Oakland County MI Archives Obituaries.....Chamberlain, Fred A.  May 10, 1930
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BIRTHDAY FETE ERRAND ENDS IN DEATH OF 2



Man Who Was to Have Been Surprised and Another killed as Autos Crash



Pontiac, May 11.  The family of Fred A. Chamberlain planned a surprise party for

him last night, on his sixty-fifth birthday anniversary.  So faking an errand to

get him away from home, the family sent Chamberlain out in company with his

son-in-law, Lewis Owens, and his grandson, Lewis Dale Owens, 18 months old.  A

few minutes later Chamberlain was killed, Owens was fatally hurt and the

grandson was cut and bruised in an automobile accident. 

Owens died of a fractured skull at the city hospital early this morning,

Chamberlain was killed almost instantly.

Chamberlain was driving on the Dixie highway when he turned in front of the

machine of James Butler, Ortonville, at the Walton boulevard.  Coroner Voorhees

said tonight that Butler would be questioned, but that witnesses did not hold

him responsible for the accident.

Joint funeral services for the men are to be Tuesday afternoon at the Central

Methodist church with Rev. W. E. Crosssland officiating.

When officers arrived at the Chamberlain home to notify the family of the

accident they found the table set with a large birthday cake with flaming

candles as the centerpiece.  The family was waiting to surprise him on his

entrance. 



Chamberlain, May 10, 1930 Frederick Austin, Waterford, beloved husband of Mrs.

Frances Chamberlain; father of Mrs. Bessie Owen, Cleve and Charles Chamberlain.

 Funeral service will be held at Central Methodist Church Tuesday at 2 P.M.

Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.  

Additional Comments:
Taken from Book "The Van Wagoner Family A Genealogy" by Philo Van Wagoner

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