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- NF Gazette Nov 19, 1958
Autopsy Ordered In Farm Fatality
LOCKPORT - A Niagara County coroner has ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death Tuesday of a 46-year-old Wolcottsville man. Otto R. Baehr, Sy Rd., Wolcottsville, was dead on arrival at Lockport Memorial Hospital about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. He had been found about 2 p. m. under an apple tree at the farm of Howard Silsby, Kayner Rd., Town of Royalton. He had been picking apples at the Silsby farm. Dr. George Muscato. Lockport, a county coroner, said it is not known whether Mr. Baehr died, from a fall or whether a 22-foot metal ladder he was handling came into contact with a high tension wire. The wire is 24 feet above the ground. Sheriffs deputies said no one witnessed the mishap. Another picker, Albert Brucker, working near by, said he heard a scream and found Mr. Baehr lying on the ground. The First Aid crew from the Gasport Chemical Hose Co. was summoned. Mr. Baehr was born Aug. 26. 1912, at Wright's Corners, Town of Newfane, the son of Otto Baehr and Mrs. Helene Baehr. His mother survives him. Mr. Baehr operated a Gasport restaurant for several years before selling it about 10 years ago. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a brother, Herman Baehr, three sisters, Mrs. Helene Gilbert, Mrs. Evelyn Leffler, all of Middleport. and Mrs. Hilda Brunning, Akron, N. Y. There are several nieces and nephews. The Rev. Hilbert Huth, pastor of St. Michael's Lutheran Church , Wolcottsville, will conduct services Friday at 2 p.m. at the Bream Funeral Home. Main St., Gasport. Burial arrangements are incomplete.
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