OBIT:  ECKENRODE, Earl; Carrolltown, Cambria Cnty., PA; 1910

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 2 Dec 1910
Volume 44, Number 47


Young Hunter Dies 

Carrolltown, Nov. 24 -- Earl Eckenrode, who shot himself in the abdomen 
Nov. 2d while hunting near here, died Sunday afternoon at the home of his 
grandfather, Frank Shettig, Sr., where he was taken immediately after the 
accident.  Funeral services were held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning in 
St. Benedict's Church, the body being placed in the church cemetery.

The deceased, a son of Liveryman and Mrs. M. M. Eckenrode of Carrolltown, 
was born March 30, 1883.  Surviving with the parents are four brothers and 
a sister:  Irvin, Coyle, Emmitt, Donald and Clara, all at home.  The 
accident occurred while he was hunting with George Buck and Frank Shettig 
Jr., in the vicinity of his grandfather's home.  He was standing on a 
stump and accidentally discharged the weapon, making at frightful wound in 
his abdomen.