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The Door County News
17 November 1938


         CAPT. J. DEVINE DIES SUDDENLY
         
         Lake Vessle Master for 30 Years;
           Retired in 1922
           
         CAPT. JOHN DEVINE, well-known resident of
       Sturgeon Bay, died suddenly at his home on
       N. Court st. Saturday, the result of a heart
       attack. He had been down to the business sec-
       tion of the city to do the shopping as was
       his usual custom, and returning home at about
       11 a.m. he put away the groceries he had pur-
       chased and sat at a table to read. A short
       time later he was found dead by his brother,
       WILLIAM.
         JOHN DEVINE was 60 years of age at the time
       of his death. He was born in Kewaunee Nov. 2,
       1878, son of the late JOHN and MARY DEVINE,
       and he came to Sturgeon Bay in the year 1899.
       At the age of 14 MR. DEVINE embarked upon a
       marine career, at which he continued until
       his retirement in 1922. Starting as an ordi-
       nary seaman he worked his way up until he se-
       cured his Master's license, adequate for navi-
       gating the Great Lakes and connecting waters.
       He sailed on various ships in the Goodrich
       Transit Line, and the West Ports Transporta-
       tion Co., and for some time was on the steamer
       Petoskey, passenger boat and general freighter,
       plying between Milwaukee, Grand Haven and 
       Muskegon. He at one time owned and operated a
       sailing vessel with which he engaged in haul-
       ing lumber from Menominee, Mich., to Sturgeon
       Bay, and from Green Bay down the west shore of
       Lake Michigan. He had made his home in Sturgeon
       Bay continuously since retiring from marine
       lief 16 years ago.
         MR. DEVINE was never married. He is survived
       by two brothers, HENRY and WILLIAM H., both of
       Sturgeon Bay, and one sister, MISS ELLEN E.
       DEVINE of Oak Park, Ill.
         Last rites were held Tuesday morning from
       the Hahn Funeral Home, with the Rev. Father
       A. J. Koeferl officiating. Pallbearers were
       JOS. and NORMAN O'BOYLE, FERDINAND WIEGAND,
       JOHN McATEER, GEORGE MOE and BARNEY HITT.
       Interment was made in St. Joseph's cemetery.
         Among those from a distance here to attend
       the last rites were MRS. MARY DOCKRY, MRS. B.
       H. BIE, and MRS. W. T. BIE, all of Green Bay.
       
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