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- Niagara Gazette - 7/1957
YOUNGSTOWN - Mrs, Mary
Evelyn Hagar, 30, was found dead
of a gunshot wound in the living
room of her home, Lake road near
Porter Center road Tuesday night.
Eugene F. Ingram, Niagara
County coroner, said a .22-cal.
rifle bullet was lodged in the left
side of her head. He said a rifle
with a discharged cartridge was
found nearby.
Mrs. Hagar's husband. Richard,
J. Hagar, found his wife's body
on a davenport about 5:15 p.m.
when he came home from his job
at the Booth and Strong Lumber
Co. He went to the home of a
neighbor and called the Sheriffs
Department. A deputy quoted Mr.
Hagar as saying his wife had been
"nervous and emotionally upset
for some time."
Mrs. Hagar was born in Franklin,
Pa. She was about five years
old when her parents moved to
Niagara Falls.
She attended Nevada Avenue
School and grew up in the Town
of Niagara. She had lived in Lake
road for the past six years.
Surviving in addition to her
husband are her father, Alton C.
Beatty, a brother, James Beatty,
and a sister, Mrs. Priscilla White,
all of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Funeral services will be at 2
p.m. Friday at Cobler's Funeral
Home. The Rev. Paul J. Hartenberger
will officiate. Burial will be
in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Abt 1935 - 1957 (~ 22 years)