Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Valasek, Joseph 1930
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Payette Enterprise 3-27-1930
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, March 27, 1930
 
NAMPA RANCHER HANGS HIMSELF
 
BODY FOUND HANGING TO GIRDER UNDER SNAKE RIVER BRIDGE NEAR ONTARIO -- 
DESPONDENCY CAUSE OF RASH ACT.
 
On Tuesday afternoon the sheriff's office was notified that a man had been 
found hanging by a rope from the snake river bridge between Ontario and 
Payette.  The discovery was made by two young girls who were walking across 
the bridge.  The body was brought to the Peterson Funeral Home in Payette and 
a description of the man was sent to the Idaho Statesman which was published 
and brought a reply from Nampa and the body was later identified as Joseph 
Valaske, who lived four and a half miles northwest of Nampa.  It was reported 
the man had left his home Monday, going with a neighbor to Nampa, but did not 
return home with him, saying he would be home Tuesday.  However, it appeared 
that he took the stage to Ontario and from there was taken to the Wilcox 
Service Station in a taxi and then walked back to the bridge where he ended 
his life.
 
A note was received by is wife Tuesday morning containing five dollars and the 
information that he intended to kill himself.  In his pocket was $5.75.  He 
was 64 years of age and leaves a wife at Nampa and one son living in Bohemia.  
The body was shipped to Nampa Wednesday evening.
 
Note:  According to the Idaho Death Index, his name is spelled VALASEK.  ch

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