Hobart Scrogum, aged 29, of near Summum, died in a Macomb hospital Sunday night at 10 o'clock from injuries received when he was struck on the head by a limb, as he was cutting a tree Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Scrogum and a son, Devere, were cutting a tree on the farm near Astoria. As it fell toward the north, they ran to the south to avoid being struck, but the falling tree pulled a dead limb out of another tree and it struck Scrogum.
A coroner's jury at Macomb found that death was accidental, due to the injuries suffered when the limb struck Mr. Scrogum.
Mr. Scrogum is survived by the widow, the former Irma Parr, two sons, Devere and Hobart Jr., his father, Charles Scrogum of Astoria and two sisters, Mrs. Harvey Shuck of Rushville and Mrs. Herbert Zimmerman of Hart, Mich.
Funeral services were held at the Summum Christian church Tuesday afternoon by Rev. L. A. Crown. Burial in the Summum cemetery.
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Hobart, son of Charles and Edna Onion Scrogum, was born at Summum April 25, 1897. He died Jan. 25, 1936, at the St. Francis hospital in Macomb.
His tragic death was a severe shock to the entire community. While cutting wood on his farm he received a fatal blow on the head from a falling limb. He lived only a few hours after the accident.
Surviving him are his wife, his two sons, Marshal Dever and Hobart Junior, his father of Summum, and two sisters, Nellie Shuck of Rushville, Ill., and Susie Zimmerman of Sears, Michigan.
He grew to manhood on his father's farm. He suffered the loss of his mother at the early age of five years. On April 30, 1921, he was united in marriage to Irma Parr.
Eighteen years ago he became a member of the Summum Christian church. His loyal support given to this institution ever since that time has been common knowledge.
Hobart was a fine man. The people of the community are universally grieved to bid him farewell. They weep with the members of the family at the loss of so splendid a character. The manner of his life was without friction with the ones with whom he walked. He was kind, considerate, liberal and patient. Incorporated into his life were Christian principles always upheld and cherished. He left no doubt in the minds of his fellowmen as to the road he traveled.
He has left to his sons, of whom he was very fond, an example well worthy of emulation, and to his beloved and devoted wife a cherished memory of honor and fidelity. To those of us outside his family he has left the memory of an unselfish and loyal neighbor, and a true and inspiring friend.
It would seem that he had conformed his life in full accord with the admonition of the poet who wrote: “So live that when thy summons comes to join the innumerable caravan that moves to pale realms of shade, that thou goest not like the quarry slave at night scourged to his dungeon, but soothed and sustained by an unfaltering trust approach thy grave as one who draws the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.”
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon of last week at 2:00 o'clock at the Summum Christian church, conducted by Rev. L. A. Crown of Litchfield. Burial in Summum cemetery.
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