Marian E. Hack (1922 - 1970): Vitter-Weaver Genealogy

1922 - 1970 (47 years)

Person ID: I52699

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Name	Marian E. Hack
Born	11 Nov 1922	Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA
Gender	Female
Died	17 Jun 1970	Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA

Parents

Family ID: F40648 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Father	George Christian Hack (ID:I52709), b. Aug 1898, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA , d. 30 Aug 1925, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA (Age ~ 27 years)
Mother	Martha Stager (ID:I52710), d. DECEASED, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA
Married	UNKNOWN [1]

Family

Family ID: F40643 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Husband Robert E. Slattery (ID:I52696), b. 28 Jan 1918, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA , d. 22 Jun 1978, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA (Age 60 years)

Children

1. Living (ID:I52726)

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Born - 11 Nov 1922 - Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA

Died - 17 Jun 1970 - Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA

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[S915] Death Notices and Obituaries, Syracuse Herald, several stories 28 August 1925–11 September 1925. "SYRACUSE HERALD, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1925 TWO WOMEN KILLED ,ELEVEN INJURED, AUTO TOLL IN 36 HOURS ---------- PROBE OF ONE DEATH BEGUN AFTER CRASH ----------- Relatives Quiz Family on Actions of Husband of Mrs. Martha Hack -------- Two persons are dead and 11 injured, one believed fatally, as a result of motor accidents in and near Syracuse in the last 36 hours. The districts attorney's office has ordered an investigation into the accident resulting in the death of Mrs. Martha Hack on the Cicero-Bridgeport Road last night, Deputy sheriff's have been directed to question George C. Hack, the husband , who drove the car. Authorities this morning questioned two sisters of Mrs. Hack, Mrs. Fred Adams, 309 Herbert Street, and Mrs. George Seeland together with their mother Mrs. Jacob Stager 308, Herbert Street. Eccentricities Revealed ------- They told of family differences and of eccentricities of the husband during periods when he was not confined in hospitals for ailments resulting from being gassed in service overseas. Mrs. Adams said she returned home with her mother one night when they were living in St. John Street to find a note on the table warning them against lighting a match. The husband was found in the bathroom with the gas turned on and was sent to hospital to from the effects of the gas. At different times the husband has been confined to the Bronx Hospital, from which he escaped and at the Utica State Hospital. Funeral set for Monday ------- Funeral Services for Mrs. Hack will be conducted at the home, 308 Herbert Street, Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock and a half an hour later in the Church of Assumption. Burial will be in Assumption Cemetery. Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter, Miss Marion E. Hack: one son George C. Hack; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stager; two brothers Albert and Frank Stager and three sisters; Mrs. George Seeland, Mrs. Frederick Adam and Mrs Raymond Dear. The body was removed from the morgue to the home of Frank H. Wenz, undertaker. The other women killed was ( not transcribed). Pinned Under Car --------Their car careening from the highway while driving toward Bridgeport from Cicero last night, striking a tree and overturning three times along the side of the road. Mr. and Mrs. Hack were pinned under the mass of wreckage. There were no witnesses to the accident, it is believed by the State Troopers who investigated. The accident was discovered by W.C. VanHeusen, 726 Highland Avenue and E.F. Vickery, Clay. Through their efforts, the couple was released from the mass of twisted iron and tin, while the husband in a semi-conscious state kept calling to his wife. State Troopers were notified and an ambulance called from an nearby farm house. Death of Mrs. Hack is believed to have occurred a short time before the ambulance arrived about the same time the husband lapsed into unconsciousness. Trooper Witwer arrived to question Hack before he became unconscious. As nearly as Trooper Witner could ascertain the car was travelling at a fair rate of speed when the driver lost control on a curve as the wheels hit a depression and dropped into a four-foot ditch before striking a tree. Body Taken To Morgue -------- The women's body was removed to the county morgue where it remained for some time before being identified by her husband's brother, Leonard M. Hack. The husband was taken to the hospital, where examination disclosed he was suffering from a fractured of the skull, a broken right arm and a broken leg. Mr. and Mrs. Hack had been living apart, each other with their own parents, because of financial difficulties resulting from recurrences of gas ailments suffered in France during the war. He had, however recovered and obtained a position at the Syracuse Washer Company and rented an apartment at 404 St. John Street, into which he intended to move next Tuesday. Last night he called to take his wife for a ride. SYRACUSE HERALD, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1925 Automobile Accident is Fatal to George Hack, Second Victim Driver Whose Wife Met Death in Accident Also Succumbs George C. Hack, 27, of 116 Lilac Street, who was critically hurt in an automobile accident in which his meet instant death on the Bridgeport - Cicero Road Thursday night, died at 1:30 this morning in Crouse-Irving Hospital. A short time after admittance at the institution Mr. Hack lapsed into unconsciousness and a delicate operation preformed a few hours before his death proved futile, The victim suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. State police who investigated found that Hack had evidently been driving his machine at a fast rate of speed along a deserted highway when the car left the road and over turned in a ditch. His wife, Mrs. Martha Hack, riding at his side was pinned in the wreckage and, according to Acting Coroner Dr. Herman G. Welskotten, was killed instantly. SYRACUSE HERALD, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1925 Man Follows Wife to Grave Six Days After Auto Smash - Up Funeral Services For George C. Hack to Be Held Wednesday Funeral services for George C. Hack, 27 of 116 Lilac Street, who died yesterday morning at Crouse - Irving Hospital, following injuries in an automobile accident Thursday night, which also took the life of his wife, Mrs. Martha Hack, 24, will be conducted Wednesday morning at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hack, 114 Lilac Street, and a half an hour later in the Church of Assumption.. Mr. Hack was a veteran of the world war and arrangements for funeral services are in charge of members of Battery A , 104 Artillery. He had been gassed and wounded in France and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mrs. Hack, who died while awaiting an ambulance after the crash was buried this morning in Assumption Cemetery. Funeral services were conducted at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stager, 308 Herbert Street, at 8;30 o'clock and and a half an hour later in the Church of Assumption. Besides his parents, Mr. Hack is survived by a brother, Leonard M. Hack, a sister, Miss Kathryn C. Hack, and two children Marion and George Hack. The bearers were John, Michael and Paul Boog and Joseph, Ewald and Carl Ohmann. The Rev. Father Albert accompanied the body to the grave and held the committal service. SYRACUSE HERALD, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1925 LETTERS ARE SOUGHT IN HACK ESTATE Letters of Administration were asked by Christian Leonard Hack, in Surrogate Court, in settlement of the estate of his son, George C. Hack, who died August 30 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on the Cicero - Bridgeport Road on August 27. His wife Martha was killed instantly in the crash. According to the petition, the estate is valued at $2000.00 in personal property. Two children, George and Marion survive." https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122233598/george-christian-hack

