Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Source: The Milwaukee Journal Friday, April 24, 1936 Captain to Be Buried Monday ------------- Last Rites Planned for Master of Ship; on Lakes 50 Years Funeral services for Capt. JOHN CAVANAUGH, 68, veteran flag captain of the Grand Trunk carferry fleet and widely known Great Lakes sailor, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's church in Grand Haven, Mich., where he had been a resident 40 years. Capt. Cavanaugh died Thursday at St. Mary's hospital. He had suffered a stroke of paralysis Wednesday in his quarters aboard the carferry City of Milwaukee, of which he was master, while en route to Milwaukee from Muskegon, Mich. His wife, Ann, and a daughter, Katherine, who had been summoned drove to Milwaukee late Wednesday and were with the captain when he died. WAS YOUNGEST CAPTAIN Born in Michigan City, Ind., Capt. Cavanaugh began sailing on the Great Lakes more than 50 years ago on old sailing vessels. Soon after his twenty-first birthday he earned his master's papers and for many years was the youngest captain on the lakes. In 1896 he was made captain of the ship which United States army engineers were using to chart and map Lake Michigan. After 10 years of service with the army he was em- ployed by the Crosby Transport Co. as a ship captain. He remained with that firm until 1913, when he joined the Grand Trunk Milwaukee Carferry Co., marine division of the Grand Trunk-Western railroad. STATIONED ON FLAGSHIP Until 1917 he served as captain of foreign shipping and in 1917 he was put in command of the carferry Milwaukee. When the Grand Rapids was built he was made captain of that boat and when the City of Mil- waukee was launched in 1931 he was named captain of the new boat, the flagship of the fleet. Capt. Cavanaugh was a member of the Great Lakes Shipmasters' asso- ciation, the Licensed Tugmen's Pro- tective association, a charter mem- ber of the Grand Haven Elks and a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. In addition to his wife and daugh- ter, Katherine, he is survived by an- other daughter, Mrs. Emory W. Morris of Battle Creek, Mich., and a sister, Ellen Cavanaugh of Michigan City, Ind. ===========================================================================