Title	Mr.
Last Name	Easley
First Name	Henry
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Place of Birth	Dexter, ME
Date of Birth
Place of Death	Dexter, ME
Date of Death	1932
Publication	The Dexter Historical Scrap books.
Obituary	HENRY EASLEY Henry Easley and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, were accidentally drowned in Puffer’s Pond, two miles from Dexter village, Sunday afternoon while in bathing. Mr. Easley with six of his children, all but the oldest boy, Harry, went to the pond, as was their custom, to go in bathing. Mr. Easley could swim and was teaching his. daughter to do so. The younger children said they saw Elizabeth on ber father’s back, and then they both disappeared and never came to the surface. One of the children ran to the nearest house which was at least a quarter of a mile away, where the brother of Mr. Easley, Richard Easley lived. He telephoned the fire department and someone called Wasookeag School-Camp and The Birches, thinking that some swimmers there might aid in finding the bodies. The firemen were the first at the shore of the pond and Soon had a makeshift raft ready for swimmers to dive from. Earl Crowell, Stanley Bement and Fred Keyte of the fire department superinteded the rescue work. Arthur Ellingwood, a Boy Scout, Walter Ogden and Bob Fish did most of the diving, located the bodies and helped to attach ropes so that they could be brought to the surface. Sports Director, L W. Fowles, and students of Wassookeag School-Camp administered first aid until the doctor A. C. Strout, arrived, pronouacing both dead from drowning. They had been in the water nearly an hour before found. The remains were taken in a boat to Spooner’s Mills, where Ramsay & Gates Co. truck transferred them to the undertaking rooms. Mr. Easley was left at the death of his wife, three years ago, with seven children, Harry, Elizabeth, Franklin, Ida, Mary, Helen and Susan. Elizabeth, the one who was drowned, was 16 years of age and has had much of the care of the younger children. It is a most unfortunate case and has aroused the sympathy of the community. Mr. Easley was born in Dexter 45 years ago and has always made hi home here. Besides the brother, Richard, who lived not far from the scene of the drowning, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Susie Randall, of Missouri; Mrs. Carrie Bare, of Florida and Mrs. Mary Jackson of Oklahoma. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. It was deeply regretted that a sister of the deceased, Mrs. Susie Randall, who had signified her intention of coming to the services from her home in Missouri, did not arrive in time. The services were conducted by the pastor of the church, where they were held and where the family has attended, Rev. Frederick Knox of the First Baptist. The bearers Were Harry Brawn, George Brawn, Manville Russell and R. L. Kiliman. Interment was at Mt. Pleasant cemetery.