Man Ends Life with Rifle Bullet

Harold Hardesty, 52, died in Coshocton Memorial Hospital at 3:50 p.m. Saturday of a self-inflicted bullet wound.

Mr Hardesty shot himself in the head with a .22-caliber rifle about 3 p.m. yesterday, in the bedroom of his home at 531 Locust St. He was alone in the house at the time, and was found, fatally wounded, by his wife a short time later.

He was employed as a clerk at Isaly's dair store until 1948, and had been in ill health for the last three years.

He was born in Conesville Feb 23, 1900, the son of Howard and Adeline Parrish Hardesty.  In 1929 he married Dora Savage, who survives.

Also surviving re three daughters, Mrs. Mattioni, Canal Lewisville; Mrs. Donald Latham, Coshocton; and Mrs. George Clough, of the home; two sons, Richard and Harold Jr., both of Coshocton and three grandchildren.  The parents and one sister are deceased.

Private funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Dawson Funeral Home, in charge of Rev. E. B. Johnson. Burial will be in South Lawn cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted.

Friends will be received at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

Coshocton Tribune March 1, 1952

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Gwendolyn Hardesty Oliver
1186 Neil Ave Unit C
Columbus, Ohio 43201
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