Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Nov 18, 2008 18:14:03 GMT -5
Two local Men Killed Saturday in Wire Mishap
Two local men were killed and two others injured Saturday evening when the aluminum ladder they were carrying came into contact with high tension wires.
Rudolph Beckman, 79, Swanton, and Jeff Duling, 19, Oakland, were pronounced dead on arrival at Garrett County Memorial Hospital by Garrett County Medical Examiner Dr. James Feaster.
Randall Friend and Mike Crosby, 21, both of Oakland, were admitted to Garrett Memorial Hospital after the mishap, and were released yesterday according to a spokesman there.
According to police, the accident occurred at the Beckman farm on the Lohr Road in Swanton.
Mr. Beckman was born March 7, 1907, in Swanton, and was the son of the late Archibald and Tryphena M. (Fitzwater) Beckman.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church.
Surviving are his wife, Margaret L. (Friend) Beckman; two daughters, Mildred V. Harvey, Deer Park; Mrs. Margaret V. Friend, Leavittsburg, Ohio; two sons, Melvin R. Beckman and Marvin E. Beckman, both of Swanton; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Moon, LaVale; one brother, A. Harland Beckman, Swanton, and seven grandchildren.
Friend were received at the Stewart Funeral Home, Oakland, where a service was conducted Wednesday by the Rev. Louise Knotts. Interment was in St. Paul's Cemetery,
Accident.
Mr. Duling was born in Westminster on November 18, 1967, and the son of William G. Duling and Marjorie (Byers) Cesnick, Oakland.
He was a construction worker and a member of the Maryland National Guard.
Surviving besides his parents are his stepfather, James A. Cesnick, Oakland; two sisters, Mrs. Cheryl Lynn Crosco, Oakland; Angela Duling, at home; one stepbrother, Michael Duling, Oakland; one stepsister, Michelle Duling, Oakland.
Friend were received at the Durst Funeral Home. A service was conducted at the Pleasant View Baptist Church by the Rev. Marty Herron, with interment in Deer Park Cemetery.
Two local men were killed and two others injured Saturday evening when the aluminum ladder they were carrying came into contact with high tension wires.
Rudolph Beckman, 79, Swanton, and Jeff Duling, 19, Oakland, were pronounced dead on arrival at Garrett County Memorial Hospital by Garrett County Medical Examiner Dr. James Feaster.
Randall Friend and Mike Crosby, 21, both of Oakland, were admitted to Garrett Memorial Hospital after the mishap, and were released yesterday according to a spokesman there.
According to police, the accident occurred at the Beckman farm on the Lohr Road in Swanton.
Mr. Beckman was born March 7, 1907, in Swanton, and was the son of the late Archibald and Tryphena M. (Fitzwater) Beckman.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church.
Surviving are his wife, Margaret L. (Friend) Beckman; two daughters, Mildred V. Harvey, Deer Park; Mrs. Margaret V. Friend, Leavittsburg, Ohio; two sons, Melvin R. Beckman and Marvin E. Beckman, both of Swanton; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Moon, LaVale; one brother, A. Harland Beckman, Swanton, and seven grandchildren.
Friend were received at the Stewart Funeral Home, Oakland, where a service was conducted Wednesday by the Rev. Louise Knotts. Interment was in St. Paul's Cemetery,
Accident.
Mr. Duling was born in Westminster on November 18, 1967, and the son of William G. Duling and Marjorie (Byers) Cesnick, Oakland.
He was a construction worker and a member of the Maryland National Guard.
Surviving besides his parents are his stepfather, James A. Cesnick, Oakland; two sisters, Mrs. Cheryl Lynn Crosco, Oakland; Angela Duling, at home; one stepbrother, Michael Duling, Oakland; one stepsister, Michelle Duling, Oakland.
Friend were received at the Durst Funeral Home. A service was conducted at the Pleasant View Baptist Church by the Rev. Marty Herron, with interment in Deer Park Cemetery.