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 brothers 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 fathers 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.