Stephen Hickle, seven month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hickle of Pleasant Dale community, was found dead in his baby carriage about 7 o’clock Friday evening. The body was discovered by his mother, who had placed the child in the carriage earlier in the evening then assisted her older children in getting ready to leave for Vermont to attend a meeting of the 4-H club, of which Mr. Hickle is leader. Going to the carriage later in the evening to remove the baby, Mrs. Hickle discovered that the child was dead. Dr. Karg, who was summoned, said the child had been dead about one hour. The baby was lying on his stomach, his head buried in a pillow. Death was believed due to suffocation.
Surviving, in addition to the parents, are four brothers, Gilbert, James, Stanley and Richard, and two sisters, Mary and Peggy. A sister, Laura Jane, died six years ago at the age of one year.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Vermont M. E. church by the Rev. Roy W. Stocking. Burial in Vermont cemetery.
Mrs. Hickle is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown of southeast of Astoria.
Among those from Astoria attending the services were: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown, Mrs. Della McCormick, and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Brown.
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