BABY GIRL GARNET
- On June 26, 1997 this infant's body was discovered in the men's pit toilet at Garnet Lake State Forest Campgound by a septic worker pumping out the tank. Forensic pathologists determined her age to have been 38 to 40 weeks gestation and her race probably white, but they were unable to determine if her birth had been live. It was thought that her body had been abandoned there within the last month. Investigators were unable to solve the case at the time, but DNA samples were taken and preserved and the case remains open and the investigation continues. Police gave the infant the name "Baby Girl Garnet," naming her after the area in which she was discovered. With $951 donated by forty-four people she was given a burial in Maplewood Cemetery three months later. The Rev. Ora Wyse, who presided over her gravesite ceremony, had these words - "This little girl surely is the picture of pureness and sinlessness. God knew this little girl before we ever knew of her."
Individuals with information on this case are asked to contact the Mackinac County Sheriff's Dept.
MARY MARIE (BROUILLARD) GOUDREAU
- of Epoufette passed peacefully away at her home, Tuesday a.m. at 3 o'clock. She was 71 years of age at the time of death.
Mrs. Goudreau came to this vicinity a number of years ago, in a canoe from Collingwood, Ontario, Canada for the purpose of attending school and church. Here she met Amable Goudreau, who came here in 1840, and they were married, making their home here and at Epoufette since that time.
Seven sons, Abraham, Alexander, Joseph, Amable, Isaac, Louis and Peter, and three daughters, Mrs. John McLeod, Mrs. Joseph Bellant and Mrs. Joseph Keyandaway are left to mourn her loss. The funeral took place Thursday afternoon from the residence of her son Joseph in this city and was largely attended.
Mrs. and Mrs. Goudreau were among the first white settlers in this vicinity - they occupied a house at that time on the ground where the Rocque's Drug store now stands. The family is a very large one, consisting of 132 in all, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. The remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery in this city. The family has the sympathy of a large concourse of friends in their bereavement.
Contributed by Betty Joan Cogan from Find-A-Grave
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