OBIT: Clifford SECHLER, 1931, Somerset R.D. 2, Somerset County, PA

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CLIFFORD SECHLER

Young Farmer's Death Due to Kick by Horse

Clifford Sechler, Employed by John S. Miller, Fatally Injured while Helping a 
Neighbor

  Clifford Sechler, aged 28, of Somerset R.D. No. 2, died Tuesday morning, July 
21st, in the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, following an emergency operation late 
Monday for the removal of a kidney.  Sechler was kicked by a horse Monday 
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock on the Cyrus Stahl farm in Somerset Township and 
suffered a punctured kidney.  He was rushed to the Memorial Hospital, where it 
was found that he was suffering from internal hemorrhages and an immediate 
operation was performed.  A blood transfusion also was resorted to in an effort 
to save the man's life.
  Sechler had been employed for three years on the farm of Attorney ??? and had 
gone to the Stahl farm to assist a neighbor, when he was kicked by the horse.
  He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sechler, of Upper Turkeyfoot Township.  
In addition to his parents he is survived by his wife, Esther Dwire Sechler, and 
three children, Clarence, aged 7 years, Silas, aged 6 years and Jean, 21 months, 
and also by the following sisters and brothers:  Eva, wife of Orlo May, 
Markleton; Ethel, a teacher in Dunbar Township schools, Fayette County; Viola, a 
nurse in Pittsburgh; George, of Chicago; Thelma, Ralph and Roy, at home.
  The body was prepared for burial by Mills & Mickey, of Rockwood, and was 
removed to the home of the decedent's parents, where funeral services were 
conducted Thursday afternoon, followed by interment in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at 
Kingwood.

Meyersdale Republican, July 30, 1931