This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BODDY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/344 Message Board Post: The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., August 24, 1923, page 2 BILLY BODDY, JR., DROWNS IN SLOUGH Report was received as the News was going to press that Billy, young son of Rev. and Mrs. Wm. H. Boddy, was drowned in the long slough north of the city. Billy, age 12 years was swimming with some young friends, when he got into deep water. It is thought he was seized with cramps, and before help could be summoned, had gone down for the third time. Before divers could be gotten, he had drifted down stream some distance, and it was with difficulty that they finally located him. Dr. Abraham was still working on him, at the time the News went to press, in hopes that there might be some spark of life left. Billy’s father, Rev. Boddy, was so badly shaken that he had to be taken away from the scene of the drowning. ---------------------------------- The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., August 31, 1923, page 1 MANY AT FUNERAL OF DROWNED BOY As briefly reported in last week’s News, Billy, the 10-year-old son of Rev. W.H. and Mrs. Boddy, was drowned on Thursday afternoon of last week in the slough north of the city. The boy had gone down to the slough with some other boys and, after watching them desporting themselves in the water, the temptation became too strong and he was wading when he stepped into a deep hole and sank. Owing to the fact that nobody seemed to be quite certain as to the spot at which he sank, Leonard Thomson and Herbert Frazier, who went to his assistance had considerable trouble in locating the boy and he was immersed for over 15 minutes. Dr. Abraham was quickly in attendance but although after an hour was spent in efforts to resuscitation the boy, it was finally decided that life was extinct. On Saturday afternoon, friends of the family from all sections of the mid-Colombia and Parkdale, attended the funeral service at the Riverside Church. The bier and altar were banked with flowers, sent as tributes to the respect in which the boy’s family are held. The Rev. Harold L. Bowman, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Portland, an old friend of the family, officiated, and a prayer was offered by the Rev. Gabriel Sykes, of Asbury M.E. Church. Mrs. C.H. Sletton rendered a solo, and A.T. Case and James Collier sang a duet, with Miss Sara Howes at the organ. The service was very impressive, and the sadness of the occasion had its effect on many of those present. Interment was at Idlewild Cemetery, with S.E. Bartmess in charge. This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family. If you have additional information about the person or event listed above, please post it as reply to this message.