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Obituary- Simpson, Charles

Skidmore and Holmes Recover Body of Simpson

The body of Charles Franklin Simpson, 12 of Route 6, who was drowned in the Kaw River west of Topeka, at Camp Mattingly, Saturday afternoon, at 5:15 was recovered from the river at 2:45 Sunday afternoon by Dick Skidmore and Emmett Holmes, a mile east of Camp Mattingly. The body was lodged on a sandbar in shallow water on north side of the river.

Mr. Skidmore asks the party who has the rod and reel, used to drag for the body at Camp Mattingly to please return it to Dick Skidmore at Camp Mattingly.

The boy lost his life when he stepped into a deep hole while wading with his cousin, Hurley Simpson. Hurley made an attempt to rescue him but Charles grabbed him and pulled him under the water. Hurley then was obliged to break the hold to save his own life, officers said.

Charley was born May 29, 1937, in Wyola, Mont. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Blaine Bedell, Rossville; his father. Claude Simpson, Route 6; two sisters, Lillian Adell and Gladys Jean Simpson, both of the home; three half sisters, Mary Elizabeth Tuggle, Shelbyville, Mo.; Sheryl K. and Erma Mae Bedell, both of Rossville; a half- brother, Claude Simpson Jr., Paris, Mo.; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Simpson, St. Marys; and Mrs. Lela Wendler, Maple Hill; a step-grand father, Fred Wendler, Maple Hill; and a stepmother, Mrs. Claude Simpson, Route 6.

Burial was in Rossville cemetery Wednesday.

Mrs. Bedell and her second husband and their family live on the Navarre farm adjoining Rossville. She formerly was Emma Patton, daughter of the late Charles Patton of Rossville.

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