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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/20/1949
The first drowning of the season occurred at Olcott early
Sunday evening when a canoe containing three youths over-
turned within sight of hundreds of pleasure seekers east of.the
government piers near the mouth of Olcott Harbor
Two of the youths were resced
but Robert William Budde, 18, of
the Checkered Tavern Road. Ap-
pleton, was drowned before he was
located about fifteen minutes after
the tragedy.
Olcott firemen worked vainly
over the body with a respirator for
half an hour before he was pro-
nounced dead by a physician.
The other youths, James De Voo-
gel, 19, Newfane, and Joseph Zag-
mester, 18, Appleton, were hauled
from the water unharmed.
WAVES U SET CRAFT
They told Dr. Mabel Carmer, cor-
oner, Newfane, that they met young
Budde a short time before and told
him they were going for a canoe
ride. When he expressed a desire
to accompany them they invited
him along, they said
Waves raised by the wake of a
passing motorboat caused their
light craft to tip crazily and over-
turn, according to the youths. They
clung to the overturned canoe until
aid reached them but the Budde
youth, who could not swim, quick-
ly sank from sight.
Mr. Zagmester told Dr. Cramer
that he made a vain attempt to
save Budde as he was struggling In
the water.
"I grabbed hold of him but had
to let go when he pulled me un-
der," Mr. Zagmester said.
Dr. Carmer said that the body
was recovered by Harry McCarl of
Newfane who dove at the scene of
the drowning.
The body was taken to the Cor-
win Funeral Home at Newfane. A
watch carried by the youth had
stopped at 7:02, the coroner said.
She issued a certificate of acciden-
tal death by drowning
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
The youth was the son of Mel-
vin and Dorothy Case Budde of Ap-
pleton Where his father is a farm-
er.
Besides the parents, he leaves
three brothers, Lauren, Melvln J.
and Gerald Budde at home, and
three sisters, Mrs. Floyd Webb of
Gasport. Mrs. Frank Udell and Mil-
dred Budde, at home; his grand-
parents. Mr. and Mrs. William G.
Budde of Niagara Falls and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Case of Gasport and
his great-grandmother, Mrs. Marie
Budde of Appleton.
Services will be held Wednesday
at 1 o'clock at the Corwhi Funeral
Home, Newfane. Burial will be in
North Ridge Lutheran Cemetery
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Abt 1931 - 1949 (~ 18 years)