PA Death Record lists him as Charles William Sweigart, then lists his parents as Pares Ecenroad and Lena Sweigart.
"Summary news article in the Lititz (PA) Record Express, published 28 Nov 2013, full article published Thursday, 26 Nov 1953 in Thursday's Record Express.
"Takes Life After Spat - Remorseful over a love spat, Charles W. Sweigart, seventeen, of Ephrata, committed suicide in his automobile parked in the barnyard of his mother's home at Pine Hill, southeast of this borough
The car was only a few feet from where his mother, Mrs. Lena Sweigart slept, and was found at 7:30 a.m. by two neighbors, Ray Bushong and Russel Keath, both of Lititz RD1.
Dr. M. H. Yoder, county coroner, ....... a love spat had caused the suicide.
Service will be held in Ephrata Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, with interment in Mohler's Cemetery."
Lancaster (PA) New Era, Tuesday, 24 Nov 1953, pg. 3.
"Charles W. Sweigart Survivors Are Listed.
Charles W. Sweigart, seventeen, of 518 W. Main St., Ephrata, was found dead yesterday of carbon monoxide fumes in his automobile parked in the barnyard at the home of his mother, Mrs. Lena Sweigart Worley, Lititz R1.
Dr. M. H. Yoder, Lititz, the county coroner, issued a verdict of suicide.
Besides his mother, the youth is survived by his father, Phares Ecenrode, 552 E. Main St., Ephrata; a half sister and two half brothers, Elva Catherine, Ralph Arlington Jr. and Ralph Eugene Worley II, all of Lititz Road. He is also survived by his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Emma H. Ludwig, Lincoln; and his paternal grandfather, Harvey L. Ecenrode, Ephrata, with whom he resided."
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), Tuesday, 24 Nov 1953, pg. 36.
"SWEIGART - Entered into rest in Warwick Twp., Lancaster County, on Monday, November 23, 1953. Charles W. Sweigart, the son of Phares Ecenroad [sic] and Lena Sweigart Worley, in his 18th year. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral without further notice from the Eitnier & Hoffman Home for Funerals, 102 W. Main St., Ephrata, Pa., on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Mohler's Cemetery. Friends may call at the Home for Funerals Thursday 7 to 9."
Lancaster (PA) New Era, Tuesday, 22 Dec 1953, pg. 3.
"Letters Granted.
Phares Ecenrode, Ephrata, administrator of the Charles W. Sweigart estate, Ephrata."
PA Death Record lists him as Charles William Sweigart, then lists his parents as Pares Ecenroad and Lena Sweigart.
"Summary news article in the Lititz (PA) Record Express, published 28 Nov 2013, full article published Thursday, 26 Nov 1953 in Thursday's Record Express.
"Takes Life After Spat - Remorseful over a love spat, Charles W. Sweigart, seventeen, of Ephrata, committed suicide in his automobile parked in the barnyard of his mother's home at Pine Hill, southeast of this borough
The car was only a few feet from where his mother, Mrs. Lena Sweigart slept, and was found at 7:30 a.m. by two neighbors, Ray Bushong and Russel Keath, both of Lititz RD1.
Dr. M. H. Yoder, county coroner, ....... a love spat had caused the suicide.
Service will be held in Ephrata Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, with interment in Mohler's Cemetery."
Lancaster (PA) New Era, Tuesday, 24 Nov 1953, pg. 3.
"Charles W. Sweigart Survivors Are Listed.
Charles W. Sweigart, seventeen, of 518 W. Main St., Ephrata, was found dead yesterday of carbon monoxide fumes in his automobile parked in the barnyard at the home of his mother, Mrs. Lena Sweigart Worley, Lititz R1.
Dr. M. H. Yoder, Lititz, the county coroner, issued a verdict of suicide.
Besides his mother, the youth is survived by his father, Phares Ecenrode, 552 E. Main St., Ephrata; a half sister and two half brothers, Elva Catherine, Ralph Arlington Jr. and Ralph Eugene Worley II, all of Lititz Road. He is also survived by his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Emma H. Ludwig, Lincoln; and his paternal grandfather, Harvey L. Ecenrode, Ephrata, with whom he resided."
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), Tuesday, 24 Nov 1953, pg. 36.
"SWEIGART - Entered into rest in Warwick Twp., Lancaster County, on Monday, November 23, 1953. Charles W. Sweigart, the son of Phares Ecenroad [sic] and Lena Sweigart Worley, in his 18th year. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral without further notice from the Eitnier & Hoffman Home for Funerals, 102 W. Main St., Ephrata, Pa., on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Mohler's Cemetery. Friends may call at the Home for Funerals Thursday 7 to 9."
Lancaster (PA) New Era, Tuesday, 22 Dec 1953, pg. 3.
"Letters Granted.
Phares Ecenrode, Ephrata, administrator of the Charles W. Sweigart estate, Ephrata."
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