Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Yaroch, Edwin June 29, 1958
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Wayne Summers migenweb4@gmail.com March 15, 2024, 1:46 pm

Unknown
Edwin Yaroch, 28
Bad Axe, drowned Sunday about ? after the boat he was in was swamped and turned 
over off shore from McGraw park, west of port Austin. Two youngsters and another 
man in the boat were able to cling to the boat until help arrived. Three members 
of the Detroit Fire dept who have cottages in the area rescued Hugh Sharland, 
44, Bad Axe, Robert Tschirhart, 10 and Edward Tschirhart, 6, both of Minden 
City. The four were in a 14 foot aluminum boat when waves swept over their boat. 
The boat was swamped and turned over. Sharland said that he threw a life 
preserver to Yaroch but he failed to try and reach it. It was learned later that 
Yaroch could not swim. Sharland dove beneath the boat and found the two 
youngsters pinned beneath it. He brought them out and set them on top of the 
boat until help arrived. Yaroch had gone under the water by the time he rescued 
the two boys. Undersheriff Robert Swackhamer and Deputy Teschendorf searched the 
water for about 30 minutes but were unable to find the body. They were forced to 
quit the search by the high waves. Dragging is continuing today. He is survived 
by his wife, Erma, a son, Dennis, 3, and Lorrie, 18 months.


Additional Comments:
Submitted to MIGenWeb archives 1998

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/huron/obits/y/yaroch47397nob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/

File size: 1.8 Kb