Mary Ethel SWEENEY [1484]
- Born: 24 July 1932, Stirlingville, Chippewa, Michigan, United States
- Died: 22 August 1941, Stirlingville, Chippewa, Michigan, United States at age 9
- Buried: 25 August 1941
Cause of her death was auto accident.
General Notes:
GIRL CRUSHED UNDER CAR AT STERLINGVILLE
Ethel Sweeney, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sweeney, is accident victim.
Auto falls on child.
Ethel Sweeney, nine year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sweeney of Sterlingville, near Pickford, was fatally injured at noon today when a car driven by her mother turned over and crushed her. Mrs. Sweeney and Ethel were driving in the family car along a country road a mile south of Sterlingville, according to Sheriff J. Willard Welsh, who investigated. Mrs. Sweeney turned her head momentarily to glance at some men working in the field and at that instant the car went into a ditch.
In attempting to bring the car out of the ditch, Mrs. Sweeney "cramped" the front wheels so that they dug deeply into the earth and the car lunged sharply across the road and into the ditch on the other side, turning over at the same time. Apparently the door had opened and the child was flung out, the car falling on her and crushing her.
Men working in the field, Harvy and Howard Pennington, tried to raise the car but were not able to. They brought up a tractor and with a chain succeeded in extricating the girl, who spoke only a word or so before she died. Dr. Cummings of Pickford was called and the body was removed to the Quinnel undertaking home at Pickford.
Submitted by: Aaron Sweeney <mailto:acsmsp@voyager.net>
Burial Notes:
Bruce, Chippewa, Michigan, United States
Noted events in her life were:
1. Her obituary was published in August 1941 in Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States.
Funeral services for Mary Ethel Sweeney, 9-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sweeney of Sterlingville, who was killed in an automobile accident, Friday, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Holy Family Catholic church at Barbeau, the Rev. Frank J. Ignatz officiating. Burial will be in Donaldson Cemetery.
Mary Ethel was fatally injured at 11 a.m. Friday, August 22, 1941 as she was driving with her mother along a country road.
She was born at Sterlingville, July 23, 1932, the daughter of Eugene and Ada Sweeney of R.F.D. 1. Surviving are the parents; two brothers Richard of Pickford and Aaron of St. Ignace; two nieces; Connie Lou and Sharon, and a nephew, Eugene; also two grandmothers and several aunts and uncles. She was a member of the Holy Family church at Barbeau.
--- Submitted by: Aaron Sweeney <mailto:acsmsp@voyager.net>
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