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William Boyd Helwig

Male 1943 - 1958  (14 years)


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  • Name William Boyd Helwig  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 24 Jun 1943  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Jun 1958  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial 15 Jun 1958  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1989, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Myrtle Olene Walters,   b. 20 Jun 1914, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1998, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 15 Apr 1939  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Jun 1943 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jun 1958 - Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [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).

    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).

    4. [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.