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EMIL GRAMM KILLED IN MINE ACCIDENT
Emil Gramm, 50 year-old Desloge man, was killed in an accident at the Leadwood mine of St. Joseph Lead Co., at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 25 [1950]. He lived only a few minutes after being taken from the mine.
Gramm was standing in the stope between a car and the wall when the shovel operator swung a loaded dipper around to dump in the car. The swing failed to release causing the boom to swing all the way around. Gramm tried to get out of the way, but was caught as he reached an offset in a pillar. The boom arm crushed his chest.
The body was removed to the Boyer Funeral Home in Leadwood, where an inquest was conducted Tuesday afternoon by Deputy Coroner Paul Dugal and Assisting Prosecuting Attorney Frank May.
Following the inquest Mr. Gramm's body was removed to the Boyer Funeral Home in Desloge. Funeral services were held at two o'clock on Thursday afternoon, July 27, at the First Baptist Church in Desloge, and interment was in Parkview Cemetery.
Mr. Gramm was a son of Martin Gramm, who is deceased. His wife, Cora, also preceded him in death. He is survived by a daughter, (Virginia) Mrs. Floyd Mossman of Farmington; a grand-daughter, Terry Lynn Mossman; his mother, and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. George Barreth of Linton, North Dakota; two step-children, Virgil Maness of St. Louis and Mrs. Alma Buff of Elvins; two brothers and two sisters: John Gramm, Springfield, Mo.; William Gramm, Poplar Bluff; Mrs. John Redwine, Cape Girardeau, and Mrs. Hugh Wittenberg, Poplar Bluff, besides other relatives and many friends.
[Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, July 28, 1950]
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