Struck by lightning as he sat in the kitchen of his farm home on the E. Rochester-Augusta Road about 5pm Thursday, Clyde S. Roach, 50, was instantly killed.

The family had just concluded the evening meal and Mr. Roach was leaning back on his chair, with his elbow on the sink. The bolt of lightning was believed to have centered in the light socket overhead, traveling to the sink.

Other members of the family gathered around the table were slightly stunned by the bolt, but felt no ill effects. Dr. C.C. Taylor of E. Rochester was summoned. Mr Roach was severely burned about the back and suffered a broken neck. There was no damage to any of the farm buildings.

Mr. Roach, father of Mrs. William Weir of the West State Road, was born at Hanoverton April 10, 1887 and had lived in that vicinity his lifetime. He was a member of the First Christian Church at Augusta and of the Masonic Lodge there.

His wife, Verna; three daughters, Mrs Weir, whose husband is a teller at the First National Bank, Misses Faye and Mabel Roach of the home; his father, James Roach of Kensington; two brothers, Harry of Kensington and Roy of Cleveland and two grandchildren, survive.

Funeral services will be held at the home Sunday at 2pm, and at the First Christian Church in Augusta at 2:30pm. Burial will be at Augusta.