WAINWRIGHT,
Jack
Obituary
Muskegon Chronicle Muskegon,
Michigan 20 August 1940 Page 2
Boy Gives Life When
He Fears Dog to Drown Jack Wainwright
Dies After Leap from Boat; Popular Cen- tral Junior Pupil. Jack Wainwright, 15 years old, 1620 Manz
street, popular Central Junior High school student, lost his life yesterday because he feared a dog which jumped out
of a rowboat could not swim. Jack
drowned in Johnson Lake, Cedar Creek
township. While visiting at the cottage
of his uncle, Matthew Alberts, 1607 Manz
street, Jack had gone out in the boat with the dog. An excellent swimmer, Jack jumped into the
water after the dog, Sheriff Louis E.
Eklund was told by two boys who were standing on a dock. He was wearing boots, but when the body was recovered the boots were
off and officers believed that in kicking them off he may have become excited and his lungs filled with
water. The dog swam to safety, but when
Jack realized he was in difficulty
because of his boots and clothing he attempted to swim to the boat which was
drifting away from him. He went down
before he was able to reach safety. The
body was recovered by Sheriff Eklund in eight feet of water. In the same boat
with the sheriff were Walter Hanson, and his son, Gerald, who live in Newaygo
county near Johnson lake. The body was not located for about four
hours. Jack completed 9B classes at
Junior High school last year and was to
enter 9A this fall. He was popular
among his fellow students and was a member of
the football, basketball and track teams and had played American Legion
baseball for four years. He was a second baseman for the Rohrs team this
summer. He was born in Muskegon, April
18, 1925 and attended Moon school
before starting Junior High. He was a
member of the First Christian church.
Funeral services are to be
tomorrow afternoon with six members of the Rohrs baseball team as bearers. Jack is survived by his mother, Mrs. Julia Wainwright; five
brothers, William, Charles, Albert, Frank and Harvey, of Muskegon; five sisters, Mrs. Alex Nelson, Mrs. Harold
Mosier, Mrs. Lyle Moran, Mrs. Vern Wood, of Muskegon, and Mrs. Don Bowersock, of Lima, Ohio. of Lima, Ohio; three half-sisters, Mrs.
Allie Albert, Muskegon, Mrs. Charles
Fetters and Mrs. William Powell, of Chicago.
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WAINWRIGHT,
Julia K. (Mrs)Alberts
Obituary
Muskegon Chronicle,
Muskegon, Michigan, 26 January 1977, Page 29
WAINWRIGHT, MRS.
JULIA K. (Widow of William, Formerly of 1620 Manz. Mrs. Julia K. Wainwright, age 94, died Tuesday. Born in Mowequa, llinois, the former Julia
Alberts, she married William Wainwright in 1903. He died in 1928. She also
had two sons and a daughter precede her in death. SURVIVORS 4 daughters,
Mrs. Doris Nelson of Muskegon, Mrs. Donald (Marguerite) Bowersock of Columbus
Grove, Ohio, Mrs. Lyle (Julia May) Moran of No. Muskegon, Mrs. Vern (Thelma)
Wood of Muskegon Hts., 4 sons, Charles, Albert, Frank and Harvey all of
Muskegon, 1 stepdaughter, Mrs. Ann Powell of Florida, 35 grandchildren, 80
great-grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren, brother, Matt Alberts of Muskegon. SERVICE Friday morning 10:30 o’clock from the Clock
Chapel with the Rev. Carl F. Agerstrand officiating. Interment will be made in Oakwood Cemetery. VISITATION riends may
call at the funeral home where they may meet the family this evening from 7 to
9 o’clock and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 o’clock on Thursday.--Clock
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WAINWRIGHT,
William
Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, Michigan, 9 July
1928, Page 2
BRIEF ILLNESS FATAL TO WM. WAINWRIGHT William Wainwright, 64 years old, 1620 Manz street, died Saturday at Hackley
hospital after a brief illness. He was
born in Pennsylvania, February 18, 1864
and formerly resided at Terre Haute, Indiana, making his home in Muskegon the past ten years. He formerly was employed as a glass
blower but had retired. Mr. Wainwright
is survived by the widow, six sons, William, Charles, Albert, Frank, Harvey and Jack of Muskegon; eight daughters, Mrs.
Alle Albert, of this city, Mrs. William
Powell and Mrs. Charles Fetters, of Chicago, Mrs. Al. Nelson, Mrs. Harold Mosier, Margaret, Julia and
Thel[ina], of this city; his mother, Mrs. Mary
Wainwright, of Belleville, Illinois; two brothers, John and Jacob
Wainwright, of Belleville; four
sisters, Mrs. Frank Severitt, Mrs. Jacob Ocker, Mrs. Joseph Roberts, and Mrs. William Beeson, of Belleville, and eleven grandchildren.
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WAINWRIGHT -- The funeral of Mr. William
Wainwright, 1620 Manz street was held at 1 p. m. today at the Clock Funeral
Home, Rev. A. R. Johns officiating.
Interment was made in Oakwood Cemetery.
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WAINWRIGHT,
William A
Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, Michigan, 6
December 1961, Page 47
Mr. Wainwright, Formerly Here, Dies in
Florida William A. Wainwright, 54, a
machinist at Muskegon Motor Specialties
Co., and Universal Camshaft Co. prior to 1956 and a resident here most of his life, died Tuesday at North Fort Myers,
Fla., where he had lived the past five
years. Born June 10, 1907, in Terre
Haute, Ind., Mrs. Wainwright attended
schools here. He was married Nov. 7,
1936, to Miss Margaret Sweet in
Michigan City, Ind. He leaves
his widow; his mother, Mrs. Julia Wainwright of Muskegon; four brothers, Charles, Albert, Frank, and Harvey, all
of Muskegon; five sisters, Mrs. Doris
Nelson, Mrs. Harold Mosier, Mrs. Lyle Moran, and Mrs. Vernon Wood, all of Muskegon, and Mrs. Donald
Bowersock of Columbus, Ohio; and three half- sisters, Mrs. May Albert of
Muskegon and Mrs. Charles Fetters and Mrs. Ann Powell, both of North Fort Myers, Fla.
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