TADEU (TED) BASTON

 

April 1981

Word has been received of the death of Tadeu (Ted) Baston, of Barretos, Sao Paulos Brazil.  He was an exchange student at North Posey High School from January to June o1 1977, living with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Whelan.

 

He drowned in a canoe accident in September of 1980.  Ted and two friends were in a canoe on a large lake when huge waves came up and over turned their canoe before they could reach shore.  Ted, a good swimmer, was helping one of the boys in distress and drowned.  The other two boys barely reached the shore.

 

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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers