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Eichhorn, LaVern Earl 1940-1956

EICHHORN, VANDEHAAR

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/18/2008 at 20:53:26

2 BOYS DROWN IN A POND

LaVern Eichhorn, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eichhorn of near Kingsley and Roland Kaiser, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kaiser of near Merrill were drowned Sunday afternoon about 3:50.

Corner Sylvester H. Luken said the two boys were playing in a group which included Gerald and Dennis Kaiser, brothers of Roland; Darrell, Loren and Darlene Eichhorn, brothers and sister of LaVern; and Jerry Fish, a neighbor boy. The pond is situated on the Voss farm.

The Voss farm is located four miles south of the Sitzmann gas station, one East and ¼ south. (The Sitzman station is ten miles south of LeMars on the blacktop road.)

The coroner said the drowned boy LaVern, Jerry Fish, Loren Eichhorn, Gerald Kaiser were not swimming. The rest of the group had gone in swimming.

Roland evidently stepped into a hole in the pond bed and yelled for help. LaVern went to his aid and both drowned. The other children went to the Eichhorn farm a half-mile away for help. Mrs. Eichhorn recovered the body of Roland, but the Kingsley fire department had to be summoned to find LaVern’s body. Firemen administered artificial respiration, but could not revive the boy. The fire department used a garden rake to recover the body.

Mr. Luken said the bottom of the pond was a V-shape, causing the water to get deeper toward the middle. Roland evidently got too far from the edge and then stepped into a depression.
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LaVern Earl Eichhorn was born July 19, 1940, at Correctionville. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 23, at 3:00 p.m. at the Methodist church in LeMars with Rev. H.B. Reece of the Assembly of God church officiating. Burial will be in the LeMars cemetery under the direction of the Mauer funeral home.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eichhorn; two brothers, Loren and Darrell; and a sister, Darlene, who is a twin sister of Darrell. Also surviving are the grandparents, Mrs. Trina VandeHaar and Henry VandeHaar.

~Source: The LeMars Globe-Post, May 21, 1956

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