Ukiah Daily Journal, Ukiah, California, Monday, October 14, 1974
R.V. woman succumbs to rifle wound
Merrilyn Sue Spilman, 31, died at 10:45 last night in a Ukiah hospital, about 12 hours after she shot herself in the head with a .22 caliber rifle. Mrs. Spilman was found late yesterday morning in the kitchen of the family home in Redwood Valley by her husband, Jack Lee Spilman. She was rushed to the hospital by Ukiah Ambulance Service.
There was no note found but it is believed that Mrs. Spilman was despondent as the result of a recent accident in which she was seriously injured.
In addition to her husband, two children survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Spilman, a native of Lubbock, Texas, are pending at Eversole Mortuary.
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Ukiah Daily Journal, Ukiah, California, Tuesday, October 15, 1974
Wednesday services for Mrs. Spilman
Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 at Eversole Mortuary for Merrilyn Sue Spilman. The 31-year-old Texas native died Sunday in a Ukiah hospital. She had lived in Redwood Valley for the past nine years.
She is survived by her husband Jack, and by two children, Tammy Marie and Stacey Sue, all of Redwood Valley; by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robinson of Lake Isabella, California; by a sister, Mrs. Norma Wolfbauer of Northridge and a brother, Gary L. Robinson of Lake Isabella.
Officiating at services will be the Rev. Ken Hewitt. Burial will be in Ukiah Cemetery.
