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Show Youth Accidently Shot Through Neck Here "Shoot Me" were the last words spoken by 10-year-old Siegfried Pawloski Sunday morning when his brother, Fred, 11, answered the challenge chal-lenge and he fell to the ground fatally fat-ally injured by the discharge from the 12 gage, hammerless shotgun. . The boys had been playing near the barn where their father was milking. Thinking they heard him calling for the gun, Fred brought it to him. Mr. Pawloski told him to return it to the house. He was passing the woodshed when the accident acci-dent ocurred. Gus Schmidt, on whose farm the Pawloski family live, came to the door as the boy fell but was uninjured, practically all of the shot entering the throat of the boy. Investigating officers declared the shooting to be accidental. The family fam-ily said the gun was kept for the purpose of killing hawks and was always kept on safety. County Attorney W. S. Dunford, Sheriff E. G. Durnell and Deputy Sheriff Walter Durrant questioned the boy who could not describe how the accident had happened. He was unable to raise the heavy gun to his shoulder. Siegfried was born in Germany and came to American Fork with his parents in 1933. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Pawloski, and seven brothers and sisters, Reinbold, Edith, Engbert, Ruth, Herbert, Margaret and Fredrick Fred-rick Pawloski, all of American Fork. Bishop T. A. Greenwood was in charge of the services and announced announc-ed the following program: Opening prayer, Ernest Lloyd; closing prayer, pray-er, Darrell Proctor; violin solo, "Prayer," George Reimschissel; vocal vo-cal solo, "Dear Little Boy of Mine," Mildred Chipman, accompanied! by Lydia Olsen; duet, Darrell Wan-lass Wan-lass and Thornton Young; solo, "Let the Children Come Unto Me," Mrs. j Elliott Lee. I John E. Schugk of Salt Lake City, and E. J. Seastrand of this city were the speakers. They gave many words of comfort to the bereaved parents and family members. Interment was made in the City cemetery where the grave was dedicated dedi-cated by Bishop Joseph Storrs. Mrs. Lillian Booth and her Fourth grade class, of which Siegfried was a member, attended the funeral in a group. They formed a double line through which the funeral procession proces-sion walked, the casket being carried toy six of his friends. Following the mourners into the chapel the school children filed past the casket and each placed a flower on their friend. o |