Obituaries:  Patrick S. Merrill, Sabine Parish       M-640
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 26, 1973
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Patrick S. Merrill

  Patrick Stephen Merrill, 12-year-son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Merrill of Shreveport, was injured fatally, shortly before 11
a.m., Thursday, April 19, when he fell out of a tree in the
backyard of his home.

  He was dead on arrival at Schumpert Hospital in a Bossier
Ambulance. Caddo Coroner, Dr. Stuart DeLee, said the boy suffered
a broken neck. He returned a verdict of accidental death.

  The boy was born in Many. He was a student at St. Pius School.

  A rosary was recited at 8 p.m., Friday, April 20. Funeral
services were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 21, in the Osborn
Funeral Home Chapel.

  Survivors, in addition to his parents, include three sisters,
Kim Elizabeth, Donna K., and Dawn Renee Merrill, all of
Shreveport; three brothers, Richard Joseph Jr., Eric Todd, and
Mathew Christopher Merrill, all of Shreveport; paternal
grandparents, Arthur Merrill of Lowell, Mass., and Irene
Jacangelo of Shreveport; maternal grandparents, Mrs. W. T.
Murrell, and L. B. Smith, both of Many; and a great grandmother,
Mrs. Ada Mitchell of Many.