Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Roell, Louis   1903 June 19, 1903
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Belding Banner – Thursday, 25 June 1903
Greenville Man Drowned in Fatal Lake While Fishing

Louis Roell, a single man of about 30 years of age, was drowned in Fatal Lake, 
one and a half miles from Greenville, last Friday afternoon.  Roell was 
subject to epileptic fits and the disease was the secondary cause of his 
death.  About 4 p.m. accompanied by a boy of 8 years named Hugh Finch, he went 
to the lake to fish.  The two were in a boat about ten rods from the shore 
when Roell was seized by an epileptic attack and fell into the water.  David 
Delehanty another fisherman was not far away in a boat but before he could 
reach the spot Roell’s body had sunk.

Grappling irons were secured and the spot dragged all night without success 
although the lake is not deep at the point where the accident occurred, much 
mud on the bottom made the search difficult. The body was found about 8:15 
Saturday morning and a coroner’s inquest held later.  Roell lived in Belding 
with his parents 12 years ago.


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