Published in The York Dispatch, York, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, June 27, 1928.
Heat Helps Cause Death.
George M. Cocklin, 71 Years Old, Stricken While Working In Hot Sun.
--A heart attack which was super-induced, it is believed, by over-exertion while working in the hot sun on the farm of his son, Victor Cocklin, near Stony-Brook, resulted in the death shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon of George M. Cocklin, 55 North Newberry street. Mr. Cocklin was 71 years old. He died in an automobile as he was being brought to the West Side sanitarium. When the man was brought into the institution Dr. W. H. Horning, who examinded(sic) him, pronounced him dead.
--The aged man, with L. Edward Zech, 301 Carlisle avenue, and William Lloyd, who resides on the Cocklin farm, had been engaged during the past few days in digging ground and placing cinders in a pit which is to be used by marksmen for trapshooting purposes. Mr. Cooklin had been advised by his son not to exert himself owing to his advanced age. He ate a hearty meal at noon and did not once complain of feeling ill. The three men were engaged at work loading cinders on a truck when Mr. Cocklin was heard to say that the work did not seem to go right.
--He was about to take his shovel and lean it against the truck when he collapsed. In falling the man's face struck the tire of one of the truck wheels, and he sustained a contusion below the right eye. Lloyd and Zech went to the aged mans side and when they realized that he was seriously sick, called the son, Victor, who was in York, on the telephone. The son hastened to his farm and with the aid of Lloyd and Zech placed his father in the automobile and brought him to the West side sanitarium. The aged man was still conscious and was able to converse with his son on the way to the hospital.
--When the automobile approached the Western Maryland railway tracks at the West Market street crossing, less than a city block from the West Side sanitarium, Mr. Cocklin breathed his last.
--After the man was pronounced dead by Dr. Horning, Dr. L. U. Zech the coroner, was notified. He immediately viewed the body and issued the death certificate. Dr. Zech said the death was caused by chronic myocarditis(sic), a heart condition.
--The deceased leaves a widow, Gertrude E. Cocklin, two sons, Victor, of this city, and Boyd E. Cocklin, 1170 Wagner avenue, Philadelphia; one brother, A. Ross Cocklin, of Harrisburg; one sister, Mrs. David Myers, of Mechanicsburg; one stepbrother, Michael Cocklin, of Lock Haven, and two stepsisters, Mrs. E. W. Yohn, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Laura Sayres, of Lancaster.
--Mr. Cocklin was a member of the Reliance Fire company, of West York, and a charter member of St. Paul's commandery, No. 158, Knights of Malta, of Mechanicsburg. He was a native of Mechanicsburg.
Contributor: Paula D (47183440)
Son of Elizabeth Himes & Henry M. Cocklin
Heat Helps Cause Death.
George M. Cocklin, 71 Years Old, Stricken While Working In Hot Sun.
--A heart attack which was super-induced, it is believed, by over-exertion while working in the hot sun on the farm of his son, Victor Cocklin, near Stony-Brook, resulted in the death shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon of George M. Cocklin, 55 North Newberry street. Mr. Cocklin was 71 years old. He died in an automobile as he was being brought to the West Side sanitarium. When the man was brought into the institution Dr. W. H. Horning, who examinded(sic) him, pronounced him dead.
--The aged man, with L. Edward Zech, 301 Carlisle avenue, and William Lloyd, who resides on the Cocklin farm, had been engaged during the past few days in digging ground and placing cinders in a pit which is to be used by marksmen for trapshooting purposes. Mr. Cooklin had been advised by his son not to exert himself owing to his advanced age. He ate a hearty meal at noon and did not once complain of feeling ill. The three men were engaged at work loading cinders on a truck when Mr. Cocklin was heard to say that the work did not seem to go right.
--He was about to take his shovel and lean it against the truck when he collapsed. In falling the man's face struck the tire of one of the truck wheels, and he sustained a contusion below the right eye. Lloyd and Zech went to the aged mans side and when they realized that he was seriously sick, called the son, Victor, who was in York, on the telephone. The son hastened to his farm and with the aid of Lloyd and Zech placed his father in the automobile and brought him to the West side sanitarium. The aged man was still conscious and was able to converse with his son on the way to the hospital.
--When the automobile approached the Western Maryland railway tracks at the West Market street crossing, less than a city block from the West Side sanitarium, Mr. Cocklin breathed his last.
--After the man was pronounced dead by Dr. Horning, Dr. L. U. Zech the coroner, was notified. He immediately viewed the body and issued the death certificate. Dr. Zech said the death was caused by chronic myocarditis(sic), a heart condition.
--The deceased leaves a widow, Gertrude E. Cocklin, two sons, Victor, of this city, and Boyd E. Cocklin, 1170 Wagner avenue, Philadelphia; one brother, A. Ross Cocklin, of Harrisburg; one sister, Mrs. David Myers, of Mechanicsburg; one stepbrother, Michael Cocklin, of Lock Haven, and two stepsisters, Mrs. E. W. Yohn, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Laura Sayres, of Lancaster.
--Mr. Cocklin was a member of the Reliance Fire company, of West York, and a charter member of St. Paul's commandery, No. 158, Knights of Malta, of Mechanicsburg. He was a native of Mechanicsburg.
Contributor: Paula D (47183440)
Son of Elizabeth Himes & Henry M. Cocklin
Published in The York Dispatch, York, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, June 27, 1928.
