Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Green, Edwin Perry 1929
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Ionia County News, 2 May 1929

Ionia Boy Killed in 12-Foot Fall in Father’s Barn
Edwin Green Suffers Broken Neck; Was Putting Swing Up; Alone at Time

While attempting to put up a swing in the barn of the farm home a mile and a
half from Collins Sunday morning, Edwin, the twelve-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Green fell to the floor and was instantly killed.

At the time of the accident the lad was trying to tie the rope of the swing to a
rafter 12 feet from the floor.  He was alone at the time and it is supposed he
slipped, striking the floor in such manner as to break his neck.  He was found
by his sister Florence with whom he had been playing earlier in the morning and
who discovered the body of her brother when she went to call him to dinner.

A physician from Muir was called at once but the boy was dead, the doctor
expressing his belief that death was instantaneous.

He was a member of the Union Sunday school at Collins, and was a sixth grade
pupil in the Crane school.  He is survived by his parents, his sister and an
older brother, Richard.

Funeral services were held from the home of his parents Tuesday afternoon.  Rev.
A.T. Halstead, of Lyons officiated.

[Transcriber's Note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that he was
buried in Highland Park Cemetery.]


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