John Gerald Kesselring, Hunting Victim, (1909-1956)

KESSELRING, AKERS, ATHEY, HAYS, GROVE, BATSCHELET, SHEEDER, GARLOCH, REES, MANSELL

Posted By: Ken Akers (email)
Date: 5/17/2008 at 22:02:32

Audubon County Journal (IA)
Nov. 29, 1956
Hunting Victim
John G. Kesselring, 47, of
Ridgeway, Colorado, son-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Akers, sr.,
of Brayton, drowned Sunday,
November 19, in the Gunnison
River, about eight miles from
Delta, Colorado, in a hunting ac-
cident.
Mr. Kesselring was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Kesselring, sr., of
Guthrie Center. He was one of a
group of seven hunters, shooting
ducks in the Gunnison River area,
when a dog was sent to retrieve
a bird which had fallen into the
water. An ice covering broke
through with the dog and a 14
year old boy, the dog's owner,
went after his pet. The boy's
father went to his son's assist-
ance and as they neared the
bank, Kesselring stuck out his
gun to aid them and in someway
slipped into the water, and all
three were drowned.
The remains were returned to
Guthrie Center where memorial
services were held Monday af-
ternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the
First Christian Church and burial
was in Oakfield cemetery at
Brayton.
Survivors besides the parents,
include the widow, the former
Winona Akers of Brayton and
two children of Ridgeway, Colo-
rado.

IN MEMORY OF
John Gerald Kesselring
Date of Birth March 11, 1909
Entered Into Rest November 18, 1956
Services From
Christian Church Guthrie Center
Monday, November 26, 1956
Clergyman Officiating
Dr. L. H. Athey
Final Resting Place
Brayton, Iowa
Music
Mrs. Robert Hays and Sandra Grove
Soloists
Mrs. C. K. Batschelet Organist
Casket Bearers
Melvin Sheeder Willard Kesselring
Roger Garloch Jim Rees
Kenneth Kesselring Gene Mansell
Arrangements by
Hill Funeral Home