Carney Cedrick Fesler received the Carnegie Hero Medal. The Bio below was copied from carnegiehero.org website.
Carney C. Fesler died attempting to save Ivy E. Ricketts from drowning, Arcadia, Missouri, July 22, 1927. While wading in Lake Killarney, Miss Ricketts, 45, unexpectedly got into deep water and sank. Fesler, 43, clergyman, waded from the bank 20 feet and then dived toward the point where Miss Ricketts had disappeared. He did not rise. Both were drowned. 27465-2195
Carney C. Fesler died attempting to save Ivy E. Ricketts from drowning, Arcadia, Missouri, July 22, 1927. While wading in Lake Killarney, Miss Ricketts, 45, unexpectedly got into deep water and sank. Fesler, 43, clergyman, waded from the bank 20 feet and then dived toward the point where Miss Ricketts had disappeared. He did not rise. Both were drowned. 27465-2195
Carney Cedrick Fesler received the Carnegie Hero Medal. The Bio below was copied from carnegiehero.org website.
Carney C. Fesler died attempting to save Ivy E. Ricketts from drowning, Arcadia, Missouri, July 22, 1927. While wading in Lake Killarney, Miss Ricketts, 45, unexpectedly got into deep water and sank. Fesler, 43, clergyman, waded from the bank 20 feet and then dived toward the point where Miss Ricketts had disappeared. He did not rise. Both were drowned. 27465-2195
Carney C. Fesler died attempting to save Ivy E. Ricketts from drowning, Arcadia, Missouri, July 22, 1927. While wading in Lake Killarney, Miss Ricketts, 45, unexpectedly got into deep water and sank. Fesler, 43, clergyman, waded from the bank 20 feet and then dived toward the point where Miss Ricketts had disappeared. He did not rise. Both were drowned. 27465-2195
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Greater love hath no man than this, that man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
He was awarded the Carnegie medal for heroism
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