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Created page with "Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Sep 27 p. 10 Birth date: text of obituary <center>Virginia Boy Victim Of Accidental Hanging</center> Harrisonburg, Va.—An accident at the James D. Horst farm near Mt. Crawford recently claimed the life of the Horsts' nine-year-old son, Sheldon Jay. The boy and a five-year-old companion had been playing with a rope in a tractor shed. The Horst boy was found with the rope knotted around his neck and attached above, but his feet w..." |
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Harrisonburg, Va.—An accident at the James D. Horst farm near Mt. Crawford recently claimed the life of the Horsts' nine-year-old son, Sheldon Jay. | Harrisonburg, Va.—An accident at the James D. Horst farm near Mt. Crawford recently claimed the life of the Horsts' nine-year-old son, Sheldon Jay. | ||
The boy and a five-year-old companion had been playing with a rope in a tractor shed. The Horst boy was found with the rope knotted around his neck and attached above, but his feet were still touching the ground. It is believed he became frightened when the rope first tightened around his neck, fought it and was strangled. The younger boy ran to the Horst home for help, but it was too late. | The boy and a five-year-old companion had been playing with a rope in a tractor shed. The Horst boy was found with the rope knotted around his neck and attached above, but his feet were still touching the ground. It is believed he became frightened when the rope first tightened around his neck, fought it and was strangled. The younger boy ran to the Horst home for help, but it was too late. | ||
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1973 Sep 27 p. 10
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text of obituary
Harrisonburg, Va.—An accident at the James D. Horst farm near Mt. Crawford recently claimed the life of the Horsts' nine-year-old son, Sheldon Jay.
The boy and a five-year-old companion had been playing with a rope in a tractor shed. The Horst boy was found with the rope knotted around his neck and attached above, but his feet were still touching the ground. It is believed he became frightened when the rope first tightened around his neck, fought it and was strangled. The younger boy ran to the Horst home for help, but it was too late.