Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Higgins, Wayne June 23, 1924 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com June 11, 2016, 9:34 pm Grand Rapids Press, Tuesday, June 24, 1924 Wayne Higgins, age 13, passed away on June 23, 1924. The body of young Wayne Higgins was taken from the Canal at the Smyrna Central Light & Power Company. A search for young Master Higgins started early Monday evening when his fishing pole was discovered near the wheel area of the plant. Recovery of the body ended a search that started early Monday evening, when the lad’s fishing pole was found on the apron below the wheel of the plant. The water was lowered this morning and the body found in the water wheel. The lad lived with Arthur Jenkins near the plant. His father works elsewhere and his mother is deceased. Additional Comments: Lad Drowned in Canal at Smyrna A more complete article on this notice is available at the Ionia County Genealogy Society in Lake Odessa, Michigan. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/higgins32765nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb