The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
TUo Winton Women,
Mother and Daughter,
DroUn in Fall Lake
Mrs. Joseph Hoffman, Mrs.
! Joseph Cook Perish on
Fishing Trip.
ACCIDENT MONDAY
Tragedy Not Known Until
Tuesday; Bodies Taken
From Water.

Plunged into the cool water of Fall
lake, sometime Monday, two winton
women, on a fishing trip, persisted in
a mishap that struck similar tragedy
into home for the second time within
a year.
Victims of the accident, not dis
covered until Tuesday morning, were
Mrs. Joseph Hoffman and her daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Cook.
| First news Of the fatality became
known when Coroner w. o. Lomasney
and George Carpenter, deputy coroner,
of Lake County were called to Fall lake,
early Tuesday morning, to hold an in
quest on the body of a woman found
floating in the bay near the Sunny
Dean resort on the south side of the
lake
The remains were not readily recog-
nized but it was the opinion that the
body was that of Mrs. Joseph Hoffman.
To subStantiate this the grandson of
Mrs. Hoffman, Joseph Cook, was sent
for and he identified the remains as
those of his grandmother
He also told how his mother and
grandmother had taken boat, Monday
afternoon, for a fishing trip. They did
not return that evening but nothing
was thought of it as on several oc-
casions the two had remained away
for the night with neighbors along the
lake shore.
A search was then made for Mrs.
Joseph Cook, daughter of Mrs Hoffman,
who was with her on the fishing trip.
A crew at once started in boats for
the search. A short time later the
overturned boat was found near Horne's
point and little later the body of Mrs.
Cook was found near Frank Skala's
point, nearly quarter mile from where
the body of Mrs. Hoffman was found
and about the same distance from
where the boat was picked up The
body of Mrs. Cook also was floating.
Coroner Lomasney deemed an inquest
not necessary as all circumstances
pointed to the accidental upsetting of
the frail craft by the two women who
were unable to swim. Fall lake was
rather rough, Monday afternoon. and
it was thought that in attempting to
land fish the boat upset with results
as above stated
Surviving are four daughters and
four sons of Mrs. Cook The daughters
are Mrs. Florence johnson, Winton;
Mrs. Tina Ulibrri, Shiprock, N NJ;
Mrs. Maybelle Hicks, Durango, Colo,
and Miss Helen Cook, Chicago. The
sons are Joseph, Winton; Ernest and
Edward, Tawaoo, Colo, and Wilbur of
Chicago. Eight grandchildren also sur
vive.
Up to the time this is written no
arrangements for the funeral have been
made as sons and daughters are ex-
pected from their homes in the west.
The remains were prepared for burial
at the Laing Mortuary.
Both of the unfortunate women were
widows. Mr.. Hoffman died a year ago
after a long illness Mr.. Cook was
drowned Dec. IL, 1897, when a car in
which he was riding with his son-in-
law, Seval johnson, and son, Joseph
Cook, sank into the icy waters of
Newton lake at the second narrows.
Mr.. Johnson and the younger Cook
escaped with their lives after suffering
almost unbelievable hardShipS At that
time the three were enroute to Cooks
cabin on Jackfish Bay on Eastwood
lake where the elder Mr.. and Mrs
Cook made their home with the aged
mother, Mrs. Hoffman.