Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — Drowned Boy Brought Here to Bury [ARTICLE]

Drowned Boy Brought Here to Bury

The remains of Chester Shields, the 16-year-old son of Edward Shields, an Indiana Harbor policeman. who was drowned Saturday afternoon while in bathing with some companions in Lake Michigan, were brought to Rensselaer Tuesday and buried in the Hurley cemetery, in Barkley tp. The boy's mother's maiden name was Hurley, and she resided at Blackford, in Barkley tp, but was married at Chicago Heights to Mr. Shields some eighteen or twenty years ago, since which ijme they have resided in Chicago Heights and Indiana Harbor. As this was her old home, the mother desired that burial be made here. ■ The lad was attacked with cramps while in the water and was drowned before assistance could be given. He leaves a father, mother and one sister, Miss Daisy Shields. She was visiting relatives tn this county when the drowning occurred, and his mother was in Blue Island, 111., at the time, attending the funeral of a boy chum of her son’s. John Grace, who has aFcidently shot and killed himself while out hunting. »