Willard E. Hann
Dec. 29, 1892-June 30, 1946
Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 1, 1946, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Bullet Wound Is Fatal to Nilesite
Willard E. Hann, 53, River Bluff, rural route three, died Sunday at 10:50 a.m., in Pawating hospital, from a self-inflicted bullet wound, state police said today. He was an electrician for the Michigan Central railroad.
Police were called to the Hann residence Sunday at 3:10 a.m. when Hann's son, James Hann, found his father lying on the ground near a barn approximately 50 feet east of the house.
Uses .38 Revolver
Hann shot himself with a .38 caliber revolver, police said, the bullet entertaining his skull just above his right ear. He was taken to Pawating hospital in a Pifer ambulance.
According to police, Hann left his bedroom, went through the kitchen and into the yard. Mrs. Hann called her husband, and when she received no reply, awakened their son, who began a search for Hann.
Claim Despondency
Police said he was despondent, and that he had threatened to commit suicide on previous occasions.
He was born in Everett, Pa., Dec. 29, 1892, and came to Niles 25 years ago, from Michigan City, Ind.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Hann; four sons, Joseph, Donald, James and Willard E. Hann, Jr., all of Niles; two brothers, Harry Hann, Lewistown, Pa., and Ealy Hann, Everett, Pa.; two sisters, Mrs. Stella Barton, Everett, Pa.; and Mrs. Anna Smith, Bedford, Pa. and two grandchildren.
Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Kiger funeral home, with burial in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time for the services.