Clackamas-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Robertson, Geore December 5, 1929 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com June 13, 2007, 6:20 am Canby Herald December 12,1929 Tranfusions Fail To Save Young Man Canby High School Student Is Victim of Football Accident Follwoing two blood transfusions in a hospital at Portland, Georger Robertson,member of the Canby High School Football team, died last Thursday evening. The young man was injured during a game a few weeks ag. At the time it appeared to be only a scratch and did not cause much conceen, but infection set in and the boy became very sick. He was taken to a hospitalin Portland where some o fhis team mates submitte dto transfusion operations in an effort to save his life, but with no avail.He appeared to be recovering early last week, but it seems that the infection had gone through his system and nothing was left to be done to save the young man's life. The funeral was held in Portland friday afternoon and internment was mad ein a Portland cemetary. Young Robertson had lived withhis mother near New Era and attended high school in Canby. He was a model boy and held in high esteem by all of his associates. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clackamas/obits/r/robertso3212gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb