Summary
Cleo LaPeer, 45, was among the fishermen brought ashore after an ice floe broke away near Charlevoix in February 1936. The report identifies him as the father of Lloyd LaPeer, who was also in the party.
Evidence and limits
The source gives no address, occupation, spouse, or later civil identity. The parent-child wording is direct, but no broader family identity is inferred from this single episode.
Open questions
- Can local records establish the LaPeer family’s full identities and residence?
See also
- Ice-Floe Drift and Beaver Island Coast Guard Search in 1936
- Lloyd LaPeer (ice-floe incident survivor, 1936)
Sources
- Charlevoix County Herald, February 14, 1936, “Lake Michigan Claims 2 Lives.”Names LaPeer as 45 and says Coast Guardsmen brought him ashore with the other fishermen before the remaining trio drifted away; identifies Lloyd LaPeer as his son.