Veteran
United States Coast Guard
Son of Clayton Elza Ellett and Cecelia Ann Greer
Marriage
To Rowena Kapp
Cause of Death: Illness; suicide due to unbearable pain.
Earl Gordon Ellett, 38, of 1648 W. 205th St., Torrance, California, was born Nov. 17, 1915 in Rothiemay, Montana, and was employed by the Southern California Edison Company. His body was found under a tree near an Oildale North Chester Avenue motel where he had taken a room. He was survived by his widow, Rowena Kapp Ellett; stepsons, Carl Lusk, Torrance, and Cpl. Charles W. Lusk, Denver, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. H.E. Green and Elaine Kjirshmer, both of Corvallis, Ore.; and by two brothers, Capt. Homer Ellett, Cleveland, Ohio, and Harold Ellett, Sturgis, North Dakota. (Source: Bakersfield Californian, Monday, July 5, 1954, page 13)
Torrance Man Is Found Dead By Kern River
Bakersfield, Kern Co.- The body of Earl Gordon Ellett, 39, of Torrance, Los Angeles County, was discovered by two Oildale youths and Deputy Coroner Ross Jones said all evidence indicates the death was a suicide. Mike Morrison, 13, and Lloyd Crenshaw, 16, told Jones they were playing along the bank of the Kern River yesterday when they saw Ellett lying on the groundabout 100 yards east of the North Chester Avenue bridge near the river. The boys said when they got closer they could see the revolver held in Ellet's hand and the wound in his head so they ran for help. Jones said Ellet died instantly from a .22 caliber bullet wound just above the left ear. He reported a note, found in the man's hotel room, indicated he had been in ill health. It said: "I am down on the river bed. Come pick me up. I can't stand this pain any longer." Jones said Ellett register in an Oildale hotel on June 29th. He was an oil company employee ad a veteran of the coast guard. His widow and two children live in Torrance. The body was taken to the Kern General Hospital morgue where an autopsy was scheduled. (Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, Sunday, 4 July 1954, page 10-A, News of the San Joaquin Valley)
California Death Records
Name: Earl Gordon Ellett
Birth: 17 Nov 1915 Montana
Death: 3 Jul 1954 Kern Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Greer
Father's Surname: Ellett
Burial: 8 Jul 1954, per cemetery
Montana Birth Record
Name: Earl Gordon Ellitt
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1915
Birth Place: Rothiemay, Musselshell, Montana
[Note: As of 1920 Rothiemay became part of a new county "Golden Valley"]
Father: Layton Elza Ellitt, born Indiana; Farmer
Mother: Celia Ann Ellitt, born Illinois
Received at: Ryegate, Montana
United States Coast Guard
Son of Clayton Elza Ellett and Cecelia Ann Greer
Marriage
To Rowena Kapp
Cause of Death: Illness; suicide due to unbearable pain.
Earl Gordon Ellett, 38, of 1648 W. 205th St., Torrance, California, was born Nov. 17, 1915 in Rothiemay, Montana, and was employed by the Southern California Edison Company. His body was found under a tree near an Oildale North Chester Avenue motel where he had taken a room. He was survived by his widow, Rowena Kapp Ellett; stepsons, Carl Lusk, Torrance, and Cpl. Charles W. Lusk, Denver, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. H.E. Green and Elaine Kjirshmer, both of Corvallis, Ore.; and by two brothers, Capt. Homer Ellett, Cleveland, Ohio, and Harold Ellett, Sturgis, North Dakota. (Source: Bakersfield Californian, Monday, July 5, 1954, page 13)
Torrance Man Is Found Dead By Kern River
Bakersfield, Kern Co.- The body of Earl Gordon Ellett, 39, of Torrance, Los Angeles County, was discovered by two Oildale youths and Deputy Coroner Ross Jones said all evidence indicates the death was a suicide. Mike Morrison, 13, and Lloyd Crenshaw, 16, told Jones they were playing along the bank of the Kern River yesterday when they saw Ellett lying on the groundabout 100 yards east of the North Chester Avenue bridge near the river. The boys said when they got closer they could see the revolver held in Ellet's hand and the wound in his head so they ran for help. Jones said Ellet died instantly from a .22 caliber bullet wound just above the left ear. He reported a note, found in the man's hotel room, indicated he had been in ill health. It said: "I am down on the river bed. Come pick me up. I can't stand this pain any longer." Jones said Ellett register in an Oildale hotel on June 29th. He was an oil company employee ad a veteran of the coast guard. His widow and two children live in Torrance. The body was taken to the Kern General Hospital morgue where an autopsy was scheduled. (Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, Sunday, 4 July 1954, page 10-A, News of the San Joaquin Valley)
California Death Records
Name: Earl Gordon Ellett
Birth: 17 Nov 1915 Montana
Death: 3 Jul 1954 Kern Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Greer
Father's Surname: Ellett
Burial: 8 Jul 1954, per cemetery
Montana Birth Record
Name: Earl Gordon Ellitt
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1915
Birth Place: Rothiemay, Musselshell, Montana
[Note: As of 1920 Rothiemay became part of a new county "Golden Valley"]
Father: Layton Elza Ellitt, born Indiana; Farmer
Mother: Celia Ann Ellitt, born Illinois
Received at: Ryegate, Montana
Veteran
United States Coast Guard
Son of Clayton Elza Ellett and Cecelia Ann Greer
Marriage
To Rowena Kapp
Cause of Death: Illness; suicide due to unbearable pain.
