3/8/1907 - 1956
Geneva Native Meets Death At Portland Plant
Leonard A.
Kimbel, 49, Killed at Portland Forge and Foundry
Injuries
received in an accident while at work at a manufacturing plant at Portland
on Thursday morning were fatal to Leonard A. Kimbel, 49, who resided at 1212
N. Franklin St., Portland. Mr. Kimbel was pronounced dead on arrival at the
Jay County Hospital and Deputy Coroner A. C. Badders was called to
investigate.
A spokesman at the Portland Forge & Foundry, where the
accident occurred, said that Mr. Kimbel apparently slipper or fell while
helping to adjust a forging hammer which was not in operation at the time.
Apparently there were no witnesses and officials termed the accident
“unusual” and were continuing an investigation.
The ram of the large
forging hammer apparently fell, striking Mr. Kimbel on the head and
shoulders. Only the weight of the ram propelled it downward, officials
believed.
A native of Geneva, Mr. Kimbel was born on March 8, 1907,
the son of Mose and Cora Brooks Kimbel. His father survives and resides at
Bryant.
Also surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Abbott; two
daughters, Mrs. Cleo Stump of Portland and Mrs. William Henry of Redkey;
five grandchildren; a half-brother, Delmar Kimbel of South Bend and two
half-sisters, Mrs. Paul Reed of South Bend and Mrs. Mary Singleton of
Portland. Three brothers are deceased.
The body has been removed from
the Baird Funeral Home to the residence and friends may call there until
noon Saturday. The body then will be returned to the funeral chapel for
services at 2 p.m., the Rev. J. H. Nall officiating. Interment will be in
Union Chapel Cemetery.
[Buried Wells Cemetery; Jackson Township, Jay
County, Indiana]
Handwritten-Fri. May 25, 1956
Adams
County (IN) Historical Museum
1955 March-April 1958 Scrapbook, image 46
Contributed by Margie Roop Pearce
Buried in Union Chapel Cemetery aka Well Cemetery