Obit from the Holland Sentinel Aug. 2, 1917
Black river claimed its first victim of the season Thursday when Milton Ossewaarde, the 9-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ossewaarde of Zeeland, went down while swimming and did not come up again. The drowning accident took place in the rive back of the D. F. Boonstra farm, in the vicinity of the big memorial stone that has been erected on the road half way between Holland and Zeeland.
With a companion, Simon Wierda, he went to the river in the forenoon at about 10:30 for a swim. Without warning the lad went down and failed to come to the surface. Frightened and distraught, his companion hurried into his clothes and ran all the way to Zeeland, a distance of about two miles, to summon aid. A number of men rushed to the spot in an automobile, but the boy had been in the water so long that there was no hope of recovering him alive. Search for the body was however immediately begun, and this afternoon shortly after one o’clock it was discovered.
The remains were taken to Zeeland and an inquest was not considered necessary.
The dead boy is a son of Peter Ossewaarde, a well known Zeeland merchant, who has for many years conducted a clothing and shoe store in that city. He is survived by his father, mother, one sister and one brother.
Black river claimed its first victim of the season Thursday when Milton Ossewaarde, the 9-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ossewaarde of Zeeland, went down while swimming and did not come up again. The drowning accident took place in the rive back of the D. F. Boonstra farm, in the vicinity of the big memorial stone that has been erected on the road half way between Holland and Zeeland.
With a companion, Simon Wierda, he went to the river in the forenoon at about 10:30 for a swim. Without warning the lad went down and failed to come to the surface. Frightened and distraught, his companion hurried into his clothes and ran all the way to Zeeland, a distance of about two miles, to summon aid. A number of men rushed to the spot in an automobile, but the boy had been in the water so long that there was no hope of recovering him alive. Search for the body was however immediately begun, and this afternoon shortly after one o’clock it was discovered.
The remains were taken to Zeeland and an inquest was not considered necessary.
The dead boy is a son of Peter Ossewaarde, a well known Zeeland merchant, who has for many years conducted a clothing and shoe store in that city. He is survived by his father, mother, one sister and one brother.
Obit from the Holland Sentinel Aug. 2, 1917
Black river claimed its first victim of the season Thursday when Milton Ossewaarde, the 9-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ossewaarde of Zeeland, went down while swimming and did not come up again. The drowning accident took place in the rive back of the D. F. Boonstra farm, in the vicinity of the big memorial stone that has been erected on the road half way between Holland and Zeeland.
With a companion, Simon Wierda, he went to the river in the forenoon at about 10:30 for a swim. Without warning the lad went down and failed to come to the surface. Frightened and distraught, his companion hurried into his clothes and ran all the way to Zeeland, a distance of about two miles, to summon aid. A number of men rushed to the spot in an automobile, but the boy had been in the water so long that there was no hope of recovering him alive. Search for the body was however immediately begun, and this afternoon shortly after one o’clock it was discovered.
The remains were taken to Zeeland and an inquest was not considered necessary.
The dead boy is a son of Peter Ossewaarde, a well known Zeeland merchant, who has for many years conducted a clothing and shoe store in that city. He is survived by his father, mother, one sister and one brother.
Black river claimed its first victim of the season Thursday when Milton Ossewaarde, the 9-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ossewaarde of Zeeland, went down while swimming and did not come up again. The drowning accident took place in the rive back of the D. F. Boonstra farm, in the vicinity of the big memorial stone that has been erected on the road half way between Holland and Zeeland.
With a companion, Simon Wierda, he went to the river in the forenoon at about 10:30 for a swim. Without warning the lad went down and failed to come to the surface. Frightened and distraught, his companion hurried into his clothes and ran all the way to Zeeland, a distance of about two miles, to summon aid. A number of men rushed to the spot in an automobile, but the boy had been in the water so long that there was no hope of recovering him alive. Search for the body was however immediately begun, and this afternoon shortly after one o’clock it was discovered.
The remains were taken to Zeeland and an inquest was not considered necessary.
The dead boy is a son of Peter Ossewaarde, a well known Zeeland merchant, who has for many years conducted a clothing and shoe store in that city. He is survived by his father, mother, one sister and one brother.
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