OBIT: Avery OYLER, 1913, Windber, Somerset County, PA

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Oyler, Avery

  AVERY OYLER, OF WINDBER, DROWNED - Attired in a woman's old skirt as a bathing 
suit, Avery L. Oyler, aged 27 years and married. Went down to Conemaugh River 
near Echo for a swim on Sunday and within a few minutes met his death. The 
tragedy occurred about 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon and was not recovered until 
5:30. Mr. Oyler with his wife and child had gone to Echo to visit Mrs. Oyler's 
brothers, N. R. and M. W. Rummel. Attracted by the cooling water of the river, 
he determined to enjoy a swim. Lacking a regular bathing suit he borrowed a 
skirt from one of his woman relatives and thus attired went to the water. He had 
stepped on a log near the edge of the river, when it turned, precipitating him 
into the water. It is not known whether his head struck the log or whether he 
became entangled in the skirt. The drowning was witnessed by the unfortunate 
man's wife and child and his two brothers-in-law and their wives. Besides the 
widow the deceased is survived by a daughter, his mother and father, who reside 
in Helixville, Bedford County, and several brothers and sisters.

Meyersdale Commercial, July 3, 1913