LAKE, Donny - L-Obituaries

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LAKE, Donny

Source: Obituaries collected by and okayed I use for the GenWeb by Claudine Yerkes and Betty Dotson - two wonderful genealogists - these were cut out of various local newspapers - many from Crawfordsville, Kingman, Danville, IL and Veedersburg

Crawfordsville, Ind – Donny Lake, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Lake of Downers Grove, Ill died in a hospital here today of a bullet wound in the abdomen which he said he suffered accidentally Sunday when he discharged a rifle while climbing a fence.  The accident occurred on the farm of his grandmother, Mrs. James Lake near Hillsboro. The boy said he and a companion, Jackie Congleton had taken the rifle for some target practice in a woods. – 1945 - kbz

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