Manistee County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gauthier, Beverly Jean 1968
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Newspaper Article
Bullet Kills Girl  Riding Snowmobile   
 THOMPSONVILLE-A 14 year-old Thompsonville girl riding a snowmobile and sled  
with several young companions was struck and killed by a rifle bullet Saturday  
afternoon near Thompsonville shortly before the end of the 1968 deer hunting season.   
The victim was Beverly Jean Gauthier 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer  Gauthier of Thompsonville.   
Manistee state police questioned a deer hunter, identified as Clifford McGirr Jr., about 30, of Springport, 
about the shooting, but authorities said police and Manistee County Prosecutor David Bailey were 
continuing the investigation  this morning.   
According to authorities, the shooting occurred shortly before 5 p.m. about three miles south 
of Thompsonville in Manistee County's Springdale Township.   
Beverly and three or four young companions reportedly were riding a snowmobile  
and a sled being towed by the snow vehicle.   
Information about what happened still was somewhat confused this morning.   
One source said the youngsters heard a shot and were told by Beverly to duck.   
Then a second or third shot struck the girl in the eye.  
She was adjudged by a Manistee County coroner to have died instantly, authorities said.   

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Thompsonville  
Congreational Church, Rev. Richard Wilson of Frankfort Methodist Church  
officiating, with burial in Benzonia Cemetery.   
The body reposes at Bennett Funeral Home in Benzonia.

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