Charles Delmar Saxon

1914 - 1979  (64 years)

• Name	Charles Delmar Saxon
  Born	2 Sep 1914	Iron Mountain, Dickinson Co, Michigan, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Jul 1979	Bessemer, Gogebic Co, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I32210	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family	Cora Hoar,   b. 10 Jan 1911, Michigan, USA
  Married	25 Dec 1936	Stambaugh, Iron Co, Michigan, USA
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F12734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://searches2.rootsweb.com/th/read/MIIRON/2002-01/1010793118 Obituary: From "The Iron Mountain News," Iron Mountain-Kingsford, Michigan, Thursday, July 6, 1979: Charles D. Saxon IRON RIVER ? Charles Delmar Saxon, 64, of Paulding, died Tuesday in a drowning accident at Imp Lake in Gogebic County. Mr. Saxon was born Sept. 2, 1914, in Iron Mountain and married the former Cora Mae Hoar on Dec. 25, 1936, in Stambaugh. They moved to Iron Mountain and then to Iron River in 1941, where they lived for five years. He worked for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad as a section foreman for about 14 years and for the Caspian Lumber Co. for 14 years as a construction foreman. In 1969 he and his wife moved to Watersmeet and later to Paulding. He retired in 1970 after working as a self-employed logger. He is survived by his wife; a son, Russell C. Saxon of Trout Creek; four sisters, Mrs. Reuben (Florence) Anderson, Mrs. Victor (Emily) Kasen, Mrs. Stanley (Agnes) Strolberg and Mrs. John (Helen) Harvey, all of Iron Mountain; a brother, Delbert I. Saxon of Iron Mountain; and two grandchildren. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the Duvall-Jacobs Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. The Rev. Wayne Sparks, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Ontonagon, will officiate. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Ironwood Daily Globe, Thursday, July 5, 1979, page 2: Man Drowns In Imp Lake WATERSMEET ? An elderly man drowned in Imp Lake about 10 miles east of here Tuesday afternoon despite the efforts of his teenaged grandsons to rescue him. The body of Charles D. Saxon, 63, Paulding, was recovered by Michigan State Police divers around 9 a.m. Wednesday in about 45 feet of water. State Police, Gogebic County Sheriff's deputies and Watersmeet Police, as well as a number of volunteers searched for the man Tuesday after the 1 p.m. report to no avail. Saxon was paddling a 17-foot fiberglass canoe on the lake when he overturned the craft, state police said. His grandson, Russell Saxon, 14, and Charles Saxon, 12, both of Trout Creek, were nearby and tried to save him. He was said to be a good swimmer but had had heart surgery in January, state troopers said. Saxon was not wearing a life jacket, Gogebic County Sheriff Donald Pezetti said. His body was recovered about 40 feet from the north shore of the lake, which is just south of U.S. 2. The Tuesday search ran from 2 to 9 p.m.