Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hiscock, Hilda September 16, 1957
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County News - Thursday, Sept. 19, 1957
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FUNERAL SERVICE AT SAUGATUCK FOR MRS. LEO HISCOCK
Was Victim Of Shooting On Monday, September 16

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, September 19, at the Dykstra 
Funeral Chapel, Saugatuck, for Mrs. Leo (Hilda) Hiscock, 56 of 843 W. Main 
Street, Ionia. Burial will be in a Saugatuck Cemetery.

Mrs. Hiscock was fatally shot in the back of the head by her brother-in-law, 
Archibald G. O'Neal, 67, between 6:00 and 7:00 pm., Monday, September 16, as 
she was preparing supper in the kitchen of O'Neal's home in Saugatuck.

O'Neal then went onto the porch where he shot himself. He died that night about 
10:30 in the Holland Hospital.

Mrs. Hiscock had accompanied O'Neal from  Saginaw, where he had been a  patient  
in the Veteran's Hospital to Saugatuck, so that he could complete some legal 
transactions.

Investigating officers termed the shooting murder and suicide saying O'Neal 
apparently had become despondent over his own ill health and the recent death 
of his wife. Mrs. O'Neal died September 1, at the Ionia County Memorial 
Hospital.

The double tragedy was discovered about 7:00 pm., when neighbors had noticed 
that lights in the house had not been turned on. A police officer investigated 
and discovered the bodies. Mrs. Hiscock apparently died instantly, but O'Neal 
was still living, and was taken to the hospital. 

Funeral service was held Thursday morning, September 19, for O'Neal at the 
Dykstra Funeral Chapel

Mrs. Hiscock, who was employed as a receptionist in the office of Dr. Edmund 
Socha, had been a resident of Ionia for the past 15 years. She was a member of 
Queen Esther Chapter, OES. Her husband, Leo, had been in business in Ionia 
prior to his death about four years ago.

She is survived by an uncle, Charles Plummer, of South Haven.

Additional Comments:
Age: 58
Funeral: Thursday, 19 September 1957


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