Paul L. Insley was born some time in 1907 in Marion, Ohio .
he died Tuesday, November 11, 1930. his recorded age was 23.
Funeral Rites For Paul L. Insley Held At M. E. Church
Was Senior in College Of Journalism At O. S. U.
Funeral services for Paul Leonard Insley, age 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Insley, 671 Hartford Street, were held Thursday, Nov. 13, at 2:00 o'clock, at the Worthington Methodist church, of which he was a member. Rev. Clarence S. Grauser, pastor of the church, officiated, with Rev. Tom Penn Ullom speaking briefly and offering the prayer.
Both ministers spoke with much feeling of the character and sterling qualities of the life that had so suddenly been taken away.
With Mrs. S. E. Corbin at the organ, Mrs. H. P. Jeffers and Russel E. Eicher sang "One Sweetly Solemn Thought." Mrs. Jeffers, Mr. Eicher, with Miss Edith Lewis and Supt. C. E. Webb, sang beautifully, "The Old Rugged Cross," and Miss Lewis rendered most impressively, the solo "One Fleeting Hour."
Frank Corbin, Beverly Jones, Karl Carter, Joseph Colburn, Fred Richards, and Laverne Driggs acted as pall bearers. Classmates of the class of 1925, Worthington high school, attended in a body.
The unusually large number of beautiful floral offerings and the closing of the places of business during the funeral bore silent testimony of the universal love and esteem in which Paul was held in Worthington and community.
Burial was made in Walnut Grove cemetery, under the direction of Samuel E. Corbin, the funeral cortege being assisted through High street to the cemetery by Marshal J. H. Taladay and Deputy Willis, the latter standing at salute as the procession passed through the gate leading to the cemetery.
Paul’s tragic death came as a terrible shock to his parents, brother and sister, friends and the entire community.
On Monday evening, November 10, in company with Miss Peggy Winthrop, publicity writer for the Franklin County Community Fund, he had attended the Symphony concert at Memorial Hall. Enroute to his home, it is believed one of the wheels of the auto in some manner caught in the car tracks, on High street, near Leland avenue, causing the machine to skid on the extremely slippery streets.
After skidding, the machine left the street, hurtling over a four foot slope, but crashed against a tree, which he probably was unable to see, due to a drizzling rain and foggy weather.
He was found by Fred Nesser, enroute to his home at Chaseland, and who notified the Beechwold Barbecue. Employees there identified the body and called Coroner Murphy who stated that death had probably been instantaneous.
Paul, who besides his parents, is survived by a brother, Warren, and a sister, Betty, was born at Marion, Ohio, June 27, 1907, and spent his early life at Marion, McComb and Sylvania, Ohio, moving from the latter place with his parents to Worthington, in October, 1922. He entered the Worthington Schools, graduating in the class of 1925.
In the fall of 1926 he entered Ohio State University and had he lived, would have graduated from the College of Journalism, December 15, only five weeks away.
In the early part of his college activities he was a member of the University Glee Club, and the Strollers' Dramatic Club.
He had made excellent progress in his studies and planned to enter the journalistic field after graduation, a position having already been offered him.
He was unusually well prepared for life and his many attainments, coupled with his high ideals and adaptability pressaged a promising future.
He possessed a strong physical body, excelling in many athletic sports, as well as a keen mind developed by intensive reading and study in his consuming passion for knowledge.
From his earliest life he was a lover of both vocal and instrumental music, was a member of the Sylvania Band, and had spent his last evening on earth listening to the great artists. He was equally at home in the field of art having studied one year at the Columbus Art School, and had one year of art at Ohio State University.
For the past four years he had assisted in the office and shop of the Worthington News, being both a fluent writer and an expert linotype operator.
He was unusually industrious, and besides his duties with the News, worked during his spare time at every revenue producing task that he might finish his college work.
Paul was a most dutiful and loving son ever, considerate of his parents, brother and sister, and was a friend to both old and young who knew and loved him for his real worth.