Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Moore, Robert David June 5, 1948 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@concast.net December 20, 2023, 12:46 pm Belding Banner-News Thursday June 10,1948 Young Boy Drowns At Deer Lake Little 19 month old Robert David Moore, son of Mr.and Mrs.Claude Moore of deer Lake, was drowned Saturday evening near their home wile playing with his two year old brother, Carl, at the edge of a gravel pit and he slid on the bank into the water-filler hole. Little Carl reported the accident to his parents, who recovered the body and notified Montcalm and Kent County sheriffs; offices and State police. They administered artificial respiration and used a pulmotor but efforts to save the child's life failed. Robert David was born November 9, 1946, at Greenville and lived with his parents at Deer Lake, west of Greenville. For several months the family had lived in Big Rapids were Mr.Moore was attending school and ad returned to their Deer Lake home only a week earlier. The little boy is survived by his parents and brother; his grandmother, Mrs.Edith Moore, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.Peter Pennock, of Stanton. funeral services were held Monday at the Ellis Funeral Home, Rev.H.S. Ellis officiating, and burial was in River Ridge cemetery. Additional Comments: River Ride Cem.#44-Sec.3 Belding Michigan File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/moore46743nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb