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Article: Obituary; Father, daughter drown in icy pond; Sheboygan County pair had been skating on surface
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 26, 2005
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A Cedar Grove-area man died Friday in a vain attempt to save his
10-year-old daughter after she broke through thin ice while skating
on a pond in the village.
The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department said Brian J. Obbink,
44, tried to rescue his daughter Megan after the girl fell through
the ice on a municipal storm water pond near the intersection of
state Highway 32 and County Highway G. The two were skating on the
pond with Brian Obbink's 6-year-old daughter when the accident was
reported shortly after 11:30 a.m., the sheriff's department said.
The 6-year-old witnessed her sister and father break through the
ice and ran to a nearby relative's house for help, Sheboygan County
Sheriff ...