Grand Traverse County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Vandervort, Earl 
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Cemetery:           Evergreen
Name:               Earl Vandervort

Date Of Photograph: March 29, 2006
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Earl Vandervort     b. 9 Feb. 1890     d. 5 April 1931
MICHIGAN
MUS.,  COAST  ART.  CORPS
Mina Seeley Vandervort Clark     b. 18 Mar. 1893     d. 27 Oct. 1991 
Henry M. Seeley     b. 6 Oct. 1903     d. 10 Mar. 1914
There are three headstones on this lot 


Additional Comments:
NO INQUEST, SAY KINGSLEY MAN IS VICTIM OF BOOZE -- OFFICERS HUNT SOURCE OF 
LIQUOR THAT KILLED FATHER OF FOUR.
Bad liquor was. held responsible for the death o! Earl Vandervoort, 41, of 
Kingsley, which took place between seven and eight o'clock Easter morning at 
the Burns & Wynkoop garage on State street. The cause was so apparent that 
Coroner H. B, Kyselka, Sheriff David Core and Prosecutor Sherman Eaton decided 
an inquest unnecessary Vandervoort, who was the father four young children, 
formerly lived in Traverse City recently moving his wife and family to Kingsley 
He had, at various times, been employed as an automobile salesman by local 
firms. Late Saturday evening Vandervoort came into the Burns & Wynkoop garage 
and it was seen that he had been drinking. He sat around the garage during the 
night, although urged to go on home. He complained of being ill and two 
physicians were called but both said he would be all right as soon as the 
liquor wore off. Sunday morning Vandervoort was found on the floor of the 
garage, dead. Coroner Kyselka was summoned, along with other county officers 
and decided that the cause of death was so obviously bad whiskey that an 
inquest would be unnecessary. Enforcement officers (Continued on Page 
Two.)  "No Inquest, Say Kingsley - Man Is Victim of Booze" (Continued from Page 
One.) are now seeking the man from whom Vandervoort purchased his supply. The 
body was taken to Kingsley were arrangement of funeral services is awaiting 
word from relatives in Minneapolis. Besides the widow and four children, 
Vandervoort is survived by a father, who near Rennie Lake, and several brothers 
and sisters.


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