Accidental Gun Wound Fatal To John R. Crosno

John R. Crosno, a native of Jefferson county, died Saturday at 9:15 p.m. at Salem Memorial Hospital, the victim of anaccidental gunshot wound.

Mr. Crosno was the son of T. K. Crosno (P.K. Crosno) and Ann Dial Crosno, and was born September 21, 1886 in McClellan township.

Mr. Crosno is survived by his wife, Artie, an adopted son, Bob of Terre Haute, Ind.; three stepsons; two brothers, Dial Crosno of Mt. Vernon and J.E. Crosno of Yucaipa, Calif.; two sisters, Miss Lora Crosno and Mrs. W. I. Coger of Hollywood, Calif., and numerous relatives and friends here.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at the McMackin Funeral Home in Salem, with burial at Tower Hill, Ill.

The coroner's jury verdict was unanimous that death was caused by the discharge of his gun by a pet dog jumping on him as he was preparing to fire to drive birds away from the flowers at his Salem home.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: July 15, 1957
Submitted by Cherie Sheaffer