Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Probasco, Uzell 1925
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The Portland Observer, Thursday, November 5, 1925

Funeral services for Uzell Probasco, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben 
Probasco, who was killed late last Friday afternoon while hunting, were held 
at the Sebewa Center church Monday afternoon.  Burial was made in the East 
Sebewa cemetery.

Uzell was a student in the Portland high school, having entered the freshman 
class last September.  He was well known and had many friends in this 
community, especially among the school students, as well as in Sebewa where he 
lived.  The accident occurred while he, with his younger brother, Harold, were 
hunting in Ernest Reed’s woods.

Uzell saw a squirrel in a tree and in order to get a better view of the animal 
started to back up a few paces, at the same time taking aim.  In stepping 
backward he failed to see a log behind him which tripped him, throwing him to 
the ground, the gun being discharged as he fell.  The charge struck him in the 
jaw and entered the head.  His brother Harold, 12 years of age, his sole 
companion at the time, attempted to revive him with water and to stop the flow 
of blood, but death had been practically instantaneous.  When his attempts 
failed to revive his brother, Harold summoned Mr. Reed, but the boy was past 
aid. 

Many of the Portland high students attended the funeral of their classmate 
whose untimely death cast a mantle of gloom over the entire school.



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