Heat Helps Cause Death.
George M. Cocklin, 71 Years Old, Stricken While Working In Hot Sun.
--A heart attack which was super-induced, it is believed, by over-exertion while working in the hot sun on the farm of his son, Victor Cocklin, near Stony-Brook, resulted in the death shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon of George M. Cocklin, 55 North Newberry street. Mr. Cocklin was 71 years old. He died in an automobile as he was being brought to the West Side sanitarium. When the man was brought into the institution Dr. W. H. Horning, who examinded(sic) him, pronounced him dead.
--The aged man, with L. Edward Zech, 301 Carlisle avenue, and William Lloyd, who resides on the Cocklin farm, had been engaged during the past few days in digging ground and placing cinders in a pit which is to be used by marksmen for trapshooting purposes. Mr. Cooklin had been advised by his son not to exert himself owing to his advanced age. He ate a hearty meal at noon and did not once complain of feeling ill. The three men were engaged at work loading cinders on a truck when Mr. Cocklin was heard to say that the work did not seem to go right.
--He was about to take his shovel and lean it against the truck when he collapsed. In falling the man's face struck the tire of one of the truck wheels, and he sustained a contusion below the right eye. Lloyd and Zech went to the aged mans side and when they realized that he was seriously sick, called the son, Victor, who was in York, on the telephone. The son hastened to his farm and with the aid of Lloyd and Zech placed his father in the automobile and brought him to the West side sanitarium. The aged man was still conscious and was able to converse with his son on the way to the hospital.
--When the automobile approached the Western Maryland railway tracks at the West Market street crossing, less than a city block from the West Side sanitarium, Mr. Cocklin breathed his last.
--After the man was pronounced dead by Dr. Horning, Dr. L. U. Zech the coroner, was notified. He immediately viewed the body and issued the death certificate. Dr. Zech said the death was caused by chronic myocarditis(sic), a heart condition.
--The deceased leaves a widow, Gertrude E. Cocklin, two sons, Victor, of this city, and Boyd E. Cocklin, 1170 Wagner avenue, Philadelphia; one brother, A. Ross Cocklin, of Harrisburg; one sister, Mrs. David Myers, of Mechanicsburg; one stepbrother, Michael Cocklin, of Lock Haven, and two stepsisters, Mrs. E. W. Yohn, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Laura Sayres, of Lancaster.
--Mr. Cocklin was a member of the Reliance Fire company, of West York, and a charter member of St. Paul's commandery, No. 158, Knights of Malta, of Mechanicsburg. He was a native of Mechanicsburg.
Contributor: Paula D (47183440)
Son of Elizabeth Himes & Henry M. Cocklin
Heat Helps Cause Death.
George M. Cocklin, 71 Years Old, Stricken While Working In Hot Sun.
--A heart attack which was super-induced, it is believed, by over-exertion while working in the hot sun on the farm of his son, Victor Cocklin, near Stony-Brook, resulted in the death shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon of George M. Cocklin, 55 North Newberry street. Mr. Cocklin was 71 years old. He died in an automobile as he was being brought to the West Side sanitarium. When the man was brought into the institution Dr. W. H. Horning, who examinded(sic) him, pronounced him dead.
--The aged man, with L. Edward Zech, 301 Carlisle avenue, and William Lloyd, who resides on the Cocklin farm, had been engaged during the past few days in digging ground and placing cinders in a pit which is to be used by marksmen for trapshooting purposes. Mr. Cooklin had been advised by his son not to exert himself owing to his advanced age. He ate a hearty meal at noon and did not once complain of feeling ill. The three men were engaged at work loading cinders on a truck when Mr. Cocklin was heard to say that the work did not seem to go right.
--He was about to take his shovel and lean it against the truck when he collapsed. In falling the man's face struck the tire of one of the truck wheels, and he sustained a contusion below the right eye. Lloyd and Zech went to the aged mans side and when they realized that he was seriously sick, called the son, Victor, who was in York, on the telephone. The son hastened to his farm and with the aid of Lloyd and Zech placed his father in the automobile and brought him to the West side sanitarium. The aged man was still conscious and was able to converse with his son on the way to the hospital.
--When the automobile approached the Western Maryland railway tracks at the West Market street crossing, less than a city block from the West Side sanitarium, Mr. Cocklin breathed his last.
--After the man was pronounced dead by Dr. Horning, Dr. L. U. Zech the coroner, was notified. He immediately viewed the body and issued the death certificate. Dr. Zech said the death was caused by chronic myocarditis(sic), a heart condition.
--The deceased leaves a widow, Gertrude E. Cocklin, two sons, Victor, of this city, and Boyd E. Cocklin, 1170 Wagner avenue, Philadelphia; one brother, A. Ross Cocklin, of Harrisburg; one sister, Mrs. David Myers, of Mechanicsburg; one stepbrother, Michael Cocklin, of Lock Haven, and two stepsisters, Mrs. E. W. Yohn, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Laura Sayres, of Lancaster.
--Mr. Cocklin was a member of the Reliance Fire company, of West York, and a charter member of St. Paul's commandery, No. 158, Knights of Malta, of Mechanicsburg. He was a native of Mechanicsburg.
Contributor: Paula D (47183440)
Son of Elizabeth Himes & Henry M. Cocklin
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