John William Chesley
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - August 11, 1933
Fourteen-Year-Old Youth Drowns in Bolt's Lake Thursday
Thursday afternoon, August 3, William Chesley, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Chesley of Gilman, was drowned in Bolt's Lake on the Empire Zinc company ranch below Battle Mountain. William, in company with a younger brother and a neighbor boy, went to the lake to swim as they had done often during the summer. They entered the water near the high dam where the water is very deep. William was not a good swimmer and probably got in water too deep for him. Parties searched for the body all Thursday night and it was recovered about 10:30 Friday morning.
Funeral services were held Sunday, August 6, at Red Cliff and burial was made in the Red Cliff cemetery.
Obituary
John William Chesley was born in Georgetown, IL on May 22, 1919 being 14 years, 2 months and 11 days old when he met his unfortunate death August 3, 1933. Billy, as he was called by all who knew him, was a likable lad, with a sunny disposition that endeared him to all and made him a favorite among playmates. He was a great lover of flowers and animals, always doing some little kind act for some poor dumb beast.
Those who mourn the lad's death are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chesley; one sister, Dorothy; three brothers, James, Thomas Jr., and Paul, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hollingsworth; and a host of friends that will miss Billy and sympathize sincerely with the near relatives in their sorrow.
