Submitted by Carol L. Patterson
Obits - Lance I. Antill
Pub. 27 Feb 1942
Democrat Messenger



DEEP VALLEY MAN KILLED

Lance I. Antill, 32, Hurt Fatally in Michigan Oil Field Mishap

     Struck on the head by a heavy clamp while working on a rotary drilling machine near Harrison, Mich, Lance I. Antill, 32, well known resident of Deep Valley, died of a fractured skull Wednesday morning, Feb. 25, at 5 o'clock in the Mt. Pleasant (Mich.) Hospital, 11 hours after the accident.
     A son of Thurman and Mary Harrington Antill, of Deep Valley, who survive, he was born June 18, 1909, and spent most of his life in the Deep Valley community.  He married Frances Wright, who survives with one daugher, Marlyn, aged five.  Mr. Antill had been employed in the oil and gas fields of western Greene County before going to work in the Michigan oil fields two years ago for the Pure Oil Company.  Mr. Antill was a member of the Laurel Run Methodist Church.