Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Messer, Ira 1914 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 13, 2010, 11:34 pm The Carson City Gazette, Friday, July 17, 1914 Ira Messer, aged 19 years was drowned in the Maple river near Matherton Tuesday. He in the company with two companions, was in bathing and was learning to swim by the use of water wings, when the one side collapsed, and he drowned before aid could reach him. His body was recovered in about an hour. The family has the sympathy of all in their sad bereavement. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/messer6869nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb