THE FULTON PATRIOT THURSDAY,
AUGUST 20, 1936
METRO DIAK is A SUICIDE: BY DROWNING
Metro Diak, 50, of Granby, evidently committed suicide, as his body was found in the river Saturday morning (August 15th), about three miles south of this city, by William Wiley. He had been missing since last Thursday. Wiley stated that he was at the south pier of the Smokeless Powder club early Thursday morning and found a coat and hat on the pier, which he had supposed had been left there by some fisherman or traveler. Wiley said he hung the coat and hat on a nearby tree and covered them with another garment to protect them from the weather. Papers and other identification indicated they belonged to Diak.
Diak had been suffering from a cancer ailment of the stomach and it is thought this was the cause of his ending his life.
Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Mary Diak and Mrs. James Best, and five sons,(Michael, Stephen, Joseph, John and Edward Diak, all of Fulton.
Funeral services were held from St. Michael's Polish Catholic church Monday morning, Rev. Boleslau Dutkiewicz officiating, with interment in St.Mary's cemetery.
AUGUST 20, 1936
METRO DIAK is A SUICIDE: BY DROWNING
Metro Diak, 50, of Granby, evidently committed suicide, as his body was found in the river Saturday morning (August 15th), about three miles south of this city, by William Wiley. He had been missing since last Thursday. Wiley stated that he was at the south pier of the Smokeless Powder club early Thursday morning and found a coat and hat on the pier, which he had supposed had been left there by some fisherman or traveler. Wiley said he hung the coat and hat on a nearby tree and covered them with another garment to protect them from the weather. Papers and other identification indicated they belonged to Diak.
Diak had been suffering from a cancer ailment of the stomach and it is thought this was the cause of his ending his life.
Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Mary Diak and Mrs. James Best, and five sons,(Michael, Stephen, Joseph, John and Edward Diak, all of Fulton.
Funeral services were held from St. Michael's Polish Catholic church Monday morning, Rev. Boleslau Dutkiewicz officiating, with interment in St.Mary's cemetery.
THE FULTON PATRIOT THURSDAY,
AUGUST 20, 1936
METRO DIAK is A SUICIDE: BY DROWNING
Metro Diak, 50, of Granby, evidently committed suicide, as his body was found in the river Saturday morning (August 15th), about three miles south of this city, by William Wiley. He had been missing since last Thursday. Wiley stated that he was at the south pier of the Smokeless Powder club early Thursday morning and found a coat and hat on the pier, which he had supposed had been left there by some fisherman or traveler. Wiley said he hung the coat and hat on a nearby tree and covered them with another garment to protect them from the weather. Papers and other identification indicated they belonged to Diak.
Diak had been suffering from a cancer ailment of the stomach and it is thought this was the cause of his ending his life.
Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Mary Diak and Mrs. James Best, and five sons,(Michael, Stephen, Joseph, John and Edward Diak, all of Fulton.
Funeral services were held from St. Michael's Polish Catholic church Monday morning, Rev. Boleslau Dutkiewicz officiating, with interment in St.Mary's cemetery.
AUGUST 20, 1936
METRO DIAK is A SUICIDE: BY DROWNING
Metro Diak, 50, of Granby, evidently committed suicide, as his body was found in the river Saturday morning (August 15th), about three miles south of this city, by William Wiley. He had been missing since last Thursday. Wiley stated that he was at the south pier of the Smokeless Powder club early Thursday morning and found a coat and hat on the pier, which he had supposed had been left there by some fisherman or traveler. Wiley said he hung the coat and hat on a nearby tree and covered them with another garment to protect them from the weather. Papers and other identification indicated they belonged to Diak.
Diak had been suffering from a cancer ailment of the stomach and it is thought this was the cause of his ending his life.
Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Mary Diak and Mrs. James Best, and five sons,(Michael, Stephen, Joseph, John and Edward Diak, all of Fulton.
Funeral services were held from St. Michael's Polish Catholic church Monday morning, Rev. Boleslau Dutkiewicz officiating, with interment in St.Mary's cemetery.
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