Betty Jo Peterson
This precious 10-year-old boy, while enjoying a day on the beach at Lake Mead, was killed when a sudden gust of wind violently launched a beach umbrella across the sand striking him. Sadly, he passed away in the hospital about 5 hours later.
California Birth Index
Name: Charles Jay Groover
Birth: 25 Oct 1950 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Peterson
Nevada Death Record
Name: Charles Groover
Age: 10
Birth: 25 Oct 1950 San Pedro, CA
Death Date: 25 Jun 1961
Death Place: Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada
Cause: Intracranial bleeding; penetrating wound of brain
Accident: Beach Lake Mead, Boulder City, Clark, NV; violent gust of wind drove umbrella into forehead.
Residence: Harbor City, Los Angeles, CA
Father: Edward Groover
Mother: Betty Jo Peterson
Burial: Green Hills, San Pedro, CA
Cemetery Records
Burial: 29 Jun 1961
Betty Jo Peterson
This precious 10-year-old boy, while enjoying a day on the beach at Lake Mead, was killed when a sudden gust of wind violently launched a beach umbrella across the sand striking him. Sadly, he passed away in the hospital about 5 hours later.
California Birth Index
Name: Charles Jay Groover
Birth: 25 Oct 1950 Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Peterson
Nevada Death Record
Name: Charles Groover
Age: 10
Birth: 25 Oct 1950 San Pedro, CA
Death Date: 25 Jun 1961
Death Place: Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada
Cause: Intracranial bleeding; penetrating wound of brain
Accident: Beach Lake Mead, Boulder City, Clark, NV; violent gust of wind drove umbrella into forehead.
Residence: Harbor City, Los Angeles, CA
Father: Edward Groover
Mother: Betty Jo Peterson
Burial: Green Hills, San Pedro, CA
Cemetery Records
Burial: 29 Jun 1961
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