Huntington Daily News November 9, 1950
Newton Hamilton Native Found Dead
A native of Newton Hamilton was found dead in the Seventh Avenue Hotel at Altoona on Wednesday morning. Deputy Coroner Edgar G. Walls of Blair County, who was called to conduct an investigation, said that Warner B. Carbaugh, 62 of 1608 Third Avenue, Altoona, had taken his own life by slashing his wrists. The man's body was found in a hotel lavatory near the room which he had rented the previous Tuesday evening. His body was discovered at 10:30 Wednesday forenoon by a hotel maid. Carbaugh had apparently slashed his wrists in his room, the coroner's deputy stated, but had gone to the lavatory later, where he was found dead. He had been dead about two hours, Walls stated. Warner B. Carbaugh was born at Newton Hamilton, March 6, 1888, a son of William H. and Martha (Watts) Carbaugh, and retired as a car inspector from the Pennsylvania Railroad in January, 1947, after 37 years of service. Surviving are is wife, Mrs. Ethel (Russler) Carbaugh, two children, Mrs. R. L. Boatman and Warner R. Carbuagh, both of Washington D.C.; two grandchildren, Dennis Boatman and Joanne Carbaugh; one brother and three sisters, L. H. Carbaugh of Newton Hamilton, Mrs. Esther Clemens and Mrs. Nellie Price of Altoona; Mrs. Lester Valentina of Mount Union. He was a member of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Mauk & Yates funeral home, Altoona, by the Rev. Roy A. Goss, and interment will be made in the Alto-Reste Burial Park, Altoona. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p. m. today.
Newton Hamilton Native Found Dead
A native of Newton Hamilton was found dead in the Seventh Avenue Hotel at Altoona on Wednesday morning. Deputy Coroner Edgar G. Walls of Blair County, who was called to conduct an investigation, said that Warner B. Carbaugh, 62 of 1608 Third Avenue, Altoona, had taken his own life by slashing his wrists. The man's body was found in a hotel lavatory near the room which he had rented the previous Tuesday evening. His body was discovered at 10:30 Wednesday forenoon by a hotel maid. Carbaugh had apparently slashed his wrists in his room, the coroner's deputy stated, but had gone to the lavatory later, where he was found dead. He had been dead about two hours, Walls stated. Warner B. Carbaugh was born at Newton Hamilton, March 6, 1888, a son of William H. and Martha (Watts) Carbaugh, and retired as a car inspector from the Pennsylvania Railroad in January, 1947, after 37 years of service. Surviving are is wife, Mrs. Ethel (Russler) Carbaugh, two children, Mrs. R. L. Boatman and Warner R. Carbuagh, both of Washington D.C.; two grandchildren, Dennis Boatman and Joanne Carbaugh; one brother and three sisters, L. H. Carbaugh of Newton Hamilton, Mrs. Esther Clemens and Mrs. Nellie Price of Altoona; Mrs. Lester Valentina of Mount Union. He was a member of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Mauk & Yates funeral home, Altoona, by the Rev. Roy A. Goss, and interment will be made in the Alto-Reste Burial Park, Altoona. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p. m. today.
Huntington Daily News November 9, 1950
Newton Hamilton Native Found Dead
A native of Newton Hamilton was found dead in the Seventh Avenue Hotel at Altoona on Wednesday morning. Deputy Coroner Edgar G. Walls of Blair County, who was called to conduct an investigation, said that Warner B. Carbaugh, 62 of 1608 Third Avenue, Altoona, had taken his own life by slashing his wrists. The man's body was found in a hotel lavatory near the room which he had rented the previous Tuesday evening. His body was discovered at 10:30 Wednesday forenoon by a hotel maid. Carbaugh had apparently slashed his wrists in his room, the coroner's deputy stated, but had gone to the lavatory later, where he was found dead. He had been dead about two hours, Walls stated. Warner B. Carbaugh was born at Newton Hamilton, March 6, 1888, a son of William H. and Martha (Watts) Carbaugh, and retired as a car inspector from the Pennsylvania Railroad in January, 1947, after 37 years of service. Surviving are is wife, Mrs. Ethel (Russler) Carbaugh, two children, Mrs. R. L. Boatman and Warner R. Carbuagh, both of Washington D.C.; two grandchildren, Dennis Boatman and Joanne Carbaugh; one brother and three sisters, L. H. Carbaugh of Newton Hamilton, Mrs. Esther Clemens and Mrs. Nellie Price of Altoona; Mrs. Lester Valentina of Mount Union. He was a member of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Mauk & Yates funeral home, Altoona, by the Rev. Roy A. Goss, and interment will be made in the Alto-Reste Burial Park, Altoona. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p. m. today.
Newton Hamilton Native Found Dead
A native of Newton Hamilton was found dead in the Seventh Avenue Hotel at Altoona on Wednesday morning. Deputy Coroner Edgar G. Walls of Blair County, who was called to conduct an investigation, said that Warner B. Carbaugh, 62 of 1608 Third Avenue, Altoona, had taken his own life by slashing his wrists. The man's body was found in a hotel lavatory near the room which he had rented the previous Tuesday evening. His body was discovered at 10:30 Wednesday forenoon by a hotel maid. Carbaugh had apparently slashed his wrists in his room, the coroner's deputy stated, but had gone to the lavatory later, where he was found dead. He had been dead about two hours, Walls stated. Warner B. Carbaugh was born at Newton Hamilton, March 6, 1888, a son of William H. and Martha (Watts) Carbaugh, and retired as a car inspector from the Pennsylvania Railroad in January, 1947, after 37 years of service. Surviving are is wife, Mrs. Ethel (Russler) Carbaugh, two children, Mrs. R. L. Boatman and Warner R. Carbuagh, both of Washington D.C.; two grandchildren, Dennis Boatman and Joanne Carbaugh; one brother and three sisters, L. H. Carbaugh of Newton Hamilton, Mrs. Esther Clemens and Mrs. Nellie Price of Altoona; Mrs. Lester Valentina of Mount Union. He was a member of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Mauk & Yates funeral home, Altoona, by the Rev. Roy A. Goss, and interment will be made in the Alto-Reste Burial Park, Altoona. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p. m. today.
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