Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Branton, Charles Lewis 1937
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Ionia County News, 4 Mar 1937

Man Killed After Fall On Buzz Rig

Woodard Lake Man Dies After Falling On Buzz Saw Which He Was Operating Near Dye
School; Was Conscious Until Death

Funeral Services To Be Held Friday

Believed to have lost his footing, which threw his body into a buzz saw outfit,
cost the life of Charles Lewis Branton, 38, father of three small children and
resident of near Woodard Lake.

Brennan died at 3:10 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, 20 minutes after being admitted
to the Ionia hospital.  His body was half severed, cutting him on the right side
from the stomach to his spine.  He was conscious up until the time of his death.
 Hospital attendants said that just before Branton died he asked to be turned
over on his left side, stating that he was in great pain.

The accident occurred shortly after 2:00 o’clock while Branton and several
neighbors were buzzing wood near the Dye School.  Charles Selleck, who was near
the scene of the accident, stated that he did not see Branton fall on the buzz
saw but was attracted by his cries for help.  He said that he pulled Branton
from the saw and then went for a doctor.  Others working near the buzz rig were
Lyle Minikey, Philip Wilson and Russell Gilmore.  The word was being cut for
Selleck.

Branton was brought to the Ionia hospital in an ambulance.  Doctors who attended
Branton were Dr. J.J. McCann, Dr. Roy Lintner and Dr. Joseph Johns.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon from the
residence of Frank Piper, near Woodard Lake, with Rev. Frank Loomis officiating.
 Burial will be at Woodard Lake cemetery.  Besides his wife, Mrs. Alice Piper
Branton, he is survived by three small children, Donald, Eleanor and Mary.  Mr.
Branton is also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Branton, Port Huron.


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