Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....BERGMAN, JAMES WADE  November 11, 1961
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Gladwin County Record dated 11-15/1961 Column - 2 Page - 1
BOY, 13 KILLED BY AUTO

   A 13-year-old Beaverton boy lost his life Saturday afternoon when he was 
struck by a car while pedaling his bicycle a half-mile south of Beaverton on M-
18. James Wade Bergman apparently was instantly killed when he was hit by the 
car driven by Richard G. Grams, 75, of Saginaw, Sheriff Victor Edick said. 
   Young Bergman is the son of Mrs. Belva Bergman, of Beaverton. He was on his 
way to his home south of town on the bike borrowed from a neighborhood chum. 
Grams told the sheriff that the boy veered towards the middle of the highway 
into the car's path as he prepared to pass the bicycle. Both vehicles were 
traveling southward.
   Although Grams pulled to the left in an effort to avoid the collision, the 
right front fender of his car struck the bicycle and the boy was thrown into 
the windshield. The bicycle was in the center of the west lane when it was 
struck, Sheriff Edick said. 
   James Wade was born on May 20, 1948, in Gladwin, and had lived his lifetime 
in Gladwin County. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Belva Bergman; a 
brother, Peter William, at home; his grandfather, Lawrence Bergman, of 
Beaverton; and grandmother, Mrs. Violet Hammerbacker, of Saginaw. His father, 
David, preceded him in death in 1956.
   Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Dale Methodist Church. 
The Rev. Gordon Showers officiated and burial was in the Dale Cemetery. 

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