Thomas Cihla

CIHLA

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 3/15/2017 at 08:47:25

5 May 1932 - The Tipton Advertiser

Thomas Cihla, 57 year old farmer of the Plato community, was found dead near his home north of Plato last Saturday. Death had been caused by the accidental discharge of a shotgun as he was crawling through a fence. The charge entered his body below the ribs on the left side and ranged upward. Death was believed to have been instantaneous.

Coroner A. M. McCormick was summoned from Tipton. He pronounced the death accidental.

Mr. Cihla had left his home about 8 o'clock in the morning announcing that he was going to hunt groundhogs. He was well known in the west part of Cedar county where he had been land owner on a large scale.

Surviving Mr. Cihla are his widow and a number of sons and daughters. Funeral services were held at the Nolan Settlement church Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment was in Nolan settlement cemetery.