[S915] Death Notices and Obituaries, Syracuse Herald, several stories 28 August 1925–11 September 1925.
"SYRACUSE HERALD, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1925
TWO WOMEN KILLED ,ELEVEN INJURED, AUTO TOLL IN 36 HOURS ---------- PROBE OF ONE
DEATH BEGUN AFTER CRASH ----------- Relatives Quiz Family on Actions of Husband
of Mrs. Martha Hack -------- Two persons are dead and 11 injured, one believed
fatally, as a result of motor accidents in and near Syracuse in the last 36
hours. The districts attorney's office has ordered an investigation into the
accident resulting in the death of Mrs. Martha Hack on the Cicero-Bridgeport
Road last night, Deputy sheriff's have been directed to question George C. Hack,
the husband , who drove the car. Authorities this morning questioned two sisters
of Mrs. Hack, Mrs. Fred Adams, 309 Herbert Street, and Mrs. George Seeland
together with their mother Mrs. Jacob Stager 308, Herbert Street.
Eccentricities Revealed ------- They told of family differences and of
eccentricities of the husband during periods when he was not confined in
hospitals for ailments resulting from being gassed in service overseas. Mrs.
Adams said she returned home with her mother one night when they were living in
St. John Street to find a note on the table warning them against lighting a
match. The husband was found in the bathroom with the gas turned on and was sent
to hospital to from the effects of the gas. At different times the husband has
been confined to the Bronx Hospital, from which he escaped and at the Utica
State Hospital.
Funeral set for Monday ------- Funeral Services for Mrs. Hack will be conducted
at the home, 308 Herbert Street, Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock and a half an
hour later in the Church of Assumption. Burial will be in Assumption Cemetery.
Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter, Miss Marion E. Hack: one
son George C. Hack; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stager; two brothers Albert
and Frank Stager and three sisters; Mrs. George Seeland, Mrs. Frederick Adam and
Mrs Raymond Dear. The body was removed from the morgue to the home of Frank H.
Wenz, undertaker. The other women killed was ( not transcribed).
Pinned Under Car --------Their car careening from the highway while driving
toward Bridgeport from Cicero last night, striking a tree and overturning three
times along the side of the road. Mr. and Mrs. Hack were pinned under the mass
of wreckage. There were no witnesses to the accident, it is believed by the
State Troopers who investigated. The accident was discovered by W.C. VanHeusen,
726 Highland Avenue and E.F. Vickery, Clay. Through their efforts, the couple
was released from the mass of twisted iron and tin, while the husband in a
semi-conscious state kept calling to his wife. State Troopers were notified and
an ambulance called from an nearby farm house. Death of Mrs. Hack is believed to
have occurred a short time before the ambulance arrived about the same time the
husband lapsed into unconsciousness. Trooper Witwer arrived to question Hack
before he became unconscious. As nearly as Trooper Witner could ascertain the
car was travelling at a fair rate of speed when the driver lost control on a
curve as the wheels hit a depression and dropped into a four-foot ditch before
striking a tree.
Body Taken To Morgue -------- The women's body was removed to the county morgue
where it remained for some time before being identified by her husband's
brother, Leonard M. Hack. The husband was taken to the hospital, where
examination disclosed he was suffering from a fractured of the skull, a broken
right arm and a broken leg. Mr. and Mrs. Hack had been living apart, each other
with their own parents, because of financial difficulties resulting from
recurrences of gas ailments suffered in France during the war. He had, however
recovered and obtained a position at the Syracuse Washer Company and rented an
apartment at 404 St. John Street, into which he intended to move next Tuesday.
Last night he called to take his wife for a ride.

