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- C. A. Fauser, Camden,
Working on Road, Killed
State Highway Employee Struck
By Truck of Rome Firm
CAMDEN - Christian A. Fauser, 76, an employee of the New York State Highway Department and a resident of Camden for 60 years, died Thursday afternoon in Oneida City Hospital a short time after having been struck by a truck while working on the highway near McConnellsville.
He was one of a crew of state men tarring joints in the road and was working behind a state truck headed north near Little River. According to State Police, as Fauser came from behind the truck he was struck by a north-bound lumber truck owned by the Beach Lumber Co., Rome, the driver of which was Earl E. Flint, 36, Westmoreland.
Fauser was treated at the scene and removed in the B.A. Sanborn & Son ambulance to Oneida City Hospital where he died a short time after being admitted. Trooper James Radley, Camden patrol, State Police, investigated, and Dr. Preston R. Clark, Utica, coroner, was notified.
Christian A. Fauser was born in Germany June 12, 1870, a son of George and Anna B. Boehm. He came to this country and to Camden 60 years ago and for a number of years worked for C. A. Boehm & Son, wagon makers. For the past several years he had been employed by the New York State Highway Department in this section.
Forty-nine years ago in Camden he married Mina Obrist, the Rev. Edward Evans officiating. Besides his widow, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. Paul Seubert, Camden; three sons, George, Paul and Charles, Camden; a granddaughter, Sandra Fauser, Camden; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at his late home, 38 Third St., on Sunday at 2 p.m. the Rev. B. A. Walton, pastor of the United Church, officiating. Interment will be made in Camden. Friends may call at his late home at their convenience.
[Rome Sentinel (Rome, NY), Friday evening, November 1, 1946, page 10]
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1870 - 1946 (76 years)
d. 14 Jul 1954 (Age 79 years)