An obituary from the Lykens Standard, January 17, 1941, of a likely suicide of a Millersburg man, George Yeager whose body was found about a week after he was reported as missing:
FOUND DEAD IN CAR NEAR HALIFAX ON MONDAY JANUARY 13 [1941]
George Yeager, of Millersburg, who had been missing from his home since Sunday, January 5, was found dead Monday afternoon of this week sitting at the wheel of his automobile. The car was parked in a garage on a vacant farm about a mile and a half east of Tourist Park, Halifax.
The body, with a bullet wound in its head, was discovered by Mrs. Nellie I. Hoffman, of Harrisburg, owner of the farm, who had gone there to inspect her property. Mrs. Hoffman notified Chief of Police Earl Farner and Policeman John Kahler, Millersburg, who went to the scene. They notified State Motor Police of Lykens and Deputy Coroner R. E. Barto, Elizabethville.
Doctor Barto said Yeager had been dead for some time and it was thought that he had shot himself last Tuesday. Yeager was employed at the Millersburg Milling Company.
Beside his widow, he is survived by one son, George Yeager Jr.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yeager, and one brother Lester Yeager.
Private funeral services will be held from the W. J. Minier Funeral Home, Millersburg, this afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. S. T. Dundore officiating. Burial will be made in the Carsonville Cemetery.
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Obituary provided by David Hause.
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