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DIED SATURDAY NIGHT FROM IN JURIES RECEIVED JULY 4 WHILE ON PICNIC, (From Monday’s Daily.) Private funeral services for the late Harold Calbert, who died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Calbert, 220 west Pennsylvania street, at 9:15 o’clock Saturday night, were held this afternoon at the late home at 2:30 o’clock, Rev. S. J. Cross, of the West street church, officiating. Burial was made in For est Hill cemetery in charge of Stew art Fix. Mr. Calbert’s death was due di rectly to injuries which he received last July 4 when he dived into Blue river near the Gordon grove while picnicking with relatives, in an at tempt to ascertain the depth of the hole that it might be used for swim ming. The river was very shallow at this point and his head struck a rock, the force of the blow crushing the spinal column. The lower part of his body from the waistline was total ly paralyzed and he was never able to move the lower limbs from the time of the accident. He retained the use of his mental faculties until the last. Mr. Calbert was born in this city and was eighteen years of age at the time of his death. He had spent his entire life, with the exception of three years, as a resident of Shelby ville. He was employed as shipping clerk at the C. F. Schmoe furniture factory and was held in the highest regard by his employer and those with whom he came in contact dur ing his daily duties. He was a mem ber of the First M. E. Church of this city, of the Whitcomb Bible class of the same church, and was active in other organizations of the church. Surviving beside the parents are three brothers and one sister. They are James J. Calbert, of Muncie; Wat son Calbert, of this city, and Ray mond, at home, and Mrs. Selah Hill, of this city. He also leaves his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cooke, of Indianapolis.
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Shelbyville Shelby Democrat
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 03, 1916
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