The tragedy, which occurred while the two were swimming Friday afternoon, brings a total of four violent deaths upon the family in the last two years, the, body of the girl's mother having been taken from the same river in December, 1930, and their father having committed suicide in April, 1931.
That one of the two women was seized with a cramp and that the other died trying to save her is the conjecture of rescuers who found the bodies close together.
Although the tragedy occurred Friday afternoon, it was not discovered until Saturday. Mrs. Trombley's husband, returning from work in Boonville late, believing his wife staying with her sister at his brother's home. At 10 Saturday morning he learned that the two had not been seen. Meanwhile, Kenneth Mullaney discovered the bodies and Dr. Claude N. Vadney appointed coroner's physician by District Attorney Dwlght N, Dudo, investigated.
Mrs. Trombley's husband; two sisters, Mrs. Floyd Dexter, Port Leyden and Mrs. Stella Binhamer, Boonville, and a brother, Willis Bibbins, Boonville, survive.
Double funeral services were held Monday from St. Martin's church, Port Leyden. Lowville Journal and Republican, Thursday, June 14, 1933
The tragedy, which occurred while the two were swimming Friday afternoon, brings a total of four violent deaths upon the family in the last two years, the, body of the girl's mother having been taken from the same river in December, 1930, and their father having committed suicide in April, 1931.
That one of the two women was seized with a cramp and that the other died trying to save her is the conjecture of rescuers who found the bodies close together.
Although the tragedy occurred Friday afternoon, it was not discovered until Saturday. Mrs. Trombley's husband, returning from work in Boonville late, believing his wife staying with her sister at his brother's home. At 10 Saturday morning he learned that the two had not been seen. Meanwhile, Kenneth Mullaney discovered the bodies and Dr. Claude N. Vadney appointed coroner's physician by District Attorney Dwlght N, Dudo, investigated.
Mrs. Trombley's husband; two sisters, Mrs. Floyd Dexter, Port Leyden and Mrs. Stella Binhamer, Boonville, and a brother, Willis Bibbins, Boonville, survive.
Double funeral services were held Monday from St. Martin's church, Port Leyden. Lowville Journal and Republican, Thursday, June 14, 1933
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