Sherman Durette
Born: July 2, 1910
Died: November 13, 1959
Married: Shirley River
Children: Forrest, Joann, Rosemary, Michael, Mitchell, George, Patrick and Jeffrey
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, November 13, 1959
TREE CRUSHES MAN TO DEATH
Sherman Durett Dies
Sherman A. Durett, 49, of Bloomingdale, father of eight children, was crushed, and killed early yesterday afternoon by a tree he was cutting near the Loon Lake Rd., at Lake Kushaqua.
Mr. Durett was working on a lumbering job with his son, Forrest, on the White Fathers Seminary property.
Forrest was about forty yards away when he heard the tree fall but noticed that the chain saw continued to run. When he got to his father's side he found him pinned under a 21-inch diameter spruce.
Dr. Harold Greenier of Bloomingdale was called and ordered Mr. Durett taken to the Saranac Lake General Hospital by ambulance. However, the injured man died before reaching there.
Dr. Richard P. Bellaire, Franklin County coroner, said death was due to injuries of the chest and abdomen.
Mr. Durett is survided by his wife, the former Shirley River, and his children are Forrest, Joann, Rosemary, Michael and Mitchell (twins), George, Patrick and Jeffrey, all living at home.
Also surviving are three brothers. George and Howard of Saranac Lake and Albert of Hamburg, N.C., and one sister Mrs. Lena Gonyo of Plattsburgh.
Mr. Durwett was born July 2, 1910 at Morrisonville, the son of Forrest and Rose Siddon Durett.
The body is reposing at the Keough and Son Funeral Home where friends and relatives may call from 2:00 - 4:00 and 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Funeral services will be at the funeral home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Calvin J. Seiferth, pastor of the Bloomingdale Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Brighton Cemetery in Gabriels.