ERSON GOKEY TAKES OWN LIFE BY GAS
Erson Gokey, 33, lifelong resident of Pulaski and vicinity, was found dead in his car early Monday morning in the fields near Grindstone Creek, Daysville. Harold Nicholson and John Sassen, who were looking for a lost cow, found the body in the car with a piece of garden hose running from the exhaust into the car window. Clarence J. Gorman, assistant District Attorney, acting as cornoner, gave a verdict of suicide and released the body to Spencer Walton, undertaker.
Mr. Gokey had worked on various WPA projects for the past few years but had been out of work for some time. It is believed he was despondent because he had been unable to find work. He was the father of three children and his wife is a patient in a Syracuse hospital.
He was the son of Henry Gokey of this village and was born here in 1907. For several years he had lived on the Archie Van Arsdale home near Daysville. He was last seen by John Kling, Friday afternoon, digging some potatoes in his garden.
Surviving are his father, his wife, Mrs. Mildred Baker Gokey; three children, Ruth 10; Robert 8; and Betty, 2; and one sister, Mrs. Lucille Lamb of Syracuse.
Source: The Pulaski Democrat, Oct 3, 1940
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Erson Gokey, 33 Is Suicide Friday
A verdict of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in the death of Erson Gokey, 33, of Pulaski was issued by Clarence J. Gorman, assistant district attorney acting as coroner.
Gokey's body was discovered Monday morning in a car near Daysville. It was believed he had been dead since Friday night. Despondency over his wife's illness and his lack of permanent employment are believed to have led to his taking his life.
He was born February 21, 1907 in Pulaski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gokey. He is survivied by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Baker Gokey, who is ill in a Utica Hospital, his father, two daughters, Ruth 8, and Betty 2, a son, Robert, 9 and a sister, Mrs. Lamb of Syracuse
Source: Sandy Creek News, Oct 2, 1940
Erson Gokey, 33, lifelong resident of Pulaski and vicinity, was found dead in his car early Monday morning in the fields near Grindstone Creek, Daysville. Harold Nicholson and John Sassen, who were looking for a lost cow, found the body in the car with a piece of garden hose running from the exhaust into the car window. Clarence J. Gorman, assistant District Attorney, acting as cornoner, gave a verdict of suicide and released the body to Spencer Walton, undertaker.
Mr. Gokey had worked on various WPA projects for the past few years but had been out of work for some time. It is believed he was despondent because he had been unable to find work. He was the father of three children and his wife is a patient in a Syracuse hospital.
He was the son of Henry Gokey of this village and was born here in 1907. For several years he had lived on the Archie Van Arsdale home near Daysville. He was last seen by John Kling, Friday afternoon, digging some potatoes in his garden.
Surviving are his father, his wife, Mrs. Mildred Baker Gokey; three children, Ruth 10; Robert 8; and Betty, 2; and one sister, Mrs. Lucille Lamb of Syracuse.
Source: The Pulaski Democrat, Oct 3, 1940
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Erson Gokey, 33 Is Suicide Friday
A verdict of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in the death of Erson Gokey, 33, of Pulaski was issued by Clarence J. Gorman, assistant district attorney acting as coroner.
Gokey's body was discovered Monday morning in a car near Daysville. It was believed he had been dead since Friday night. Despondency over his wife's illness and his lack of permanent employment are believed to have led to his taking his life.
He was born February 21, 1907 in Pulaski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gokey. He is survivied by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Baker Gokey, who is ill in a Utica Hospital, his father, two daughters, Ruth 8, and Betty 2, a son, Robert, 9 and a sister, Mrs. Lamb of Syracuse
Source: Sandy Creek News, Oct 2, 1940
ERSON GOKEY TAKES OWN LIFE BY GAS
Erson Gokey, 33, lifelong resident of Pulaski and vicinity, was found dead in his car early Monday morning in the fields near Grindstone Creek, Daysville. Harold Nicholson and John Sassen, who were looking for a lost cow, found the body in the car with a piece of garden hose running from the exhaust into the car window. Clarence J. Gorman, assistant District Attorney, acting as cornoner, gave a verdict of suicide and released the body to Spencer Walton, undertaker.
Mr. Gokey had worked on various WPA projects for the past few years but had been out of work for some time. It is believed he was despondent because he had been unable to find work. He was the father of three children and his wife is a patient in a Syracuse hospital.
He was the son of Henry Gokey of this village and was born here in 1907. For several years he had lived on the Archie Van Arsdale home near Daysville. He was last seen by John Kling, Friday afternoon, digging some potatoes in his garden.
Surviving are his father, his wife, Mrs. Mildred Baker Gokey; three children, Ruth 10; Robert 8; and Betty, 2; and one sister, Mrs. Lucille Lamb of Syracuse.
Source: The Pulaski Democrat, Oct 3, 1940
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Erson Gokey, 33 Is Suicide Friday
A verdict of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in the death of Erson Gokey, 33, of Pulaski was issued by Clarence J. Gorman, assistant district attorney acting as coroner.
Gokey's body was discovered Monday morning in a car near Daysville. It was believed he had been dead since Friday night. Despondency over his wife's illness and his lack of permanent employment are believed to have led to his taking his life.
He was born February 21, 1907 in Pulaski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gokey. He is survivied by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Baker Gokey, who is ill in a Utica Hospital, his father, two daughters, Ruth 8, and Betty 2, a son, Robert, 9 and a sister, Mrs. Lamb of Syracuse
Source: Sandy Creek News, Oct 2, 1940
Erson Gokey, 33, lifelong resident of Pulaski and vicinity, was found dead in his car early Monday morning in the fields near Grindstone Creek, Daysville. Harold Nicholson and John Sassen, who were looking for a lost cow, found the body in the car with a piece of garden hose running from the exhaust into the car window. Clarence J. Gorman, assistant District Attorney, acting as cornoner, gave a verdict of suicide and released the body to Spencer Walton, undertaker.
Mr. Gokey had worked on various WPA projects for the past few years but had been out of work for some time. It is believed he was despondent because he had been unable to find work. He was the father of three children and his wife is a patient in a Syracuse hospital.
He was the son of Henry Gokey of this village and was born here in 1907. For several years he had lived on the Archie Van Arsdale home near Daysville. He was last seen by John Kling, Friday afternoon, digging some potatoes in his garden.
Surviving are his father, his wife, Mrs. Mildred Baker Gokey; three children, Ruth 10; Robert 8; and Betty, 2; and one sister, Mrs. Lucille Lamb of Syracuse.
Source: The Pulaski Democrat, Oct 3, 1940
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Erson Gokey, 33 Is Suicide Friday
A verdict of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in the death of Erson Gokey, 33, of Pulaski was issued by Clarence J. Gorman, assistant district attorney acting as coroner.
Gokey's body was discovered Monday morning in a car near Daysville. It was believed he had been dead since Friday night. Despondency over his wife's illness and his lack of permanent employment are believed to have led to his taking his life.
He was born February 21, 1907 in Pulaski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gokey. He is survivied by his wife, Mrs. Mildred Baker Gokey, who is ill in a Utica Hospital, his father, two daughters, Ruth 8, and Betty 2, a son, Robert, 9 and a sister, Mrs. Lamb of Syracuse
Source: Sandy Creek News, Oct 2, 1940
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