 o'clock the same evening as the probable time of his act. Mr. Hodges found his body in the courtyard about 10 feet south of the street walk and 10 feet east of the walk leading to the north door of the courthouse. Deputy Sheriff H. McAdamson and Acting Coroner H.A. Brubaker conducted the routine examination.
Scrivner, married and the father of six daughters from 1 ½ to 11 years, had worked for the farm implement firm here for the past four years, where he was considered an excellent mechanic. He served with the Navy in World War II in the Pacific theatre.
He was born Oct. 11, 1921, in Jewell county (sic), Kansas.
Funeral services are being conducted this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Klawitter Chapel, with the Reverend Harold J. Coates of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment is being made in the Nelson Cemetery.
The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, September 4, 1952
Gene Stewart Scrivner, son of Robert E. and Catherine Scrivner, was born Oct. 11, 1921, in Jewell County, Kansas, and departed from this life on Aug. 31, 1952, at Nelson, Nebr., at the age of 30 years, 10 months and 20 days.
He was united in marriage to Helen Snavely on Apr. 11, 1940 and to this union six daughters were born: Paula Kay, Sherry Jean, Carol Lynn, Grace Elaine, Peggy Ann, and Cynthia Rae.
In July of 1944 he entered the Armed Forces. After serving with the Sea Beas for 16 months he was honorably discharged in November of 1945.
After a short time spent in Washington State, the remainder of his life was spent in Nelson where he was employed at Corner's Farm Service.
Gene was a loving husband and father, a conscientious worker, a friend of all who knew him, and will be sadly missed from our midst.
Besides his beloved wife and children, he leaves to mourn his passing: a grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Scrivner, Scandia, Kansas; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scrivner of Scandia; three brothers, Glen of Scandia, Sherman of Webber, Kan., and Marvin with the Armed Forces in Korea; two sisters, Grace Poole of Star, Idaho, and Gladys Freed of Scandia; his mother and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Will Vough of Nelson, Nebr.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Wayne Bennett of Superior, Nebr., and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4, in the Klawitter Chapel in Nelson, the Reverend Harold J. Coates officiating. Burial was made in the Nelson Cemetery.
The Nelson Gazette, Thursday, September 11, 1952; pg. 5
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