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|The 74-year-old was decorating his family's grave plot at St. Joseph's Cemetery in [[Throop, Pennsylvania]], for Easter with his wife when the tombstone of his mother-in-law toppled over, pinning him underneath and crushing him to death. The stone had supposedly been dislodged when the previously frozen ground was thawed by the early spring temperatures. Woytack was buried in a plot directly in front of the tombstone that killed him.[{{cite news|last=Lange|first=Stacy|date=2015-03-30|title=Man Killed by Falling Headstone While Decorating Family Grave|url=https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/man-killed-by-falling-headstone-in-throop-cemetery/523-50da6813-8d28-4337-aff8-18f4a350c74a#:~:text=THROOP%20%2D%2D%20A%20man%20decorating,us%20shortly%20after%20the%20incident/|access-date=2022-06-10|work=[[WNEP-TV]]|quote=Bishop Joseph Bambera of the Diocese of Scranton released this statement: "It is unimaginable to think that a visit of a faithful couple to the grave of loved ones in anticipation of the celebration of Easter could have ended in such a tragic manner."}}][{{Cite web|last=Pryor|first=DeBorah B.|date=2015-03-31|title=Freak Accident: Pennsylvania Man Killed By Mother-in-Law's Falling Tombstone|url=https://eurweb.com/2015/freak-accident-pennsylvania-man-killed-by-mother-in-laws-falling-tombstone/|access-date=2024-09-15|website=EURweb}}] |
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|The 74-year-old was decorating his family's grave plot at St. Joseph's Cemetery in [[Throop, Pennsylvania]], for Easter with his wife when the tombstone of his mother-in-law toppled over, pinning him underneath and crushing him to death. The stone had reportedly been dislodged when the previously frozen ground was thawed by the early spring temperatures. Woytack was buried in a plot directly in front of the tombstone that killed him.[{{cite news|last=Lange|first=Stacy|date=2015-03-30|title=Man Killed by Falling Headstone While Decorating Family Grave|url=https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/man-killed-by-falling-headstone-in-throop-cemetery/523-50da6813-8d28-4337-aff8-18f4a350c74a#:~:text=THROOP%20%2D%2D%20A%20man%20decorating,us%20shortly%20after%20the%20incident/|access-date=2022-06-10|work=[[WNEP-TV]]|quote=Bishop Joseph Bambera of the Diocese of Scranton released this statement: "It is unimaginable to think that a visit of a faithful couple to the grave of loved ones in anticipation of the celebration of Easter could have ended in such a tragic manner."}}][{{Cite web|last=Pryor|first=DeBorah B.|date=2015-03-31|title=Freak Accident: Pennsylvania Man Killed By Mother-in-Law's Falling Tombstone|url=https://eurweb.com/2015/freak-accident-pennsylvania-man-killed-by-mother-in-laws-falling-tombstone/|access-date=2024-09-15|website=EURweb}}] |
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