OBIT: Darrel LINGENFELD, 1945, Confluence, Somerset County, PA

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DARREL LINGENFELD

Ended His Life by Leaping Off High Railroad Bridge
Death of Confluence World War Veteran Pronounced Suicide

  The lifeless body of Darrel Lingenfeld, 49, a World War I veteran, was found 
recently, under the Western Maryland Ry. bridge at Confluence by some teen-age 
boys.  He had been gassed and shell-shocked in war and had been in ill health 
ever since.
  Deputy Coroner C. S. Beck, who made an investigation, came to the conclusion 
that the unfortunate man committed suicide by jumping off the railway bridge, a 
fall of about 40 feet.
  He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy Lytle, three children, and his 
mother, Mrs. Alice Lingenfeld, of Confluence.  His father Alfred Lingenfeld, 
died some years ago.
  Funeral services were held at the Humbert Funeral Home.

Meyersdale Republican, December 27, 1945