The Pinckney Dispatch (Pinckney, MI), 7/15/1964:
Jerry H. Madsen, age 61, was found dead Monday morning about 9:30 a.m. in the basement of his home from an apparent self inflicted gun shot wound. When Madsen, a foreman at the Chrysler Proving Grounds near Chelsea failed to appear for work Monday morning, the plant supervisor called a fellow employee of Madsen's who lives nearby, to check on Madsen. Dr. L. E. May, medical examiner, said the shooting happened at least 24 hours prior to the time he was found. Detective Ronald Schoonmaker investigated on the case, reports there is no known reason for the shooting.
Mr. Madsen had just recently moved into this new home at 3659 Junior Drive, Rush Lake, from his former residence of the past 18 years, at 2022 Rush Lake Road. His wife, Pearl Beeson Madsen, preceeded him in death in 1960. He was a member of Livingston Lodge, 76, F & AM of Pinckney.
Born in Sherburn, Minn. in [sic] January 23, 1903, he was the son of Peter and Sadie Astgaard Madsen. On [sic] September he married in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Pinckney. He is survived by two bothers [sic], Harry of Detroit, and Eddie P. of Grosse Pointe Farms; four nephews and one neice [sic].
Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Swarthout Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald M. Eaton officiating. Burial was in the Pinckney Cemetery.
Jerry H. Madsen, age 61, was found dead Monday morning about 9:30 a.m. in the basement of his home from an apparent self inflicted gun shot wound. When Madsen, a foreman at the Chrysler Proving Grounds near Chelsea failed to appear for work Monday morning, the plant supervisor called a fellow employee of Madsen's who lives nearby, to check on Madsen. Dr. L. E. May, medical examiner, said the shooting happened at least 24 hours prior to the time he was found. Detective Ronald Schoonmaker investigated on the case, reports there is no known reason for the shooting.
Mr. Madsen had just recently moved into this new home at 3659 Junior Drive, Rush Lake, from his former residence of the past 18 years, at 2022 Rush Lake Road. His wife, Pearl Beeson Madsen, preceeded him in death in 1960. He was a member of Livingston Lodge, 76, F & AM of Pinckney.
Born in Sherburn, Minn. in [sic] January 23, 1903, he was the son of Peter and Sadie Astgaard Madsen. On [sic] September he married in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Pinckney. He is survived by two bothers [sic], Harry of Detroit, and Eddie P. of Grosse Pointe Farms; four nephews and one neice [sic].
Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Swarthout Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald M. Eaton officiating. Burial was in the Pinckney Cemetery.
The Pinckney Dispatch (Pinckney, MI), 7/15/1964:
Jerry H. Madsen, age 61, was found dead Monday morning about 9:30 a.m. in the basement of his home from an apparent self inflicted gun shot wound. When Madsen, a foreman at the Chrysler Proving Grounds near Chelsea failed to appear for work Monday morning, the plant supervisor called a fellow employee of Madsen's who lives nearby, to check on Madsen. Dr. L. E. May, medical examiner, said the shooting happened at least 24 hours prior to the time he was found. Detective Ronald Schoonmaker investigated on the case, reports there is no known reason for the shooting.
Mr. Madsen had just recently moved into this new home at 3659 Junior Drive, Rush Lake, from his former residence of the past 18 years, at 2022 Rush Lake Road. His wife, Pearl Beeson Madsen, preceeded him in death in 1960. He was a member of Livingston Lodge, 76, F & AM of Pinckney.
Born in Sherburn, Minn. in [sic] January 23, 1903, he was the son of Peter and Sadie Astgaard Madsen. On [sic] September he married in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Pinckney. He is survived by two bothers [sic], Harry of Detroit, and Eddie P. of Grosse Pointe Farms; four nephews and one neice [sic].
Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Swarthout Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald M. Eaton officiating. Burial was in the Pinckney Cemetery.
Jerry H. Madsen, age 61, was found dead Monday morning about 9:30 a.m. in the basement of his home from an apparent self inflicted gun shot wound. When Madsen, a foreman at the Chrysler Proving Grounds near Chelsea failed to appear for work Monday morning, the plant supervisor called a fellow employee of Madsen's who lives nearby, to check on Madsen. Dr. L. E. May, medical examiner, said the shooting happened at least 24 hours prior to the time he was found. Detective Ronald Schoonmaker investigated on the case, reports there is no known reason for the shooting.
Mr. Madsen had just recently moved into this new home at 3659 Junior Drive, Rush Lake, from his former residence of the past 18 years, at 2022 Rush Lake Road. His wife, Pearl Beeson Madsen, preceeded him in death in 1960. He was a member of Livingston Lodge, 76, F & AM of Pinckney.
Born in Sherburn, Minn. in [sic] January 23, 1903, he was the son of Peter and Sadie Astgaard Madsen. On [sic] September he married in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Pinckney. He is survived by two bothers [sic], Harry of Detroit, and Eddie P. of Grosse Pointe Farms; four nephews and one neice [sic].
Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Swarthout Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald M. Eaton officiating. Burial was in the Pinckney Cemetery.
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