John, When you have time and opportunity, I would be extremely grateful for a search of obits for the following. All died in KCMO: Robert E. PETREE, d. January 3, 1915 - age 85 Chester B. CAMPBELL, d. July 10, 1915 - age 15, drowned in Blue River Alice FORTUNE, d. December 1915 - age 37 Thanks in advance for any help and, to join the chorus, welcome back. Joyce Lawrence, Dolores CO rjl@fone.net

CAMPBELL, PETREE, SNYDER "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, January 4, 1915 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Robert E. PETREE, a retired carpenter, 86 years old, died at the East Side Hospital at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. PETREE had lived with his daughter, Mrs. Cora M. SNYDER, 1736 Cambridge Avenue. He had been in Kansas City about ten years, coming here from Utica, Mo. He is survived by Mrs. SNYDER, and one other daughter, Mrs. Joseph CAMPBELL, also living here. The funeral will be held at Mrs. CAMPBELL's residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The burial will be in Utica. ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "roger.joyce lawrence" <rjl@fone.net> To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 4:30 PM Subject: [KansasCity] 1915 Obits Request > > Robert E. PETREE, d. January 3, 1915 - age 85 > > Thanks in advance for any help and, to join the chorus, welcome back. Joyce > Lawrence, > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hey John, Thank you so much for Robert E. PETREE's obit, and the story of the tragic drowning of Chester CAMPBELL. The former is my mother's maternal grandfather, the latter her half-brother from her dad's first wife who died in 1902. I can't tell you how very much your help means to me. Simply put, thank you. Joyce, Dolores CO rjl@fone.net

"The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Sunday, July 11, 1915 BATHER DROWNS IN BLUE The second Blue River drowning tragedy came yesterday afternoon in the death of Chester B. CAMPBELL 15 years old, at Fourteenth Street and the Blue River. Chester and a companion, George M. SAUNDERS, 16 years old, had been swimming in the river most of the afternoon. A big tree trunk resting on the bank and extending over the water made an ideal sunning place to rest after exertion in the current. The two boys lay on the tree about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon waving a cheery greeting to the police river patrol as the boat passed downstream. Twenty minutes later Thomas J. HIGGINS, in charge of the river patrol, was diving in twenty feet of water to recover the body of Chester CAMPBELL. The boy had fallen from the log into the water. Though a good swimmer, he failed to rise to the surface. LUNGMOTOR FAILED TO REVIVE HIM. SAUNDERS, his companion, had jumped into the river, but could not touch bottom. A "stepoff" ten to twenty feet deep from the bank to the middle of the stream made recovery of the body difficult. SAUNDERS then called for help. Patrolman HIGGINS and George FLANDERS of the Star Boat Company recovered the body by the use of steel-hooked poles twenty-four minutes after the boy fell in the water. They gave first aid treatment and were met by Dr. W. C. ANDERSON and C. H. BLACKMAN with the latter's lungmotor. After working forty-five minutes with the lungmotor, Doctor ANDERSON examined the boy and found evidence of heart failure. He said the shock of the fall in the water must have caused heart failure, making it impossible for him to swim. SECOND DEATH IN BLUE THIS YEAR. Chester CAMPBELL was the son of Joseph CAMPBELL, a mechanic, 1232 Winchester Avenue. He had been working until a week ago, when he gave up his job to rest. He had been swimming and canoeing in the Blue River every day this week. His father, a stepmother and two younger sisters survive. Burial wil l be Monday afternoon. A negro was drowned several weeks ago in the Blue River about four hundred yards from the site of the accident yesterday. Those two deaths make the toll of the Blue this year. ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "roger.joyce lawrence" <rjl@fone.net> To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 4:30 PM Subject: [KansasCity] 1915 Obits Request > Chester B. CAMPBELL, d. July 10, 1915 - age 15, drowned in Blue River > > >