SYRACUSE HERALD, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1925
Automobile Accident is Fatal to George Hack, Second Victim
Driver Whose Wife Met Death in Accident Also Succumbs
George C. Hack, 27, of 116 Lilac Street, who was critically hurt in an
automobile accident in which his meet instant death on the Bridgeport - Cicero
Road Thursday night, died at 1:30 this morning in Crouse-Irving Hospital. A
short time after admittance at the institution Mr. Hack lapsed into
unconsciousness and a delicate operation preformed a few hours before his death
proved futile, The victim suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries.
State police who investigated found that Hack had evidently been driving his
machine at a fast rate of speed along a deserted highway when the car left the
road and over turned in a ditch. His wife, Mrs. Martha Hack, riding at his side
was pinned in the wreckage and, according to Acting Coroner Dr. Herman G.
Welskotten, was killed instantly.

SYRACUSE HERALD, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1925
Man Follows Wife to Grave Six Days After Auto Smash - Up
Funeral Services For George C. Hack to Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for George C. Hack, 27 of 116 Lilac Street, who died yesterday
morning at Crouse - Irving Hospital, following injuries in an automobile
accident Thursday night, which also took the life of his wife, Mrs. Martha Hack,
24, will be conducted Wednesday morning at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Christian Hack, 114 Lilac Street, and a half an hour later in the Church of
Assumption.. Mr. Hack was a veteran of the world war and arrangements for
funeral services are in charge of members of Battery A , 104 Artillery. He had
been gassed and wounded in France and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mrs. Hack, who died while awaiting an ambulance after the crash was buried this
morning in Assumption Cemetery. Funeral services were conducted at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stager, 308 Herbert Street, at 8;30 o'clock and
and a half an hour later in the Church of Assumption. Besides his parents, Mr.
Hack is survived by a brother, Leonard M. Hack, a sister, Miss Kathryn C. Hack,
and two children Marion and George Hack. The bearers were John, Michael and Paul
Boog and Joseph, Ewald and Carl Ohmann. The Rev. Father Albert accompanied the
body to the grave and held the committal service.

SYRACUSE HERALD, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1925
LETTERS ARE SOUGHT IN HACK ESTATE
Letters of Administration were asked by Christian Leonard Hack, in Surrogate
Court, in settlement of the estate of his son, George C. Hack, who died August
30 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on the Cicero - Bridgeport
Road on August 27. His wife Martha was killed instantly in the crash. According
to the petition, the estate is valued at $2000.00 in personal property. Two
children, George and Marion survive."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122233598/george-christian-hack

Marian E. Hack

George Christian Hack

Martha Stager

Robert E. Slattery

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