Cass City Chronicle CASS CITY, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1945 Tragedy struck in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Chaffee in Elmwood township Sunday afternoon when their son, Bernard, age 13, was accidentally drowned while trying to swim in a gravel pit on the Hiser farm, 5 1/2 miles southwest of Cass City, on M-81. The family had attended church in town and after dinner at home, Bernard, with a brother, Dale, 17, Tommie Hendrick and Robert Leach went to the gravel pit. Only Leach could swim very well. 'After being in the water only a short time, Bernard dropped into a deep part of the pit and efforts on the part of Leach to rescue the boy were futile. Help was summoned and when the body had been in the water about An hour and a half, Eagle Scout James Mark found it with grappling hooks and with the aid of Paul Dewey pulled it out of the pit. Coroner Lee Huston was called, also Deputy Sheriff Earl Laur and Sheriff Jules Goslin of Caro.Bernard was born Dec. 25, 1931, in Elkland township. He was a regular attendant of the Methodist Sunday school and church and had completed the eighth grade in school. Surviving are his parents and the following sisters and brothers, Mrs. Edith Wightman of Grand Blanc, Sgt. Aaron Lewis Chaffee in France, Mrs. Alice Wightman of Caro, Rev. Geo. Chaffee of Evanston,111., Mrs. Violet Ellison of Pontiac, Mrs. Frances McCoon of Caro, Dale, Arlene and Shirley Ann at home. Funeral services were held. Tuesday at 2 p. m. in the Douglas funeral home. Rev. Kenneth Bisbee officiated and burial was made In Elkland cemetery.
Cass City Chronicle CASS CITY, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1945 Tragedy struck in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Chaffee in Elmwood township Sunday afternoon when their son, Bernard, age 13, was accidentally drowned while trying to swim in a gravel pit on the Hiser farm, 5 1/2 miles southwest of Cass City, on M-81. The family had attended church in town and after dinner at home, Bernard, with a brother, Dale, 17, Tommie Hendrick and Robert Leach went to the gravel pit. Only Leach could swim very well. 'After being in the water only a short time, Bernard dropped into a deep part of the pit and efforts on the part of Leach to rescue the boy were futile. Help was summoned and when the body had been in the water about An hour and a half, Eagle Scout James Mark found it with grappling hooks and with the aid of Paul Dewey pulled it out of the pit. Coroner Lee Huston was called, also Deputy Sheriff Earl Laur and Sheriff Jules Goslin of Caro.Bernard was born Dec. 25, 1931, in Elkland township. He was a regular attendant of the Methodist Sunday school and church and had completed the eighth grade in school. Surviving are his parents and the following sisters and brothers, Mrs. Edith Wightman of Grand Blanc, Sgt. Aaron Lewis Chaffee in France, Mrs. Alice Wightman of Caro, Rev. Geo. Chaffee of Evanston,111., Mrs. Violet Ellison of Pontiac, Mrs. Frances McCoon of Caro, Dale, Arlene and Shirley Ann at home. Funeral services were held. Tuesday at 2 p. m. in the Douglas funeral home. Rev. Kenneth Bisbee officiated and burial was made In Elkland cemetery.
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