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Edward "Eddie" Sassin

28 Nov 1908 – 2 Sep 1923

Birth	28 Nov 1908
Death	2 Sep 1923
Cemetery	Saint Michael Catholic Cemetery Weimar , Colorado County , Texas , USA
Added by	James on 08 Sep 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83272092

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Eddie Sassin son of Frank J. and Philomenia Sassin. __________________ Young Eddie Sassin Drowned Eldest Son of Mr. and Mrs.Frank Sassin Loses Life in Colorado River Sunday afternoon a crowd of young boys of our city went bathing in the Colorado river,about a mile east of the Geo. Brandt residence,and about seven miles northeast of this city.The river was on a rise a the time.Young Eddie Sassin and his brother,Victor,were among the number who decided to go in bathing,altho' neither could swim.We are told that they were warned to keep out as it was not considered safe.Wading slowly in the muddy waters,they apparently did not realize their danger.We understand that young Victor Sassin first got into a deep "step-off." As he went under and was struggling,his brother,Eddie,although himself unable to swim promptly went to his rescue.Both boys went under,but Eddie,so we are told,never came to the surface again.Victor was struggling and in a drowning condition,when a young man named Walla jumped in and managed to drag him out.The alarm was given and soon scores of men and boys were endeavoring to locate poor Eddie's body.The search continued all afternoon and night,but without results.Monday morning a large crowd went out from town and the search was renewed.Every known means of locating a drowned body was resorted to,but it was not until nearly noon that Jos. Knebel,while patrolling the banks of the river about a mile and a half from the spot where the boy was drowned,found him lying against a sandbar on the opposite side of the stream,the body partially submerged.Word was quickly sent to the others and the body soon afterward was brought to town,where it was taken in charge by Undertaker Klockmann and prepared for burial. The funeral took place Tuesday morning from the family residence to St. Michael's Cemetery,services being conducted by Rev. J. Szymanski.The funeral was largely attended,and there were many expressions of sympathy for the bereaved parents,who so suddenly and unexpectedly have been deprived of a bright and loving son. Young Eddie Sassin was an unusually bright,good boy.Throughout vacation he was employed at the store of Horak & Vacek,where his services were highly regarded both by the firm and their customers.Eddie was one of the young men from this city to go to the Citizens' Military Training[sic] Camp at San Antonio,and he had returned from said duties but a week prior to his death.Losing his life in an effort to save a younger brother proves that he was a hero in every sense of the term.His playmates and friends everywhere will sure miss his cheery presence. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the bereaved parents in the heavy and irreparable loss they have sustained. Weimar Mercury,Sept. 7,1923

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Family

Parents

• Frank J. Sassin 1876–1926
• Philomenia Vacek Sassin 1885–1969

Siblings

• Victor John Sassin 1910–1989
• William S. Sassin 1914–2000
• Josephine Rose Sassin Hill 1919–1999

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