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Niagara Gazette - 8/30/1965

PENN YAN - Yates County
Coroner Morris Burke today
issued certificates of accidental
death by drowning for two
Niagara Falls residents.
Charles Wynn, 69, of 454
Seventh St., and his grandson,
William G. Bishara, 14, of 456
Seventh St., drowned during
a fishing trip Sunday on the
wind-swept waters of Canandaigua
Lake, about 15 miles
northwest of here.
Ray J. Bishara, 16, William's
brother, and John B. Cox, 17,
of 624 Sixth St., both of Niagara
Falls, have been released
from F. F. Thompson
Hospital, Canandaigua, where
they were treated for exposure.
William was a 10th grade
student at South Junior High
School. He was a member of
the LaSalle J u n i o r Sports
mans Club.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bishara, at home; a grandmother,
Mrs. Charles Wynn
and three b r o t h e r s , Jay
Charles, Robert Richard and
Ray.
Mr. Wynn lived here for
25 years. He was a guard at
the Great Lakes Carbon Co.
plant here for the last 15
years.
He was a member of the
LaSalle Sportman's Club.
Survivors include his wife,
two daughters, Mrs. Nelson
Miller of Scranton, Pa., and
Mrs. Robert Bishara, of this
city; a son, Francis, of this
city; a sister, Mrs. Anna
Walsh, of Scranton. Pa., and
16 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services for the
victims will be held at the
Magaddino Memorial Chapel
Inc., at 8:45 a.m. Thursday
and at Our Lady of Lebanon
Church at 9:30 a.m. Burial
will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m. today and from 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Yates County Sheriff George
Spike said the four were in
a 12-foot aluminum boat that
was capsized by high winds
and waves about 150 feet
from shore in 12 feet of water.
The party had been fishing
from about 7:30 a.m. and were
moving to a new location at
10 a.m. when the outboard
motor, failed, and the boat
drifted into the wind.
Ray Bishara h e l p e d his
brother William to the surface
twice before the boy slipped
from his grasp.
Robert E. Kesel, 45, of Rochester,
was at his cottage on the
eastern shore of the lake when
he heard cries for help. Mr.
Kesel and his son, Gregory,
18, launched their boat and
rushed to the scene.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. WYNN
2. WYNN
3. WYNN, Francis