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Bernard Pierce Coomes

Birth
Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Death
22 Nov 1919 (aged 13)
Northwood, Worth County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Northwood, Worth County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Known as "Pierce," based on newspaper articles. DC says burial Northwood, IA, and obituaries from Dec. 1919 indicate burial at Sunset Rest Cemetery. Only 13, he was playing in a building and was caught in a freight elevator. He was buried in his Boy Scout uniform, with his Scout Master officiating the funeral, and other boy scouts in his troop serving as pallbearers.
Known as "Pierce," based on newspaper articles. DC says burial Northwood, IA, and obituaries from Dec. 1919 indicate burial at Sunset Rest Cemetery. Only 13, he was playing in a building and was caught in a freight elevator. He was buried in his Boy Scout uniform, with his Scout Master officiating the funeral, and other boy scouts in his troop serving as pallbearers.


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