A SUDDEN SUMMONS JOHN WERT OF WAYNETOWN FALLS FROM TREE AND IS KILLED HIS NECK WAS BROKEN And He Lived Only for a Few Seconds After the Accident — Was a Retired Farmer Waynetown, Ind., June 29 [Saturday] — Friday afternoon at six o'clock at his home in the southeast part of town, John H. Wert fell out of a cherry tree while picking some cherries and broke his neck, dying almost instantly. Deceased was a carpenter and had finished his day's work, and while waiting supper said he would pick some cherries for a pie. Little Herman, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Pevler saw him fall and ran into the house and told his mother. The alarm spread immediately. Uncle Billy Pevler, his next door neighbor, got to him first and saw him gasp once faintly. Dr H. M. Bounnell reached there in a short time, but life was extinct and his neck was found to be broken. Mr Wert with his family moved here from his farm south of town, a number of years ago. Besides his wife he leaves one son, Austin, and three step children, Ira Niece of Chicago, Mrs Charlie Williams at Urbana, Ill., and Mrs David Moore, living near here. He has three brothers and three sisters living, Asher, of Crawfordsville, Nathan of Humboldt, Kan., and Joe, at Wallace; Mrs. Mary Myers of Danville, Ill., Mrs. Emma Thomas of Chicago, and Mrs. John Jordan, living here. He was in his sixty-second year, a member of the M-E church. He also belonged to the order of Red Men and Odd Fellows. The burial services will be in charge of them. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday.~The Crawfordsville Journal; Saturday, 29 Jun 1907; p. 1:07 The funeral of John H. Wert took place Sunday. Rev. B.B. Keslar delivered the sermon. The Red Men and Odd Fellows had charge of the burial service, more than a hundred of them marching with the body to the Masonic cemetery. where it was placed at rest by Shuler and Birdcell. ~The Crawfordsville Journal; 6 Jul 1907; p. 10:02 **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215047751x1200957972/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

OH HOW SAD -- he wanted a pie :( ----- Original Message ----- From: <Limequilla@aol.com> To: <INMONTGO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:57 AM Subject: [InMontgo] Obit John H Wert 1907 > > A SUDDEN SUMMONS > > JOHN WERT OF WAYNETOWN FALLS FROM TREE AND IS KILLED > > HIS NECK WAS BROKEN > > And He Lived Only for a Few Seconds After the Accident — Was a Retired > Farmer > > Waynetown, Ind., June 29 [Saturday] — Friday afternoon at six o'clock at > his > home in the southeast part of town, John H. Wert fell out of a cherry tree > while picking some cherries and broke his neck, dying almost instantly. > Deceased was a carpenter and had finished his day's work, and while > waiting supper > said he would pick some cherries for a pie. Little Herman, the > three-year-old > son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Pevler saw him fall and ran into the house and > told > his mother. The alarm spread immediately. Uncle Billy Pevler, his next > door > neighbor, got to him first and saw him gasp once faintly. Dr H. M. > Bounnell > reached there in a short time, but life was extinct and his neck was found > to > be broken. Mr Wert with his family moved here from his farm south of > town, a > number of years ago. Besides his wife he leaves one son, Austin, and > three > step children, Ira Niece of Chicago, Mrs Charlie Williams at Urbana, > Ill., and > Mrs David Moore, living near here. He has three brothers and three > sisters > living, Asher, of Crawfordsville, Nathan of Humboldt, Kan., and Joe, at > Wallace; Mrs. Mary Myers of Danville, Ill., Mrs. Emma Thomas of Chicago, > and Mrs. > John Jordan, living here. He was in his sixty-second year, a member of > the M-E > church. He also belonged to the order of Red Men and Odd Fellows. The > burial > services will be in charge of them. The funeral services will be held at > 2 > o'clock Sunday.~The Crawfordsville Journal; Saturday, 29 Jun 1907; p. > 1:07 > > The funeral of John H. Wert took place Sunday. Rev. B.B. Keslar delivered > the sermon. The Red Men and Odd Fellows had charge of the burial service, > more > than a hundred of them marching with the body to the Masonic cemetery. > where > it was placed at rest by Shuler and Birdcell. ~The Crawfordsville > Journal; 6 > Jul 1907; p. 10:02 > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 > easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215047751x1200957972/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De > cemailfooterNO62) > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message