ZINK, Edward Henry 'Squire'

1873 - 1932  (58 years)

• Name	ZINK, Edward Henry 'Squire'
  Birth	29 Nov 1873	Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Brick Mason & Band Musician  [1]
  Reference Number	ZINK.E001
  _FGRAVE	61523864
  Death	17 Nov 1932	Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio   [1]
  	Cause: Suicide by hanging
  Burial	Greenlawn Cemetery, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Person ID	I7704	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Jauch - Hasler Jacob Jauch and Margaret 'Margret' Hasler Descendants, Lents - Seal Jacob Lents and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Seal Descendants, Jauch - Birk Christian 'Heitl' Jauch and Maria Birk Descendants
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	ZINK, A.
  Mother	VON BOESELER, E.
  Family ID	F3932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BECHDOLT, Flora,   b. 23 Feb 1884, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio d. 2 May 1973, Troy, Miami County, Ohio (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. ZINK, A.
  Family ID	F3907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Nov 1873 - Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio Death - Cause: Suicide by hanging - 17 Nov 1932 - Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio Burial - - Greenlawn Cemetery, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit - Edward H. Zink, Brick Mason, Is Victim Of Death - Well Known Citizen Dies By Own hand in Garage at His Home - Ed H. "Squire" Zink, 106 Harrison street, well known brick mason and band musician, is deat at his home, a victim of his own hanands. he was 58 years of age. His body was found by his wife about 5:30 Thursday evening in the garage at the rear of their home. She hurried there after finding a note upon the kitchen table upon her return home from an afternoon's visit with her mother. Mrs. Lucetta Bechdolt, North street, several blocks from her own home. Mr. Zink, who had bordered upon a nervous collapse for more than a week from worry over his health and financial matters, had stood upon a work bench in the garage to attach a length of sash cord to an overhead joist, then, after fastening the other end securely about his neck, let his weight down upon it. His feet were almost touching the floor between two automobiles, parked in the garage. Coronener Alfred Veit cut the rope nearly three hours after he had committed the rash act. His neck was not broken, the coroner said. The note left by Mr. Zink was addressed to his wife. In it he said he could stand to live no longer and praised heher for standing by him. Edward Henry Zink was born November 27, 1873, in this city and resided here all his life. His father was Andrew Zink and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Von Boeseler Zink, a native of New Bremen. His mother met tragic death at the B & O railroad on Mechanic street about eight years afot when she was struck by a train. His father died many years ago. He is survived by his wife, Flora Bechdolt Zink, whom he weddon on January 18, 1911, and one son, Andrew, at home. A sister, Mrs. Nora Rose of Muskogee, Oklahoma, also survives. Mr. Zink was a brick mason by trade and followed that occupation all his life. He was a member of Hamer Lodge No. 167 F. & A. Masons. The body was to be taken late this afternoon from the Siferd & Brookhart morgue to the late residence where friends may view it this evening and Saturday evening. Funeral services, private to relatives and close friends, will be conducted by the Rev. Joseph B. Shellhaas, pastor of First M. E. church, at 2 P.M. Sunday. Interment at Greenlawn cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1717] Tina Hursh, Tina Hursh, "Descendants of Jakob Jauch", 14 January 2000, personal e-mail (14 January 2000), (14 January 2000) (Reliability: 2).