Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....YAGER, FAY A. February 11, 1951
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Gladwin County Record dated 02-14/1951 Column - 4 Page - 1
BEAVERTON MAN DIED AFTER FRACAS
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AFTERNOON

   Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Fay A. 
Yager, 40, of Beaverton, who died Sunday at the Midland hospital. Yager was 
admitted to the hospital Saturday afternoon, nearly 18 hours after being 
involved in an altercation Friday evening on a Beaverton street. Prosecutor 
Cyrus Y. Atlee said that according to statements made by witnesses, Yager 
engaged in a prolonged argument at a Beaverton tavern with Archie Fackler, 43, 
of Gladwin. Fackler, a member of Boman's Tavern shuffle-board team, had gone 
to Beaverton to play a match with the Beaverton team. Yager was not a member 
of the Beaverton team but joined the group as an onlooker.
   Witnesses told officers that during the verbal exchange, about a seat at a 
table, Yager invited Fackler outside to settle te matter. During the brief 
fight in which blows were struck, Yager fell and struck his head on the icy 
sidewalk, losing consciousness. Only a few persons were aware that the 
argument had been carried on outside the tavern. He was taken to his home 
Friday night, but was removed to the hospital when he failed to regain his 
senses.
   Report of an autopsy conducted by Dr. L. J. Kassa, of Midland, revealed 
that Yager's death was caused, by intra-cranial hemorrhages on both sides of 
the head, and a skull fracture on the left side of the head. Mr. AtLee said 
this mornign that any coroner's inquest must be held in Midland county by 
Midland authorities because the death occured there. AtLee also stated that 
Fackler was not being held and that evidence, revealed so far, does not 
warrant the placing of charges by authorities.
   Sheriff Arthur Kelly, Mr. AtLee and Coroner A. H. Bradley, of Midland, have 
been cooperating in the investigation of the matter. Mr. Yager was born in 
December 20, 1910 in Cadillac, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yager, and was a 
resident of Gladwin County about 30 years. On May 6, 1941 he married Miss 
Helen Ruth Searfoss, of Gladwin. He was a veteran of World War II, serving 
nearly two years overseas in the European theater, and a member of the VFW 
post. He was engaged in the contracting business in Beaverton with his father 
and brothers.
   Mr. Yager will be at the home of his parents until the time of the service 
at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Services will be held at the Beaverton 
Church of the Brethren, with the Rev. Ernest Jehnsen officiating. Burial will 
be made in the Dale cemetery, and wil be under the auspices of the Beaverton 
Veterans of Foreign War Post.

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