OBIT: William R. MEYERS, 1947, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM R. MEYERS

Dies As Result of Self-Inflicted Gun Shot Wound

  William R. Meyers, aged 39 years, died in the Somerset Community Hospital, on 
Wednesday evening, November 19, of wounds resulting from a self-inflicted gun 
shot.  According to reports of state police who investigated, Meyers attempted 
to take his own life, using a 12-guage shot-gun.
  He had not been well recently and apparently attempted ending his life in a 
fit of despondency, the bullet entering his left chest.  He was found on Tuesday 
evening in his car outside the B & O Restaurant, Somerset, which is operated by 
his wife, and was admitted to the Somerset Community Hospital about 7 p.m.  He 
had been employed at the Frantz Distillery, near Berlin.
  In addition to his wife, Mabel (Butler) Meyers, he is survived by his parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. Ed R. Meyers, Meyersdale R.D. 2, and five children - Betty of the 
state of California, Shirley, Paul, Billy and John, at home.  Five brothers and 
one sister also survive.
  Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday, at his parental home, 
with Rev. J. Ewing Jones officiating.  Interment will be made in Union Cemetery, 
under the direction of H. R. Konhaus.

Meyersdale Republican, November 20, 1947