Two Suicides occurred in York County during Saturday night. The dead, Mervin C Henry, 40 years old, of 316 Second Avenue, Hanover, was found by his wife suspended from a rope in their barn at their home.
Despondency because of ill health, it is believed caused Henry to take his own life. He rose as usual Sunday morning about 5am. Later when his wife arose, she became uneasy due to a prolonged absence and a search of a small barn, at the rear of their lot revealed her husband hanging from a rope suspended from a rafter in the first floor of the barn. He had been in ill health for several months.
Mr Henry for many years had been an agend for Houck Bakery.
Surviving besides his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Emma J Shanefelter, are two childern, A Burnell and Ruth at home. The following brothers and sisters: Charles, Melvin, Horace, Robert, Earl, John, and Paul, all of Hanover. Mrs Miriam Wolford, Mrs Stella Zinneman, Helen Henry, Mrs Ralph Biddle and Mrs Hartman.
Two Suicides occurred in York County during Saturday night. The dead, Mervin C Henry, 40 years old, of 316 Second Avenue, Hanover, was found by his wife suspended from a rope in their barn at their home.
Despondency because of ill health, it is believed caused Henry to take his own life. He rose as usual Sunday morning about 5am. Later when his wife arose, she became uneasy due to a prolonged absence and a search of a small barn, at the rear of their lot revealed her husband hanging from a rope suspended from a rafter in the first floor of the barn. He had been in ill health for several months.
Mr Henry for many years had been an agend for Houck Bakery.
Surviving besides his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Emma J Shanefelter, are two childern, A Burnell and Ruth at home. The following brothers and sisters: Charles, Melvin, Horace, Robert, Earl, John, and Paul, all of Hanover. Mrs Miriam Wolford, Mrs Stella Zinneman, Helen Henry, Mrs Ralph Biddle and Mrs Hartman.
Family Members
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Charles Webster Henry
1881–1955
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Melvin George Henry
1883–1959
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Estella K. Henry Zinneman
1885–1957
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Paul Wilson Henry
1886–1960
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Miriam Grace Henry Wolford
1887–1943
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Elsie Amanda Henry Hardeman
1888–1928
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Myrtle E Henry Biddle
1891–1959
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Earl Luther Henry
1893–1926
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Helen L Henry Shadle
1895–1966
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Horace L. Henry Sr
1897–1978
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John Wesley Henry
1898–1976
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Robert McKinley Henry
1901–1973
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