F. WILLIAM DRAMM

LOCATE BODIES OF TWO; RITES ARE ARRANGED
Bodies of Milroy Schmidt and William Dramm Found About a Mile Off Piers
Bodies of two victims of the triple drowning off the harbor here a week
ago Sunday when the sloop Maybee capsized and sank were recovered from
the lake this morning.
The first body found was that of Milroy Schmidt which floated to the
surface a little more than a mile north of the piers near the pond nets
of Richard Lade. Two hours later the body of William Dramm was found a
mile off the north pier within a few hundred years of where the Maybee
sank.
Search continued today for the body of the third boy, George Kustka.
The Schmidt body was first noticed by Mr. Lade early today when he went
to lift his nets along the shore between here and Two Rivers. He put back
to Manitowoc at once and notified the police station which in turn called
the coast guard at Two Rivers. Accompanied by John Nehring, engineer on
the White Swan, and Officer Aaron Peters, Lade took his boat out again.
Hands Clasped
The body was soon located and the boat awaited the coast guard to assist
in lifting it from the water. Mr. Nehring climbed aboard the surf boat of
the coast guard and assisted members of the crew in putting the body on
board. Except for trousers it was fully clothed. There was a blue sweater
over two shirts. Both hands were clasped tightly together. There were no
marks or scars on the body.
After depositing the Schmidt body on the dock near the Elks club Capt.
Rogers took the coast guard crew out to continue the search. For a time
there was no trace of a body but soon after a carferry passed into the
harbor from across the lake, the currents lifted the body of the Dramm boy
to the surface about a mile northeast of the north pier. This body was fully
clothed, except that a blue outer coat had been removed.
Funeral services for William Dramm, 19, youngest member of the John Dramm
family, will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. from the home, 909 Park street.
The services will be in charge of the Rev. D.G. Ristad of the First Lutheran
church of which the deceased was a member. Interment will be at Evergreen.
Companions of the dead youth will act as pallbearers.
William Dramm was born in this city in 1915 and after attending the Lincoln
high school here assisted in the Dramm meat market and floral shop.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, September 18, 1934 P.1
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[Frederic William Dramm/bur. 9-19-1934/age 19 yrs/cause: accidental drowning/
bur. on Mrs. John Dramm lot]
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(Note: This and funeral particulars for Milroy has also been put with Milroy
Schmidt)