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MEDOMAK LOBSTERMAN FOUND DEAD OF GUN BLAST IN SOUTH WALDOBORO Ralph Genthner, Sr., 48, of Medomak, a lobsterman was found dead in South Waldoboro yesterday forenoon of a short gun blast in the head. His body was discovered by William Main beneath a pine tree near a gravel pit off the Back Cove road. Beside the body was a 12-gauge shotgun and one empty shell. A grey Buick coupe, identified as Genthner\'s car was parked in the gravel pit with a note on the front seat on the back of an envelop, \"You will find me up by the pine tree,\" it read. Genthner was last seen alive late last Monday afternoon by his son Ralph, Jr. of Medomak and by his sister, Mrs. Harlow Genthner of West Waldoboro. State Trooper Stanley L. Poland of Waldoboro and Dr. Philip O. Gregory of Boothbay Harbor, Medical Examiner conducted the investigation. The body was taken to Flanders Funeral Home, Waldoboro. The car, the gun and the handwriting on the note were all identified by the dead man\'s son. Dr. Gregory made a finding that Genthner ad apparently taken his own life. Mr. Genthner was born in Bremen, March 21, 1906 son of Eugene L and Nancy Willey and was a fisherman by occupation. He was a lifelong resident of Bremen. He is survived by his mother Nancy Genthner of Bremen; two sons, Ralph and Clyde of Bremen; six sisters, Mrs. Clara Simmons of Friendship, Mrs. Abbie Genthner of Waldoboro, Mrs. Joseph Carter of South Portland, Mrs. Marion Barter of Nashua, N.H., Mrs. Nellie Teele of Medomak, Mrs. Jessie Kaler of Medomak; three brothers, Kenneth, Ashby, and Bernard Genthner of Medomak and one grandchild Linda, of Medomak. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Flanders Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Plummer of Waldoboro officiating. Interment will be in the Hillside Cemetery, Bremen. Waldoboro Press: June 24th, 1954. |