Robert William Sumner ⁷⁰⁴

   Cause of his death was coronary thrombosis.

Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
November 12, 1951
p. 2

ROBERT SUMNER

WAYNE MAN, 75, DIES SUDDENLY TWO DAYS AFTER BEING LOST IN WOODS

WAYNE -- Robert Sumner, 75, object of a three hour search, Thursday, when he got lost in the Beech Hill section, died suddenly Saturday afternoon.

While walking in the road near the home of Mrs. Mildred Merrill, where he lived, he was stricken with a heart attack and died immediately.

He was on a deer hunting expedition Thursday afternoon when he lost his bearings in the woods. A posse of 100 persons set out to find him. He was located about 7 o'clock but was reported in an exhausted condition. It was believed over exertion resulted in the death Saturday.

A former Mechanic in Livermore Falls, he had lived here in recent years. Reportedly, he has no survivors.

DIED -- In Wayne, Saturday, November 10, Robert W. Sumner. Funeral services will be held at the L.P. Brown Funeral Home, Livermore Falls Tuesday at 2 p.m. Public interment will be at Lothrop Cemetery, Leeds.

  Events

• He worked as a machinest.

• He appeared on the census in 1910 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. He lived in the household of his brother-in-law and sister Sophia B. Wills.

• He appeared on the census in 1920 in Middleton, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was head of household and owned his own home.

• He was buried at Leeds Center Cemetery in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine.

Robert married Carrie Mabel May, daughter of Jeremiah May and Anna Gordon, 1 November 1911 in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine ²⁵³.^,426 The marriage ended in divorce. (Carrie Mabel May was born in 1881 in Gray, Cumberland County, Maine and died between 1930 and 1951.)