Son of Charles S. Hemminger and Salome "Sallie" Stiefel.
Obituary - Patchogue, L.I., February 3, 1923 - Walter Hemminger, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hemminger, of 52 West Street, was drowned in the mill pond today, when he and two companions broke through the treacherous ice. Samuel and Rubin Novick, the two playmates of young Hemminger, managed to scramble to safety. The three children were sliding on the pond when the ice gave way beneath their combined weight. When the two Novicks climbed out of the water and they saw that they could not help Hemminger, who was still struggling, they ran to the mill and gave the alarm. One hundred workmen rushed to the edge of the pond, but they were helpless to give aid. Before they could find a rowboat, the boy had disappeared under the ice. The pond was dragged for an hour before the body was recovered. Although artificial respiration was applied with an pulmotor, the boy could not be revived.
(Records of Ruland's Funeral Home; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 04 Feb 1923, Sunday, Page 8)
Obituary - Patchogue, L.I., February 3, 1923 - Walter Hemminger, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hemminger, of 52 West Street, was drowned in the mill pond today, when he and two companions broke through the treacherous ice. Samuel and Rubin Novick, the two playmates of young Hemminger, managed to scramble to safety. The three children were sliding on the pond when the ice gave way beneath their combined weight. When the two Novicks climbed out of the water and they saw that they could not help Hemminger, who was still struggling, they ran to the mill and gave the alarm. One hundred workmen rushed to the edge of the pond, but they were helpless to give aid. Before they could find a rowboat, the boy had disappeared under the ice. The pond was dragged for an hour before the body was recovered. Although artificial respiration was applied with an pulmotor, the boy could not be revived.
(Records of Ruland's Funeral Home; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 04 Feb 1923, Sunday, Page 8)
Son of Charles S. Hemminger and Salome "Sallie" Stiefel.
Obituary - Patchogue, L.I., February 3, 1923 - Walter Hemminger, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hemminger, of 52 West Street, was drowned in the mill pond today, when he and two companions broke through the treacherous ice. Samuel and Rubin Novick, the two playmates of young Hemminger, managed to scramble to safety. The three children were sliding on the pond when the ice gave way beneath their combined weight. When the two Novicks climbed out of the water and they saw that they could not help Hemminger, who was still struggling, they ran to the mill and gave the alarm. One hundred workmen rushed to the edge of the pond, but they were helpless to give aid. Before they could find a rowboat, the boy had disappeared under the ice. The pond was dragged for an hour before the body was recovered. Although artificial respiration was applied with an pulmotor, the boy could not be revived.
(Records of Ruland's Funeral Home; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 04 Feb 1923, Sunday, Page 8)
Obituary - Patchogue, L.I., February 3, 1923 - Walter Hemminger, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hemminger, of 52 West Street, was drowned in the mill pond today, when he and two companions broke through the treacherous ice. Samuel and Rubin Novick, the two playmates of young Hemminger, managed to scramble to safety. The three children were sliding on the pond when the ice gave way beneath their combined weight. When the two Novicks climbed out of the water and they saw that they could not help Hemminger, who was still struggling, they ran to the mill and gave the alarm. One hundred workmen rushed to the edge of the pond, but they were helpless to give aid. Before they could find a rowboat, the boy had disappeared under the ice. The pond was dragged for an hour before the body was recovered. Although artificial respiration was applied with an pulmotor, the boy could not be revived.
(Records of Ruland's Funeral Home; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 04 Feb 1923, Sunday, Page 8)
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Walter W. Hemminger
1911 - 1923
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Plot owner Charles S. Hemminger.
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