EUGENE F. BROUGH died April 16, 1924

BROUGH

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Date: 10/8/2015 at 13:16:18

Courtesy of the Ottumwa Courier April 17, 1924:

GREETED BY
DEATH NEWS ON HIS RETURN
Eugene F. Brough, who was killed by lightning at his home, 521 South Lillian street at about 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon is survived by his wife, two sons, Ben of Los Angeles and Clyde of Des Moines. Funeral arrangements have not been made. The son, Ben, had just returned by Los Angeles from a visit here, and was scheduled to arrive there at 3 o’clock, just a half hour after his father’s death. Coroner L.A. Hammer stated that no inquest would be held. He rendered a verdict of accidental death by lightning.

*Burial was at Shaul Cemetery.