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Show COPPERTON BOY DIES IN HANGING MISHAPSUNDAY A 9-year-old Copperton boy, Who became tangled in a clothesline clothes-line rope, was accidently hangod in the garage of his home Sunday Sun-day evening, July 13. The victim, Gregory L. Hatch, son of Gus and Patricia Joan Manmion Hatch, 92 Cyprus St., Copperton, was found by a friend, Terry Redmond, 11, son of Mrs. Mae Redmond, at about 8 p.m. Young Redmond told officers when he found his (friend, the Hatch youth was hanging from the rafters of the garage with the rope entangled about has neck, arms and shoulders. Deputy Sheriff Paul LalBounty, who investigated, said it appeared appear-ed possible the boy had been standing on a pile of lumber, slipped off and became entangled in the rope. He said the accident occurred at about 6 p.m. Midvale City Judge C. E. Matthews, Mat-thews, acting coroner termed the death due to accidental hanging. lE'inghain Volunteer Firemen summoned 'by the victim's mother, mo-ther, worked over the boy with the rcsusitator for nearly one hour before he was pronounced dead. Gregory Hatch, was born November No-vember 9, 1948, in Vernal. He was a (member of the Methodist Church school, Cub Pack 113 and the Little League bail players. He is survived by his 'parents, two brothers and a sister, Thomas Thom-as Robert, 12, Julie Ann 5, and Tracy 3, all of Copperton, and four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mannion, also of Copperton Cop-perton and Mr. and Mrs. Bus Hatch, Vernal. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning, July 16 at 11 o'clock in St. Paul's Community Commu-nity Church in Copperton with Deaconess Ada Duhigg in charge. Burial was in Memorial Gardens of the Valley. O |