Suicide of Gladys Sager, 1939
New Jersey Mirror 25 Jan 1939
Gladys M., 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sager, a senior in Pemberton High School, committed suicide on Saturday afternoon by shooting herself in the heart with a .38 calibre revolver at her home on Burr's road, about a mile and a half from Pemberton. Discovery of the act was made by her parents upon their return from a shopping trip to Mount Holly. They found her slumped across a sofa in the living room of their farm home. No reason is attributed for the suicide. Her parents stated that she was in good spirits when they left home and was looking forward to social events that were listed among the high school activities. The girl had been suffering from occasional fainting spells, which is the only cause that could be assigned for her ending her life. Upon discovery of her body lying on the sofa, Dr. Reuben Frank, of Pemberton, was summoned and pronounced her dead.
The "kick" in the old-fashioned revolver, which had been around the house for many years, tossed the weapon across the room. It was later found behind a chair by Coroner John Swartz, of Palmyra. Swartz issued a death certificate in which he officially wrote off the death as suicide. Miss Sager was popular with her classmates at Pemberton High School and would have graduated in June. She was captain of the cheer-leading squad, a member of the glee club and the high school quartet and last year was a student council member. The night before her death she led the cheering at a basketball game in Pemberton between Pemberton and Jamesburg. She also was a member of the Methodist Sunday School. Funeral services were held at her parents' home this afternoon with Rev. W. N. Raver, of the M. E. Church officiating. Burial was held in Odd Fellows cemetery, Pemberton
Gladys M., 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sager, a senior in Pemberton High School, committed suicide on Saturday afternoon by shooting herself in the heart with a .38 calibre revolver at her home on Burr's road, about a mile and a half from Pemberton. Discovery of the act was made by her parents upon their return from a shopping trip to Mount Holly. They found her slumped across a sofa in the living room of their farm home. No reason is attributed for the suicide. Her parents stated that she was in good spirits when they left home and was looking forward to social events that were listed among the high school activities. The girl had been suffering from occasional fainting spells, which is the only cause that could be assigned for her ending her life. Upon discovery of her body lying on the sofa, Dr. Reuben Frank, of Pemberton, was summoned and pronounced her dead.
The "kick" in the old-fashioned revolver, which had been around the house for many years, tossed the weapon across the room. It was later found behind a chair by Coroner John Swartz, of Palmyra. Swartz issued a death certificate in which he officially wrote off the death as suicide. Miss Sager was popular with her classmates at Pemberton High School and would have graduated in June. She was captain of the cheer-leading squad, a member of the glee club and the high school quartet and last year was a student council member. The night before her death she led the cheering at a basketball game in Pemberton between Pemberton and Jamesburg. She also was a member of the Methodist Sunday School. Funeral services were held at her parents' home this afternoon with Rev. W. N. Raver, of the M. E. Church officiating. Burial was held in Odd Fellows cemetery, Pemberton
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