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Robert Lee Diskey

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Robert Lee Diskey

Birth
Grant County, Indiana, USA
Death
5 Apr 1936 (aged 1)
Grant County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Marion, Grant County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
B34 L28 G11
Memorial ID
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While his parents were out of sight, he was in the kitchen and managed to reach a capsule that had been prepared for livestock medicinal purposes and swallowed it.


Marion Leader Tribune Monday 6 April 1936 -- -- Diskey Infant's Funeral Planned -- -- Funeral services for Robert Diskey, 18 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Diskey, Marion, Rural Route 3, will be held at 3 p.m. today at the residence of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Diskey, 3558 South Boots street. Rev. A. L. Vess, pastor of the Marion College Wesleyan Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

The child died Sunday as the result of having swallowed a capsule prepared for livestock medical purposes Friday. He had reached the medicine in the kitchen of the Diskey home, southwest of Marion, while his parents were out of sight.

Surviving are the parents; two brothers, Edward, Jr., and John Raymond; a sister, Anna Louise, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Diskey, Marion, and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Jones, Danville, O. The body was taken to the Diskey home here from 2901 South Washington street.


TOMBSTONE:
Robert L. Diskey
Nov. 7, 1934
April 5, 1936

While his parents were out of sight, he was in the kitchen and managed to reach a capsule that had been prepared for livestock medicinal purposes and swallowed it.


Marion Leader Tribune Monday 6 April 1936 -- -- Diskey Infant's Funeral Planned -- -- Funeral services for Robert Diskey, 18 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Diskey, Marion, Rural Route 3, will be held at 3 p.m. today at the residence of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Diskey, 3558 South Boots street. Rev. A. L. Vess, pastor of the Marion College Wesleyan Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

The child died Sunday as the result of having swallowed a capsule prepared for livestock medical purposes Friday. He had reached the medicine in the kitchen of the Diskey home, southwest of Marion, while his parents were out of sight.

Surviving are the parents; two brothers, Edward, Jr., and John Raymond; a sister, Anna Louise, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Diskey, Marion, and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Jones, Danville, O. The body was taken to the Diskey home here from 2901 South Washington street.


TOMBSTONE:
Robert L. Diskey
Nov. 7, 1934
April 5, 1936



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