Robert Dwayne McCormick
May 17, 1960-April 28, 1961
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, April 28, 1961, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Found By Mom During the Night
Resuscitation Efforts By Police Fail
A Niles infant, three weeks away from his first birthday, was pronounced dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital today. An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death of Robert Dwayne McCormick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elroy McCormick, 1406 Clarendon Ave.
The boy was rushed to the hospital at 1:50 a.m. after an attempt at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by Niles police failed. His mother said she awoke at 1:28 a.m. and discovered the still infant in his crib.
She told officers that the child had had breathing trouble since birth and was under physician's care for a bump on the back of head suffered [illegible] Chicago.
The boy was born May 17, 1960, in Niles.
Survivors, in addition to the parents, are a brother, Mark, at home; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McCormick and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilkey, both of Manila, Ark.; and the great-grandparents, Mrs. Rita Perkins, Lanten, Mo., and Mrs. J.N. Harkarow, Salem, Ark.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl Wickstrom, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.