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Door County Democrat
January 26, 1907


         DROPPED DEAD IN WOODS
         
         LOUIS BAVRY Died Suddenly While Working
         
         Leaves House in Apparently Good Health
           and Brought Home a Corpse a Few Hours
             Later. Heart Failure Cause of Death.
             
         Death, with scarcely a minute's warning,
       came to LOUIS BAVRY Monday morning while
       engaged in surveying land on the south side
       of the canal, death being caused by heart
       failure.
         MR. BAVRY, in company with CAPT. CARL
       ANDERSON, crossed the canal to the south
       side at about 9 o'clock, MR. BAVRY being
       apparently in good health. The gentlemen
       parted on the south side of the cut, MR.
       ANDERSON going to Circle Ridge, and MR.
       BAVRY joining a party of gentlemen who
       were engaged in surveying some land in 
       that near vicinity. The party were estab-
       lishing a line, and in looking along the
       route surveyed MR. BAVRY remarked that he
       thought a certain tree stood directly on
       the line, and drew the attention of ADOLPH
       LOSLEY, who was standing near him, to the
       fact, and stepped one side so that gentle-
       man could get a better view. As he did so
       he gradually sunk to the ground until he
       was in a stooping position, when he was
       noticed by MR. LOSLEY, who supported him
       and called to the other men for assist-
       ance. They carried MR. BAVRY to a near-
       by shanty, where he died a few mintues
       later, not having spoken a word after
       drawing MR. LOSLEY'S attention to the
       tree. The remains were taken back to
       the canal to the home which MR. BAVRY
       had left but a few hours previous in
       apparently good health. A physician was
       summoned from the city, who pronounded
       death as having been caused from heart
       disease.
         MR. BAVRY was one of the early settlers
       of the town of Sturgeon Bay, having re-
       sided at the canal since the early seven-
       ties. When the life saving station was
       established at the canal, he became a
       member of the first crew, and served as
       surfman for eight years. Since that time
       he has been employed as watchman at the
       canal for the U. S. engineer's department.
         Deceased would have been 64 years of age
       next month. He is survived by his wife,
       and five children. CHARLES, keeper of the
       Pilot Island light; RAYMOND and ALBERT who
       are in Minnesota; MRS. ALBERT BROWN, a resi-
       dent of the canal; and MISS EMMA BAVRY, 
       employed at Milwaukee. Two brothers also
       survive the deceased, JACOB BAVRY, of 
       Horseshoe Bay; and ENGLEBERT BAVRY, of
       Evergreen, and one sister, MRS. CARL
       JOHNSON, who resides at the canal.
         The funeral was held from the house
       this Friday at 11:30 o'clock, and from
       the Moravian church. Interment was in 
       Bayside cemetery.
       
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