Norman Sterling Darst II 1944-1973
Norman Sterling Darst II (1944-1973), the son of Norman Sterling Darst (1912-1987); the son of David Darst (1881-1950); the son of John Jacob Darst (1850-1886); the son of David Sterling Hughes Darst (1821-1906); the son of Jacob Calloway Darst (1793-1836); the son of David Darst (1757-1826); the son of Abraham Derst (1725-1772), our Pfeddersheim immigrant ...died tragically.
Two City Employes Found
Dead At Angelo's City Farm
Tom Green County Sheriff's Deputies Sunday morning discovered the lifeless bodies of two San Angelo men floating in an underground disposal tank at the city sewer farm some six miles east of the city off Farm Road 380.
According to Sheriff Deputy Ernest Haynes, the bodies of Norman Sterling Darst III, 29, of 724 Era and Marvin Hill, 22, of 2205 Glenwood were found around 8:30 a.m. Sunday after Hill's wife became concerned of her husband's whereabouts Saturday evening after Hill did not come home from work, Sunday, she contacted sheriff's deputies to search the area for her husband.
Officers said one of the men apparently fell into the tank after being overcome by fumes and the other died trying to save him. The pair were city employes at the farm.
Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene and searched for the two at the sewer plant and found the pair in a pit housed by a sewage disposal blockhouse. The pit was five feet wide and 6-7 feet deep, Deputy Haynes said, and it took four men to carry the bodies from the underground pit. The blockhouse contained a shreader used for breaking up solid waste matter.
Haynes said that according to Mrs. Hill, her husband reported to work at the sewage farm around 8 a.m. Saturday. The woman later drove to the farm late Saturday afternoon to look for her husband but could not locate him. She said his car was parked nearby but saw no one at the plant. She called law enforcement officials early Sunday morning.
Police at the scene placed time of death for the two between 1:30 and 6 p.m. Saturday. Deputies said Darst had reported to work around 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Justice of the Peace Ruth Nicholson was called to the scene Sunday morning and ordered an autopsy on the two.
Dr. James Womack started autopsies on the two men around 4:45 p.m. Sunday. However, the Department of Public Safety lab at Austin will issue an official report to Mrs. Nicholson this week and the peace justice's ruling will follow.
The San Angelo Emergency Corps was called to the scene to assist recovery of the bodies.
Tom Green County deputies Loil Balentine and Charles Titus discovered the bodies and investigated circumstances surrounding the deaths of the two.
Services for Hill are pending at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home of Odessa.
Hill was a lab technician for the city and is formerly of Odessa.
Funeral Services for Darst will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson's Chapel with the Rev. Earl Sherman of the College Hills Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery.
He was born Aug. 8, 1944 in San Angelo. He had been a lifetime resident of San Angelo and was married to Laverne Stewart March 12, 1965 in San Angelo.
Survivors include his wife; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Darst of San Angelo; a sister, Mrs. A. M. Farris of Temple; and a brother, Garet Darst of Corpus Christi.
A similar incident occured in Abilene Aug. 5, when Jess Hubert Moore and Jesse Lee Swaim, both Abilene Water and Sewer employes were found dead inside a street manhole. City officials guessed that one had died trying to rescue the other when one of them had been overcome by fumes.
Monday Morning 13 AUG 1973 - San Angelo Standard-Times, San Angelo, Texas
Two City Employes Found
Dead At Angelo's City Farm
Tom Green County Sheriff's Deputies Sunday morning discovered the lifeless bodies of two San Angelo men floating in an underground disposal tank at the city sewer farm some six miles east of the city off Farm Road 380.
According to Sheriff Deputy Ernest Haynes, the bodies of Norman Sterling Darst III, 29, of 724 Era and Marvin Hill, 22, of 2205 Glenwood were found around 8:30 a.m. Sunday after Hill's wife became concerned of her husband's whereabouts Saturday evening after Hill did not come home from work, Sunday, she contacted sheriff's deputies to search the area for her husband.
Officers said one of the men apparently fell into the tank after being overcome by fumes and the other died trying to save him. The pair were city employes at the farm.
Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene and searched for the two at the sewer plant and found the pair in a pit housed by a sewage disposal blockhouse. The pit was five feet wide and 6-7 feet deep, Deputy Haynes said, and it took four men to carry the bodies from the underground pit. The blockhouse contained a shreader used for breaking up solid waste matter.
Haynes said that according to Mrs. Hill, her husband reported to work at the sewage farm around 8 a.m. Saturday. The woman later drove to the farm late Saturday afternoon to look for her husband but could not locate him. She said his car was parked nearby but saw no one at the plant. She called law enforcement officials early Sunday morning.
Police at the scene placed time of death for the two between 1:30 and 6 p.m. Saturday. Deputies said Darst had reported to work around 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Justice of the Peace Ruth Nicholson was called to the scene Sunday morning and ordered an autopsy on the two.
Dr. James Womack started autopsies on the two men around 4:45 p.m. Sunday. However, the Department of Public Safety lab at Austin will issue an official report to Mrs. Nicholson this week and the peace justice's ruling will follow.
The San Angelo Emergency Corps was called to the scene to assist recovery of the bodies.
Tom Green County deputies Loil Balentine and Charles Titus discovered the bodies and investigated circumstances surrounding the deaths of the two.
Services for Hill are pending at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home of Odessa.
Hill was a lab technician for the city and is formerly of Odessa.
Funeral Services for Darst will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson's Chapel with the Rev. Earl Sherman of the College Hills Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery.
He was born Aug. 8, 1944 in San Angelo. He had been a lifetime resident of San Angelo and was married to Laverne Stewart March 12, 1965 in San Angelo.
Survivors include his wife; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Darst of San Angelo; a sister, Mrs. A. M. Farris of Temple; and a brother, Garet Darst of Corpus Christi.
A similar incident occured in Abilene Aug. 5, when Jess Hubert Moore and Jesse Lee Swaim, both Abilene Water and Sewer employes were found dead inside a street manhole. City officials guessed that one had died trying to rescue the other when one of them had been overcome by fumes.
Monday Morning 13 AUG 1973 - San Angelo Standard-Times, San Angelo, Texas
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