DAVID BASKEN
BOY HIT BY TREE STUMP, KILLED.
Mishicot-(AP)–
David Basken, four, was killed Wednesday when he was struck on the
head by a stump of a tree while playing with his sister.
The Manitowoc County sheriff’s office said that the girl had attached
a rope to the stump and was swinging on it when her weight caused the
rotted wood to topple.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1953
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Same exact article appeared in Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville,
Wisconsin, November 19, 1953, but entitled
“Tot is Killed when Struck by Tree Trunk.”
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(No formal obituary found, just a thank you from family a few days later.).
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Parents: Clarence 1916-1979 and Mabel Dufek 1926-1990 Basken. Brother to Clarence Jr. Brother to Debra (Schultz) 1957-1998.
BOY HIT BY TREE STUMP, KILLED.
Mishicot-(AP)–
David Basken, four, was killed Wednesday when he was struck on the
head by a stump of a tree while playing with his sister.
The Manitowoc County sheriff’s office said that the girl had attached
a rope to the stump and was swinging on it when her weight caused the
rotted wood to topple.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1953
*********
Same exact article appeared in Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville,
Wisconsin, November 19, 1953, but entitled
“Tot is Killed when Struck by Tree Trunk.”
*********
(No formal obituary found, just a thank you from family a few days later.).
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Parents: Clarence 1916-1979 and Mabel Dufek 1926-1990 Basken. Brother to Clarence Jr. Brother to Debra (Schultz) 1957-1998.
DAVID BASKEN
BOY HIT BY TREE STUMP, KILLED.
Mishicot-(AP)–
David Basken, four, was killed Wednesday when he was struck on the
head by a stump of a tree while playing with his sister.
The Manitowoc County sheriff’s office said that the girl had attached
a rope to the stump and was swinging on it when her weight caused the
rotted wood to topple.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1953
*********
Same exact article appeared in Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville,
Wisconsin, November 19, 1953, but entitled
“Tot is Killed when Struck by Tree Trunk.”
*********
(No formal obituary found, just a thank you from family a few days later.).
--------------------------------------------------
Parents: Clarence 1916-1979 and Mabel Dufek 1926-1990 Basken. Brother to Clarence Jr. Brother to Debra (Schultz) 1957-1998.
BOY HIT BY TREE STUMP, KILLED.
Mishicot-(AP)–
David Basken, four, was killed Wednesday when he was struck on the
head by a stump of a tree while playing with his sister.
The Manitowoc County sheriff’s office said that the girl had attached
a rope to the stump and was swinging on it when her weight caused the
rotted wood to topple.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI, Thursday, Nov. 19, 1953
*********
Same exact article appeared in Janesville Daily Gazette, Janesville,
Wisconsin, November 19, 1953, but entitled
“Tot is Killed when Struck by Tree Trunk.”
*********
(No formal obituary found, just a thank you from family a few days later.).
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Parents: Clarence 1916-1979 and Mabel Dufek 1926-1990 Basken. Brother to Clarence Jr. Brother to Debra (Schultz) 1957-1998.
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