Earl Gordon Ellett, 38, of 1648 W. 205th St., Torrance, California, was born Nov. 17, 1915 in Rothiemay, Montana, and was employed by the Southern California Edison Company. His body was found under a tree near an Oildale North Chester Avenue motel where he had taken a room. He was survived by his widow, Rowena Kapp Ellett; stepsons, Carl Lusk, Torrance, and Cpl. Charles W. Lusk, Denver, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. H.E. Green and Elaine Kjirshmer, both of Corvallis, Ore.; and by two brothers, Capt. Homer Ellett, Cleveland, Ohio, and Harold Ellett, Sturgis, North Dakota. (Source: Bakersfield Californian, Monday, July 5, 1954, page 13)
Torrance Man Is Found Dead By Kern River
Bakersfield, Kern Co.- The body of Earl Gordon Ellett, 39, of Torrance, Los Angeles County, was discovered by two Oildale youths and Deputy Coroner Ross Jones said all evidence indicates the death was a suicide. Mike Morrison, 13, and Lloyd Crenshaw, 16, told Jones they were playing along the bank of the Kern River yesterday when they saw Ellett lying on the groundabout 100 yards east of the North Chester Avenue bridge near the river. The boys said when they got closer they could see the revolver held in Ellet's hand and the wound in his head so they ran for help. Jones said Ellet died instantly from a .22 caliber bullet wound just above the left ear. He reported a note, found in the man's hotel room, indicated he had been in ill health. It said: "I am down on the river bed. Come pick me up. I can't stand this pain any longer." Jones said Ellett register in an Oildale hotel on June 29th. He was an oil company employee ad a veteran of the coast guard. His widow and two children live in Torrance. The body was taken to the Kern General Hospital morgue where an autopsy was scheduled. (Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, Sunday, 4 July 1954, page 10-A, News of the San Joaquin Valley)
California Death Records
Name: Earl Gordon Ellett
Birth: 17 Nov 1915 Montana
Death: 3 Jul 1954 Kern Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Greer
Father's Surname: Ellett
Burial: 8 Jul 1954, per cemetery
Montana Birth Record
Name: Earl Gordon Ellitt
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1915
Birth Place: Rothiemay, Musselshell, Montana
[Note: As of 1920 Rothiemay became part of a new county "Golden Valley"]
Father: Layton Elza Ellitt, born Indiana; Farmer
Mother: Celia Ann Ellitt, born Illinois
Received at: Ryegate, Montana
United States Coast Guard
Son of Clayton Elza Ellett and Cecelia Ann Greer
Marriage
To Rowena Kapp
Cause of Death: Illness; suicide due to unbearable pain.
Earl Gordon Ellett, 38, of 1648 W. 205th St., Torrance, California, was born Nov. 17, 1915 in Rothiemay, Montana, and was employed by the Southern California Edison Company. His body was found under a tree near an Oildale North Chester Avenue motel where he had taken a room. He was survived by his widow, Rowena Kapp Ellett; stepsons, Carl Lusk, Torrance, and Cpl. Charles W. Lusk, Denver, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. H.E. Green and Elaine Kjirshmer, both of Corvallis, Ore.; and by two brothers, Capt. Homer Ellett, Cleveland, Ohio, and Harold Ellett, Sturgis, North Dakota. (Source: Bakersfield Californian, Monday, July 5, 1954, page 13)
Torrance Man Is Found Dead By Kern River
Bakersfield, Kern Co.- The body of Earl Gordon Ellett, 39, of Torrance, Los Angeles County, was discovered by two Oildale youths and Deputy Coroner Ross Jones said all evidence indicates the death was a suicide. Mike Morrison, 13, and Lloyd Crenshaw, 16, told Jones they were playing along the bank of the Kern River yesterday when they saw Ellett lying on the groundabout 100 yards east of the North Chester Avenue bridge near the river. The boys said when they got closer they could see the revolver held in Ellet's hand and the wound in his head so they ran for help. Jones said Ellet died instantly from a .22 caliber bullet wound just above the left ear. He reported a note, found in the man's hotel room, indicated he had been in ill health. It said: "I am down on the river bed. Come pick me up. I can't stand this pain any longer." Jones said Ellett register in an Oildale hotel on June 29th. He was an oil company employee ad a veteran of the coast guard. His widow and two children live in Torrance. The body was taken to the Kern General Hospital morgue where an autopsy was scheduled. (Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, Sunday, 4 July 1954, page 10-A, News of the San Joaquin Valley)
California Death Records
Name: Earl Gordon Ellett
Birth: 17 Nov 1915 Montana
Death: 3 Jul 1954 Kern Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Greer
Father's Surname: Ellett
Burial: 8 Jul 1954, per cemetery
Montana Birth Record
Name: Earl Gordon Ellitt
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1915
Birth Place: Rothiemay, Musselshell, Montana
[Note: As of 1920 Rothiemay became part of a new county "Golden Valley"]
Father: Layton Elza Ellitt, born Indiana; Farmer
Mother: Celia Ann Ellitt, born Illinois
Received at: Ryegate, Montana
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