Advertisement

Clyde E. Billmeyer

Advertisement

Clyde E. Billmeyer

Birth
Delaware County, Iowa, USA
Death
7 Jun 1952 (aged 17)
Big Horn County, Montana, USA
Burial
Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES IN ACCIDENT
A freak hunting accident near the town of Hyattsville, Montana. last Saturday, took the life of Clyde E. Billmeyer, 17, who left Guttenberg only a few months ago to take a job on a sheep ranch in the northwest. The body was returned to Guttenberg Tuesday and funeral services will be held on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Tuecke funeral chapel.
The services will be in charge of Rev. E.J. Starr, pastor of the Guttenberg Methodist church, and burial will be in Colesburg with the following as pallbearers; Elmer Bolsinger, Glen Bolsinger, Lawrence Bolsinger, Clarence Bolsinger, Walter Bond and Leland Hansel.
According to reports received here by family, Clyde Billmeyer was out on his own on the ranch and had used his gun to kill a pheasant. Apparently as he was returning the gun to the case after killing the bird, the gun went off accidently and shot Billmeyer in the chest. There were no witness's, but the coroner reported that death came within a matter of minutes.
FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES IN ACCIDENT
A freak hunting accident near the town of Hyattsville, Montana. last Saturday, took the life of Clyde E. Billmeyer, 17, who left Guttenberg only a few months ago to take a job on a sheep ranch in the northwest. The body was returned to Guttenberg Tuesday and funeral services will be held on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Tuecke funeral chapel.
The services will be in charge of Rev. E.J. Starr, pastor of the Guttenberg Methodist church, and burial will be in Colesburg with the following as pallbearers; Elmer Bolsinger, Glen Bolsinger, Lawrence Bolsinger, Clarence Bolsinger, Walter Bond and Leland Hansel.
According to reports received here by family, Clyde Billmeyer was out on his own on the ranch and had used his gun to kill a pheasant. Apparently as he was returning the gun to the case after killing the bird, the gun went off accidently and shot Billmeyer in the chest. There were no witness's, but the coroner reported that death came within a matter of minutes.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Maintained by: P2-ABQ
  • Originally Created by: steve
  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94093180/clyde_e-billmeyer: accessed ), memorial page for Clyde E. Billmeyer (25 Apr 1935–7 Jun 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94093180, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by P2-ABQ (contributor 46493302).