The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 3 July 1961
A Great Falls man, S. Bert Abraham, 51, drowned in the Sun River, five miles northwest of Augusta, Sunday afternoon. Sheriff's authorities in Choteau and Lewis and Clark counties assisted in the search and recovery of Abraham's body.
Abraham, 2516 Fifth avenue south, had lived in Great Falls for the past three years and was a territory supervisor for the J. I. Case Co. He had been associated with the Case company for 24 years.
Abraham was born Aug. 10, 1909, at Taylor, N. D., and was educated in North Dakota and Minnesota. A veteran of World war II, he was a member of the Elks Lodge.
Survivors include the widow, Molly; a son, Douglas B.; and a brother, Stanley Abraham, New Salem, N. D.; three nieces and one nephew in North Dakota.
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4 July 1961
Abraham Rites are Wednesday
Funeral services for S. Bert Abraham, 51, will be at the Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Abraham drowned Sunday afternoon in the Sun River, five miles northwest of Augusta. His widow related the tragic story of Douglas B. Abraham, their 18-year-old son, attempting to save his father and nearly drowning himself in the attempt.
The two were fishing in the Sun River when Abraham slipped from a rock into the water with his boots on. The son, relatives said, took off his boots and went to the aid of his father. The son was able to hold his father up for a time, as the older Abraham was clinging to a rock. When his boots filled, the father let go, and after a struggle in the water, the mother said, Douglas lost his grasp on his father.
A Great Falls man, Ross Sutherland, who reportedly had gotten a fishing pole and it extended it to the youth, who grasped the end of the pole and was pulled to safety.
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 3 July 1961
A Great Falls man, S. Bert Abraham, 51, drowned in the Sun River, five miles northwest of Augusta, Sunday afternoon. Sheriff's authorities in Choteau and Lewis and Clark counties assisted in the search and recovery of Abraham's body.
Abraham, 2516 Fifth avenue south, had lived in Great Falls for the past three years and was a territory supervisor for the J. I. Case Co. He had been associated with the Case company for 24 years.
Abraham was born Aug. 10, 1909, at Taylor, N. D., and was educated in North Dakota and Minnesota. A veteran of World war II, he was a member of the Elks Lodge.
Survivors include the widow, Molly; a son, Douglas B.; and a brother, Stanley Abraham, New Salem, N. D.; three nieces and one nephew in North Dakota.
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4 July 1961
Abraham Rites are Wednesday
Funeral services for S. Bert Abraham, 51, will be at the Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Abraham drowned Sunday afternoon in the Sun River, five miles northwest of Augusta. His widow related the tragic story of Douglas B. Abraham, their 18-year-old son, attempting to save his father and nearly drowning himself in the attempt.
The two were fishing in the Sun River when Abraham slipped from a rock into the water with his boots on. The son, relatives said, took off his boots and went to the aid of his father. The son was able to hold his father up for a time, as the older Abraham was clinging to a rock. When his boots filled, the father let go, and after a struggle in the water, the mother said, Douglas lost his grasp on his father.
A Great Falls man, Ross Sutherland, who reportedly had gotten a fishing pole and it extended it to the youth, who grasped the end of the pole and was pulled to safety.
The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 3 July 1961
A Great Falls man, S. Bert Abraham, 51, drowned in the Sun River, five miles northwest of Augusta, Sunday afternoon. Sheriff's authorities in Choteau and Lewis and Clark counties assisted in the search and recovery of Abraham's body.
Abraham, 2516 Fifth avenue south, had lived in Great Falls for the past three years and was a territory supervisor for the J. I. Case Co. He had been associated with the Case company for 24 years.
Abraham was born Aug. 10, 1909, at Taylor, N. D., and was educated in North Dakota and Minnesota. A veteran of World war II, he was a member of the Elks Lodge.
Survivors include the widow, Molly; a son, Douglas B.; and a brother, Stanley Abraham, New Salem, N. D.; three nieces and one nephew in North Dakota.
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4 July 1961
Abraham Rites are Wednesday
Funeral services for S. Bert Abraham, 51, will be at the Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Abraham drowned Sunday afternoon in the Sun River, five miles northwest of Augusta. His widow related the tragic story of Douglas B. Abraham, their 18-year-old son, attempting to save his father and nearly drowning himself in the attempt.
The two were fishing in the Sun River when Abraham slipped from a rock into the water with his boots on. The son, relatives said, took off his boots and went to the aid of his father. The son was able to hold his father up for a time, as the older Abraham was clinging to a rock. When his boots filled, the father let go, and after a struggle in the water, the mother said, Douglas lost his grasp on his father.
A Great Falls man, Ross Sutherland, who reportedly had gotten a fishing pole and it extended it to the youth, who grasped the end of the pole and was pulled to safety.
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 3 July 1961
A Great Falls man, S. Bert Abraham, 51, drowned in the Sun River, five miles northwest of Augusta, Sunday afternoon. Sheriff's authorities in Choteau and Lewis and Clark counties assisted in the search and recovery of Abraham's body.
Abraham, 2516 Fifth avenue south, had lived in Great Falls for the past three years and was a territory supervisor for the J. I. Case Co. He had been associated with the Case company for 24 years.
Abraham was born Aug. 10, 1909, at Taylor, N. D., and was educated in North Dakota and Minnesota. A veteran of World war II, he was a member of the Elks Lodge.
Survivors include the widow, Molly; a son, Douglas B.; and a brother, Stanley Abraham, New Salem, N. D.; three nieces and one nephew in North Dakota.
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4 July 1961
Abraham Rites are Wednesday
Funeral services for S. Bert Abraham, 51, will be at the Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Abraham drowned Sunday afternoon in the Sun River, five miles northwest of Augusta. His widow related the tragic story of Douglas B. Abraham, their 18-year-old son, attempting to save his father and nearly drowning himself in the attempt.
The two were fishing in the Sun River when Abraham slipped from a rock into the water with his boots on. The son, relatives said, took off his boots and went to the aid of his father. The son was able to hold his father up for a time, as the older Abraham was clinging to a rock. When his boots filled, the father let go, and after a struggle in the water, the mother said, Douglas lost his grasp on his father.
A Great Falls man, Ross Sutherland, who reportedly had gotten a fishing pole and it extended it to the youth, who grasped the end of the pole and was pulled to safety.
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