William Boyd Helwig

1943 - 1958  (14 years)

• Name	William Boyd Helwig  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	24 Jun 1943	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Jun 1958	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Buried	15 Jun 1958	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [3, 4]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Thursday, June 19, 1958 Page One Willam Helwig Dies in Tractor Accident William B. Helwig, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Helwig of Cass City, was killed in a tragic accident Wednesday afternoon, June 11, when he was pinned under the wheel of a tractor on Bay City-Forestville Road, about five miles east of Gagetown. He and a companion, Walter W. Jezewski, 14, had been driving the tractors in zig-zag fashion on the road when the accident occurred. Marshal William Wood and Bad Axe State Police Troopers Ronald Warner and Noel Rowe investimaged. John Zinnecker was a witness to the accident and described the travel of the tractors. The machines had been taken from the Helwig farm without the knowledge of William's parents. Coroner Benson Collon of Caro said death was due to a crushed chest, internal hemorrhage and a broken back. William had just completed his freshman year at Cass City High School. He was born in Cass City June 24, 1943, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Helwig. Surviving, besides his parents, are a sister, Judith Ann, at home, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helwig of Cass City. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Little's Funeral Home. Rev. S.R. Wurtz, pastor of the Evangelical United Brethern Church, officiated. Burial was in Elkland Cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2008)
  Person ID	I30521	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Clark Edward Helwig,   b. 22 May 1911, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 10 May 1989, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Myrtle Olene Walters,   b. 20 Jun 1914, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 9 Jan 1998, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 83 years)
  Married	15 Apr 1939	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Family ID	F9766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Jun 1943 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Died - 11 Jun 1958 - Tuscola County, Michigan Buried - 15 Jun 1958 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Volume 21, September 1, 1958 (Reliability: 3). [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Wednesday, May 17, 1989 (Reliability: 3). [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Thursday, June 19, 1958 (Reliability: 3). [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.