CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
BLAMED IN DEATH OF
THREE CLARE MEN FRIDAY
Three Clare men were found dead in a parked car Friday morning, November 12. Cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, Coroner Carl Stephenson said.
The three men, Charles Furman, 45, Randle L. Dougherty 34, and Claude Gantz, 48, were believed to have died between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m.
The car, a 1946 Chevrolet owned by Gantz, was parked in front of an apartment house at the corner of Hemlock and Fourth Streets, where Dougherty lived.
When found, Furman was at the wheel, Gantz was in the right front seat, and Dougherty was in the rear seat.
Furman and Dougherty were married but Gantz was not.
Mrs. Dougherty found the bodies at about 8:30 a.m. when she noticed that the motor of the car was running and the men were sitting in it. She investigated, and called Police Chief Bert Head, when she saw that they were unconscious. Head called the corner Stephenson.
Stephenson was not told that the men were dead, and brought his life saving equipment, oxygen and a resuscitator to the scene, but found that rigor mortis had already set in.
Furman, who lived on Vernon Hill had worked at auto collision shops in Clare and Dougherty had worked cutting pulpwood. No occupation was given for Gantz, who lived in rural Clare.
Police said it appeared that the three had been out all night. They were seen at the Midway Restaurant between 3:00 and 4:00 Friday morning. Sometime after 4:00, Furman talked to his son.
Police said the manifold on Gantz' car seemed to be defective and that it had a short tail pipe, which only reached about two feet behind the muffler.
Services for Claude Gantz were held Sunday, November 14 at 11 a.m. from Stephenson's Funeral home. Rev. Arthur Delamarter officiated and burial was in Emerson Township cemetery, in Gratiot County.
He is survived by two brothers, Clyde of Clare and Joseph of Saginaw; and two sisters, Mrs. Ella Simpkins of Saginaw and Mrs. Lucille Weaver of Carson City.
Charles Furman was buried Sunday, November 14, in Brookside Cemetery in West Branch. Services were held at 1:30 from Stephenson's. Rev. Harold Smith of the Church of the Nazerene officiated.
Furman is survived by his wife Mabel; four children, Richard, of Clare, and Donald, Beverly and David at home with their mother.
Last rites were held for Randle Dougherty, Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the Clare Methodist Church. Rev. Leslie J. Nevins officiated and burial was in Cherry Grove cemetery.
BLAMED IN DEATH OF
THREE CLARE MEN FRIDAY
Three Clare men were found dead in a parked car Friday morning, November 12. Cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, Coroner Carl Stephenson said.
The three men, Charles Furman, 45, Randle L. Dougherty 34, and Claude Gantz, 48, were believed to have died between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m.
The car, a 1946 Chevrolet owned by Gantz, was parked in front of an apartment house at the corner of Hemlock and Fourth Streets, where Dougherty lived.
When found, Furman was at the wheel, Gantz was in the right front seat, and Dougherty was in the rear seat.
Furman and Dougherty were married but Gantz was not.
Mrs. Dougherty found the bodies at about 8:30 a.m. when she noticed that the motor of the car was running and the men were sitting in it. She investigated, and called Police Chief Bert Head, when she saw that they were unconscious. Head called the corner Stephenson.
Stephenson was not told that the men were dead, and brought his life saving equipment, oxygen and a resuscitator to the scene, but found that rigor mortis had already set in.
Furman, who lived on Vernon Hill had worked at auto collision shops in Clare and Dougherty had worked cutting pulpwood. No occupation was given for Gantz, who lived in rural Clare.
Police said it appeared that the three had been out all night. They were seen at the Midway Restaurant between 3:00 and 4:00 Friday morning. Sometime after 4:00, Furman talked to his son.
Police said the manifold on Gantz' car seemed to be defective and that it had a short tail pipe, which only reached about two feet behind the muffler.
Services for Claude Gantz were held Sunday, November 14 at 11 a.m. from Stephenson's Funeral home. Rev. Arthur Delamarter officiated and burial was in Emerson Township cemetery, in Gratiot County.
He is survived by two brothers, Clyde of Clare and Joseph of Saginaw; and two sisters, Mrs. Ella Simpkins of Saginaw and Mrs. Lucille Weaver of Carson City.
Charles Furman was buried Sunday, November 14, in Brookside Cemetery in West Branch. Services were held at 1:30 from Stephenson's. Rev. Harold Smith of the Church of the Nazerene officiated.
Furman is survived by his wife Mabel; four children, Richard, of Clare, and Donald, Beverly and David at home with their mother.
Last rites were held for Randle Dougherty, Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the Clare Methodist Church. Rev. Leslie J. Nevins officiated and burial was in Cherry Grove cemetery.
CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES
BLAMED IN DEATH OF
THREE CLARE MEN FRIDAY
Three Clare men were found dead in a parked car Friday morning, November 12. Cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, Coroner Carl Stephenson said.
The three men, Charles Furman, 45, Randle L. Dougherty 34, and Claude Gantz, 48, were believed to have died between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m.
The car, a 1946 Chevrolet owned by Gantz, was parked in front of an apartment house at the corner of Hemlock and Fourth Streets, where Dougherty lived.
When found, Furman was at the wheel, Gantz was in the right front seat, and Dougherty was in the rear seat.
Furman and Dougherty were married but Gantz was not.
Mrs. Dougherty found the bodies at about 8:30 a.m. when she noticed that the motor of the car was running and the men were sitting in it. She investigated, and called Police Chief Bert Head, when she saw that they were unconscious. Head called the corner Stephenson.
Stephenson was not told that the men were dead, and brought his life saving equipment, oxygen and a resuscitator to the scene, but found that rigor mortis had already set in.
Furman, who lived on Vernon Hill had worked at auto collision shops in Clare and Dougherty had worked cutting pulpwood. No occupation was given for Gantz, who lived in rural Clare.
Police said it appeared that the three had been out all night. They were seen at the Midway Restaurant between 3:00 and 4:00 Friday morning. Sometime after 4:00, Furman talked to his son.
Police said the manifold on Gantz' car seemed to be defective and that it had a short tail pipe, which only reached about two feet behind the muffler.
Services for Claude Gantz were held Sunday, November 14 at 11 a.m. from Stephenson's Funeral home. Rev. Arthur Delamarter officiated and burial was in Emerson Township cemetery, in Gratiot County.
He is survived by two brothers, Clyde of Clare and Joseph of Saginaw; and two sisters, Mrs. Ella Simpkins of Saginaw and Mrs. Lucille Weaver of Carson City.
Charles Furman was buried Sunday, November 14, in Brookside Cemetery in West Branch. Services were held at 1:30 from Stephenson's. Rev. Harold Smith of the Church of the Nazerene officiated.
Furman is survived by his wife Mabel; four children, Richard, of Clare, and Donald, Beverly and David at home with their mother.
Last rites were held for Randle Dougherty, Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the Clare Methodist Church. Rev. Leslie J. Nevins officiated and burial was in Cherry Grove cemetery.
BLAMED IN DEATH OF
THREE CLARE MEN FRIDAY
Three Clare men were found dead in a parked car Friday morning, November 12. Cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, Coroner Carl Stephenson said.
The three men, Charles Furman, 45, Randle L. Dougherty 34, and Claude Gantz, 48, were believed to have died between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m.
The car, a 1946 Chevrolet owned by Gantz, was parked in front of an apartment house at the corner of Hemlock and Fourth Streets, where Dougherty lived.
When found, Furman was at the wheel, Gantz was in the right front seat, and Dougherty was in the rear seat.
Furman and Dougherty were married but Gantz was not.
Mrs. Dougherty found the bodies at about 8:30 a.m. when she noticed that the motor of the car was running and the men were sitting in it. She investigated, and called Police Chief Bert Head, when she saw that they were unconscious. Head called the corner Stephenson.
Stephenson was not told that the men were dead, and brought his life saving equipment, oxygen and a resuscitator to the scene, but found that rigor mortis had already set in.
Furman, who lived on Vernon Hill had worked at auto collision shops in Clare and Dougherty had worked cutting pulpwood. No occupation was given for Gantz, who lived in rural Clare.
Police said it appeared that the three had been out all night. They were seen at the Midway Restaurant between 3:00 and 4:00 Friday morning. Sometime after 4:00, Furman talked to his son.
Police said the manifold on Gantz' car seemed to be defective and that it had a short tail pipe, which only reached about two feet behind the muffler.
Services for Claude Gantz were held Sunday, November 14 at 11 a.m. from Stephenson's Funeral home. Rev. Arthur Delamarter officiated and burial was in Emerson Township cemetery, in Gratiot County.
He is survived by two brothers, Clyde of Clare and Joseph of Saginaw; and two sisters, Mrs. Ella Simpkins of Saginaw and Mrs. Lucille Weaver of Carson City.
Charles Furman was buried Sunday, November 14, in Brookside Cemetery in West Branch. Services were held at 1:30 from Stephenson's. Rev. Harold Smith of the Church of the Nazerene officiated.
Furman is survived by his wife Mabel; four children, Richard, of Clare, and Donald, Beverly and David at home with their mother.
Last rites were held for Randle Dougherty, Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the Clare Methodist Church. Rev. Leslie J. Nevins officiated and burial was in Cherry Grove cemetery.
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