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The Times Herald
April 9, 1928

              VETERAN LAKE CAPTAIN DEAD
              
              JOHN IVERS Passes Away In
               Detroit; Burial Here.
               
              Funeral services for CAPT. JOHN IVERS,
            former resident of Port Huron and well
            known lake captain, will be held Tuesday
            at 8:30 a.m. from Blessed Sacrament church,
            Detroit, with burial in Mt. Hope cemetery
            here. CAPTAIN IVERS died Saturday night at
            the home of a daughter, Mrs. EVELYN O'MARA,
            in Detroit at the age of 82. He had resided
            in Detroit for more than 30 years.
              One of the oldest Great Lakes navigators,
            CAPTAIN IVERS began his career in the days
            of sailing vessels. With the exception of a
            term of service in the Civil war, CAPTAIN
            IVERS passed his entire life from young man-
            hood to old age upon the lakes, serving as
            master of several modern steel cargo carriers.
            He retired ten years ago.
              He was a member of William Sanborn post,
            G.A.R., of this city and a charter member of
            the Shipmaster's association. The latter body
            was organized in 1886 as the outgrowth of an
            offer by CAPTAIN IVERS to assist the widow of
            a ship's officer. She had asked for a loan of
            $50 with which to bury her husband and CAPTAIN
            IVERS, upon seeing her destitute, explained
            the situation to a group of vessel masters 
            gathered at a ship chandler's store. A collection
            was sponsored and CAPTAIN IVERS returned to the
            needy widow with $125. The result was the for-
            mation of the Shipmaster's association by the
            lake men, having the object to pay $100 to the
            widow of any of its members who might die.
              CAPTAIN IVERS leaves three daughters, Mrs.
            O'MARA, Mrs. J. E. QUINN and Mrs. RUSSELL H.
            LEGGE, and a son, JOHN G. IVERS.
            
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