Born: July 6, 1921
Died: March 28, 1968
Married: Arlene Hewitt
Children: Richard, Robert, Mrs. Beverly Fischer
Leo F. Amell was a World War II veteran. He was a son of Paul and Olive Mose Amell.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 29, 1968
Leo Amell
The funeral service for Leo F. Amell, who died Thursday at his home in Bloomingdale, has been set tentatively for Monday morning. Interment will be in Brookside Cemetery in Bloomingdale.
Mr. Amell was born July 6, 1921 in Paul Smiths, a son of Paul and Olive Mose Amell. He was married on Aug. 10, 1946 in Bloomingdale to Arlene Hewitt who survives.
Other survivors are his mother, now Mrs. Olive Norman of Saranac Lake; two sons, Richard with the Navy in Jacksonville, Fla. and Robert of Bloomingdale; a daughter, Mrs. Beverly Fischer of Bloomingdale; granddaughter, Janelle Fischer; four brothers, Clarence and Homer of Saranac Lake and Isadore and Raymond of Bloomingdale; three sisters, Mrs. Olivina Patnode of Newcomb, Mrs. Eva Knapp of Aurora, CO, and Mrs. Lena Champney of Syracuse; and several nieces and nephews.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 29, 1968
Bloomingdale Death Is Ruled Suicide
State police reported that Leo Amell, 46, of Bloomingdale died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the chest yesterday afternoon about 1:30.
Mr. Amell had reportedly been despondent over ill health for some time. Investigators said the victim was shot with a 300 Savage rifle in his bedroom.
Acting coroner Ronald Keough substituted for Essex County coroner Dr. Herbert Bergamini due to the proximity of the shooting to Saranac Lake.
An autopsy was performed last night and a ruling of suicide upheld.
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