Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Henggeler, Melchoir 1939
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Independent Enterprise 1-26-1939
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, January 26, 1939
 
Fruitland Resident Dies From Injuries Suffered Blasting Orchard Stumps
 
Melchoir Henggeler Hurt Thursday Afternoon; Final Rites at Ontario Monday
 
Found lying unconscious across an unlighted blasting charge, a cigarette still 
burning in his hand, and a match newly out, M. X. Henggeler, long-time 
Fruitland resident, died early Friday morning in Ontario hospital, of wounds 
inflicted by a flying piece of wood from his last blast.
 
Henggeler, 41, had been blowing stumps in an orchard lot at his home one mile 
south of Fruitland, and was alone when the accident occurred.  He never 
regained consciousness to tell the story of the mishap.
 
According to the reconstruction of the accident as it was described by those 
who found him, his skull fractured by a heavy stock, from his last charge, 
some 180 feet distant from where he was hit.  Henggeler apparently was ready 
to light a second charge when struck.
 
His death was ascribed to concussion of the brain.
 
He was at his home at 3:30 o'clock, and was found unconscious at 4:30 o'clock.
 
Funeral services were held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Aloysius church, New 
Plymouth.  Burial was in the family lot in the Catholic cemetery, Ontario, 
Oregon.
 
Melchoir X. Henggeler was born at Clyde, Missouri, 41 years ago.  He moved to 
Utah with his parents at the age of six years.  The family moved to Payette 
valley on January 7, 1909 to the ranch which was his home at the time of his 
death.
 
On May 4, 1907, he was married to Anna Whelan.
 
He leaves his widow, his mother, Mrs. Frances Henggeler, three sisters, Mrs. 
H. E. Betebenner and Miss Martha Henggeler, all of Boise and Mrs. W. S. Doyle 
of Yakima, Wash.; three brothers A. N., Joe and C. B. Henggeler, all of 
Fruitland.
 
His father preceded him in death on Jan. 5, 1917, and a sister in 1909.
 
He was a member of St. Aloysius church of New Plymouth, a fourth degree member 
of the Knights of Columbus and of the Elks lodge No. 1448 of Caldwell.
 
He was prominent in all civic affairs of the community, being at the time of 
his death, director of the Noble Ditch Co., Farmers' Mutual telephone Co., and 
Fruit Producers' council.

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