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Door County Democrat
Tuesday, August 17, 1954

                     Captain BEBEAU Dead at 80.
                     
                    Was Captain on Great Lakes
                         For Many Years.
                         
              CAPT. EDMUND G. BEBEAU, 80, a lake captain
            for many years, died Sunday morning at Door
            county Memorial hospital following a three
            years illness. He was born Oct. 12, 1873 in
            Two Rivers and moved to Sturgeon Bay in 1893.
            His parents were Mr. and Mrs. MOSE BEBEAU.
              He received his captain's papers when he
            was 21 years old, making him one of the
            youngest captains on the Great Lakes at that
            time.
              He worked for the Leathem Smith Co. in
            Sturgeon Bay for four years and then was 
            first officer for four years on a passenger
            ship operated by the Hart Steamship Co.,
            Green Bay. Following that he was associated
            for six years with the Sturgeon Bay fishing
            firm of KALMBACH and BEBEAU.
              For some time he was captain of the tug
            Sylvia, one of the first icebreaker in these
            waters. For 12 years he was a tug captain
            for Greiling Bros., Green Bay, and for four
            years he was with the Great Lakes Towing Co.,
            Milwaukee. For the last 30 years he was with
            the Dunbar and Sullivan Dredging Co., Detroit.
            He also operated a cherry orchard for 44 years.
              He was a charter member of the local Tugmen's
            Protective Association and also belonged to
            the Door county Marine Men's Association. For
            52 years he was a member of the Catholic Order
            of Foresters. He belonged to the Holy Name
            Society of Corpus Christi Catholic church, W.
            Sturgeon Bay.
              He was married at Sturgeon Bay in 1895 to
            the former MARIE ZACKEY.
              Survivors include the wife; five daughters,
            MRS. ALBERT (SYLVIA) SCHLINGEN, Sturgeon Bay,
            MRS. J. P. (LEAH) BLANCO, San Juan, Puerto
            Rico, MRS. ROBERT (NATALIE) SCOTT, Toronto,
            Canada, MRS. GEORGE (DELORES) FISHWICK,
            Chicago, Ill., and MRS. EDWIN (MARY) WICHMANN,
            Milwaukee; one son, GERARD, Sturgeon Bay;
            15 grandchildren; one brother, MAYO, Sturgeon
            Bay; and one sister, MRS. ALBERT (BELLA)
            LEYSE, Kewaunee.
              The body will lie in state at the Stoneman
            funeral home after 2 p.m. Tuesday. The rosary
            will be said at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral services
            will be Wednesday morning at 8:30 from Stoneman's
            and at 9 o'clock from the Corpus Christi Catholic
            church with the Rev. HERMAN SCHMITZ officiating.
            Burial will be in the St. Joseph cemetery.
             
            
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