Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....ALFRED LEROY DISHONG, May 27, 1963
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Evening Times, Cumberland, MD: Tuesday, May 28, 1963
ALFRED L. DISHONG
FROSTBURG – Alfred Leroy Dishong, 79, of 159 Frost Avenue, was found dead of a 
gunshot wound to the head yesterday afternoon at his home.
Police said the victim was discovered sitting in a chair in the living room of 
his home by his brother-in-law, Walter E. Spiker, who resided with him.  He had 
been shot in the forehead with a .22 caliber rifle.
Assistant Chief Leslie Bevans and Patrolman Jack Starkey of Frostburg City 
Police investigated.  The deputy medical examiner’s office said death was the 
result of a self-inflicted gun wound.
Mr. Dishong was born in Johnstown, Pa., a son of the late Charles and Martha 
(Orner) Dishong and moved to Frostburg at an early age.  He retired from Kelly-
Springfield Tire Company 15 years ago.  A veteran of World War I, he was a 
former member of the John R. Fairgrieve VFW Post and of United Brethren Church.
He is survived by his wife, Helen Cora (Spiker) Dishong; four brothers, Charles 
and William Dishong, Latrobe, Pa.; Samuel Dishong, Hyndman, and Herman Dishong, 
Frostburg; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Wampler, Frostburg; Mrs. Goldie Walker, 
Meyersdale; Mrs. Nellie Shoemaker, Boynton, Pa.; Mrs. Sylvia Shoemaker, 
Stoystown, Pa., and Mrs. Marie Carbaugh, Salisburg, Pa., and one granddaughter, 
Patricia D. Williams, Toledo, Ohio.
The body is at the Hafer Funeral Home, Frostburg, where the family will receive 
friends today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.


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