Notes
Note for: Paul Delmar Richmond, 28 DEC 1934 - 5 JUL 1948
(Undated)
DELMAR RICHMOND, OF WYANET, DROWNS AT BOY SCOUT CAMP NEAR TONICA
Wyanet--Delmar Richmond, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Richmond,
Wyanet, collapsed and drowned yesterday in shallow water of the
Vermillion river near Tonica, Ill., wheer (sic) he was wading with a Boy
Scout buddy from Camp Ki-Shau-Wau.
The youth had gone to camp with the Scouts Sunday for a week's stay.
He is believed to have suffered a heart attack, although he had been
given a physical examination according to camp rules. An inquest is
being held at the Wertz funeral home in Peru today.
Delmar was born in Wyanet, in December 1934, and attended grade school
here and would have entered high school next fall. He had been a Kewanee
Star-Courier carrier-salesman here for a year and a half.
Survivors are his parents and two sisters, Bernice and Wanda, who were
starting a vacation at the time of the accident, but it was expected they
would be reached at Oblong, Ill. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Olof
Eckberg, Wyanet, also survive.
Funeral arrangements are pending location of the parents.
Wyanet, Illinois, Wednesday, July 7, 1948
VILLAGE MOURNS DELMAR RICHMOND
Death, with appalling swiftness, struck little Delmer Richmond last
Monday afternoon. Apparently a victim of drowning, it later developed
that he had suffered a sudden heart attack. It struck him as he was
standing in the water only about arms length from an instructor.
His funeral is being held Thursday afternoon at the Congregational
Church at 2:30 p.m.
According to reports, 13-year old Delmar Richmond met his death at
about 3 p.m. on July 5.
He had gone with a group of boys down to the water at Camp Ki-Shau-Wau
near Starved Rock. His instructor pointed out that he had not yet
learned to be a capable swimmer. The lad said that he wanted to learn
and was told to stand by the instructor in the Shallow water. Later he
would be taught to swim.
Camp authorities told Calvin Wampler that the boy had become
unconscious and collapsed.
The camp's life-saving experts immediately went into action to recover
the boy's body. It is estimated that the youth was recovered in not more
than five minutes. A pulmoter attachment was brought into use
immediately, and artificial respiration was used. The camp physician
said later that immediate examination revealed no pulse action at all
despite hte (sic) use of a heart stimulant. Recovery methods were used
for more than two hours after the boy was found.
Residents throughout the village heard the news in shocked disbelief.
Quickly youngsters and oldsters alike rallied to show their feeling and
respect for this lad who had won the friendship and admiration of
everyone in the village with whom he had the slightest contact.
Oter (sic) newspaper carriers in the Village banded together to help
carry the papers which young Delmar had delivered so faithfully every day.
A spontaneous gesture ran through the village as family after family
contributed to a purse to be given to the grief-stricken family.
Collections were made almost entirely by fellow newsboys.
At the time of the tragedy, Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Richmond, parents of the
ill-fated lad were on their first vacation in years, and were visiting at
Oblong, Ill., in the extreme Southern portion of the state. Despite
difficulties encountered in notifying them, word was finally pushed
through. They arrived home at an early morning hour following the
tragedy.
Young Delmar Richmond lived 13 years and 7 months after his birth here
in December 1934. He was the son of Vivan Richmond and the former Ann
Eckberg. He is survived by his parents and his two sisters in his
immediate family, as well as a host of near-relatives throughout Wyanet.
Funeral services are being held for the immediate family at 2 p.m. at
hte (sic) Richmond home, and at 2:30 p.m. at the Congregational Church
here. Frances Hamrick is to sing at te (sic) services.
The services will be conducted by Rev. W. M. Osborn. The arrangements
are being handled by the Sutley Funeral Home.
Pall bearers are to be; Lester Eckberg, Kenneth Eckberg, Dean Wyatt,
and Wendal Wyatt. Honorary Pall bearers will be friends and fellow
scouts of the stricken lad. They are: Tommy Wyatt, Roger West, George
Conley, Jr., and Lindsay Kessler. Interment will be at Forest Hill
Cemetery here in Wyanet.
(Undated)
STRICKEN YOUTH WAS BUSINESSMAN IN OWN RIGHT
While many another Wyanet youngster went the usual paths of boyhood,
young Delmar Richmond always kept his eyes on the day he would be part of
the business world.
To prepare himself for the day he would enter the business world he
began with a paper route. He went to the bank here and arranged to open
his own checking account so he could have an accurate record of his
business ac- (sic) He maintained his own accounts and made his own
collections in a manner which might have been the envy of many a business
man.
WAS A BOY SCOUT
He had been an ctive (sic) member of the Boy Scout troop here. He He
(sic) belonged to the Bob White patrol and had been on several outings
with other members of the troop.
At the time of his death, he was one of a group of 16 boys from Wyanet
who were attending the camp in Vermillion County.
(Undated)
TRIBUTE
There's Nothing We Can Say
T'was the fifth of July in '48.
While the clouds rolled high in the sky.
A gloom fell o'er our village
And we wiped the tears from our eye.
In the midst of pleasure came Sorrow
And she knocked at the Richmond door,
No one at home, they were all away.
When God does these things
There's nothing to say.
Our little town shall miss him.
Mostly the time of day,
When he left the evening paper
Like an angel flew away.
Our deepest sympathy to his parents
and his loving grandparents too
His broken hearted sisters
And relation kind and true.
To know Delmar, was to love him
In his work and in his play,
But when God does this, to a boy like him.
There's nothing we can say.
Blanche Thompson
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our neighbors, friends and relatives for the kindness
shown us during our recent loss of our son and brother. Your kind acts
will not be forgotten.
Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Richmond
and Daughters
REMEMBRANCES
IN MEMORIUM
In loving memory of our son and brother, Delmar Richmond, who passed
away one year ago July 5.
Dearest son still we miss you
Still in infancy we can see you
And in Heaven we hope to meet you.
There is not one in this wide
World that can take your place.
Sadly missed by your parents and sisters,
Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Richmond
and Daughters
IM MEMORIUM
In loving memory of our son and brother, Delmar Richmond, who passed
away one year ago, July 5. God give us strength to bear our sorrow.
And courage to fight the blow,
But what it meant to lose him,
No one on earth will ever know.
Sadly missed by his parents and sisters,
Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Richmond
and Daughters
(Undated)
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our son, Delmar, who passed away 10 years ago July
5.
Friends may think we have forgotten
When at times they see us smile
Little do they know the heartache
That our smile hides all the while.
Mr. and Mrs. Vivan Richmond
Bernice and Wanda