William Boyd Helwig

1943 - 1958  (14 years)

• Name	William Boyd Helwig  [1]
  Born	24 Jun 1943	Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Jun 1958	Gagetown, Tuscola, Michigan, USA   [1]
  	died in tractor accident
  Buried	Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan, USA   [1]
  	Find A Grave Memorial# 94011304
  Person ID	I11894	Clark Benscoter
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Clark Edward Helwig,   b. 22 May 1911, Elkland Township, Tuscola, Michigan, USA ,   d. 10 May 1989, Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Myrtle Olene Walters,   b. 20 Jun 1914, Michigan, USA ,   d. 9 Jan 1998, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	15 Apr 1939	Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F3794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Jun 1943 - Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan, USA Died - 11 Jun 1958 - Gagetown, Tuscola, Michigan, USA Buried - - Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: William Helwig Died in Tractor Accident William B. Helwig, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Helwig of Cass City, was killed in a tragic accident Wednesday afternoon, June 11 [1958], when he was pinned under the wheel of a tractor on Bay City-Forestville Road, about five miles east of Gagetown. He and a companion, Walter W. Jezewski, 14, had been driving the tractors in zig-zag fashion on the road when the accident occurred. The two tractors did not collide. Marshal William Wood and Bad Axe State Police Troopers Ronald Warner and Noel Rowe investigated. John Zinnecker was a witness to the accident and described the travel of the tractors. The machines had been taken from the Helwig farm without the knowledge of William's parents. Coroner Benson Collon of Caro said death was due to a crushed chest, internal hemorrhage and a broken back. William had just completed his freshman year at Cass City High School. He was born in Cass City June 24, 1943, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Helwig. Surviving besides his parents, are a sister, Judith Ann, at home, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helwig of Cass City. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Little's Funeral Home. Rev. S.R. Wurtz, pastor of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiated. Burial was in Elkland Cemetery. (Cass City Chronicle, June 19, 1958, p. 1.) --Find A Grave memorial page

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Clark Edward Helwig [S343] Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Mr Clark E Helwig