Iron River, Bayfield County, Wisconsin. Thursday, March 10, 1932.

Buried Brother;

Died on Way Home

Lifeless Body of Lester Ferguson was Found on Trail Leading to His Home Less Than An Hour After He Saw Brother Laid in Final Resting Place.

Lester Ferguson, aged 65 years, a resident of Iron River and vicinity for nearly 40 years, died Tuesday afternoon while on his way home from his brother’s funeral.

Mr. Ferguson had been ill with heart trouble for about a month, but when his brother Clinton died at Duluth he went up there, attended the funeral services there, and was with the funeral party which motored down here from Duluth Tuesday and directly to City Cemetery.  When this duty was performed Mr. Ferguson rode with one of his relatives to the town highway just east of the Greentop eating place, intending to walk the rest of the way home.  When he did not arrive at home as soon as expected, Harold and Tom, sons of Mr. Ferguson, who were still in town, were notified and they took up the trail and found their father’s dead body on the path in a clump of jack pine timber but a short distance from his home.  There was no evidence of a struggle, so it is probable that the death came on suddenly. 

Mr. Ferguson was known to be suffering from heart trouble, therefore the family was fearful that he might drop off at any time.

The deceased was born at Plainfield, Wis., and lived there until he grew to manhood.  He married Miss Laura Culbertson, of Pine Grove, Wis., who survives her husband.  He is also survived by five daughters, Mrs. J.B. Ashpole of Thomson, Ill.; Mrs. A.J. Jackson of DeWitt, Iowa; Mrs. Carl Jurgenson, Clinton, Iowa; and Mrs. P.C. Hanson, of Drummond, Wis.; six sons.  Chester, of Goose Lake Iowa; Roy, of DeWitt, Iowa; William, Walter, Thomas and Harold, of Iron River; two sisters, Mrs. C.D. Rogers, of Iron River, and Mrs. Mary Hankins of Raymond, Wash.

The funeral will be held tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, and services will be held at the Congregational Church.