Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Strong, Dennis 1945
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Portland Review – Thursday, 20 September 1945

Dennis, 19 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmond Strong, drowned in the 
cistern at the family’s farm home west of Wippert Mill in Sebewa Township, 
late Monday afternoon.  The child was wearing a play harness, to which a rope 
was fastened.  In some manner he fell into the cistern, and had the rope been 
a few feet shorter would have been held above the water level by it.

Drs. Huyck, of Sunfield, and Botting, of Portland, were summoned, as were 
members of Portland fire department inhalator crew, but all efforts to revive 
the little boy failed.  The firemen who made the run were Charles Munger, Dee 
Meitler, George Rottman and Malcolm Robertson.

Funeral services will be held at the Strong home on Thursday afternoon at 
2:00.  Rev. Benjamin I. Davies will officiate, and burial will be in Portland 
cemetery.

Dennis is survived by two brothers, Ernest and Richard.  The child’s mother is 
the former Agnes Mattson, a former teacher in Portland schools.  Mr. Strong’s 
mother, Mrs. Katherine Strong, and his brother Earl, live in this village.



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