Congamonster's Victims
REMEMBRANCE
"Though the waters took them, they remain with us in quiet remembrance."
From the days when this place was known as Southwick Ponds to today’s Congamond Lake, lives were tragically lost to its depths. Local legend speaks of the Congamonster, a mysterious creature said to haunt the waters—a reminder of the lake’s hidden dangers.
Yet it is the victims we remember here, their stories rising quietly to the surface, whispered in the ripples and mirrored in the stillness, keeping their memory alive so they are never forgotten.
R.I.P.
Mary Langdon: d. 7/15/1809.
Julana "Julia" Stratton: d. 7/15/1809.
Charlotte Cannon: 1793 - 7/15/1809.
Orpha Cannon: 1798 - 7/15/1809.
James Loomis: (body found on June 27, 1845)
Unknown O'Neal: d. 5/22/1846 (horse he was riding stepped off the side of a bridge)
Marie Strupney: 1904 - 7/25/1927.
Brian Karl Corliss: 9/25/1960 - 6/9/1968.
Frederick Bennett: abt. 1924 - 8/8/1969.
Seth Wells Parker abt. 1819 - 3/18/1864.
Matthew Parker abt. 1847 - 3/18/1864.
Myron Parker abt. 1850 - 3/18/1864.
Nellie Barry: abt. 1863 - 8/14/1886.
Newell Edwards: abt. 1843 - 3/18/1891.
Fred Morand: abt. 1869 - 7/4/1894.
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| George W. Curtis (drowned Sept. 10, 1921) |
Terrence Monaghan: abt. 1868 - 7/4/1896.
Thomas Toohey: abt. 1868 - 7/4/1896.
John Rennie: body found 6/13/1901. (had been dead a few weeks)
Robert M. DeGarmo: 12/24/1865 - abt. 8/3/1907.
John Kapre: abt. 1873 - 8/1907.
David Fowler Churchill: 1884 - 8/4/1908.
John Kapre: abt. 1873 - 8/1907.
David Fowler Churchill: 1884 - 8/4/1908.
Frank Belleveau: d. 8/30/1909 (murdered, body dumped in lake)
Unknown Ice Cutter: body found 5/18/1911 (missing since 1/1911).
Arthur E. Brown: 9/28/1883 - 3/1/1913. (body found Mar. 2)
Unknown Ice Cutter: d. 3/1/1913. (body found Apr. 20)
Unknown Ice Cutter: d. 3/1/1913. (body found in 1914)
Unknown Ice Cutter: (went missing around Jan. 23, 1914 - body found Aug.12, 1915)
Matthew N. Malone: body found 7/5/1916.
George W. Curtis: 7/2/1881 - 9/10/1921.
Carl Holm: abt. 1872 - 7/24/1922.
Hilding Niles Oscar Bjorkman: 1906 - 12/16/1924.
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| Alphonse Casvant (may have had a heart attack while swimming) |
Gordon E. Werder: abt. 1919 - 7/30/1927.
Peter Vincent Taragowski: 10/19/1893 - 2/11/1928.
Peter Vincent Taragowski: 10/19/1893 - 2/11/1928.
Clarence Edward Cortis: 3/28/1896 - 07/4/1928.
James Joseph Clark: 1900 - 7/16/1928.
Mary Andrews: abt. 1904 - 7/16/1928.
James Joseph Clark: 1900 - 7/16/1928.
Mary Andrews: abt. 1904 - 7/16/1928.
Helen J. Welch: abt. 1904 - 7/16/1928.
Walter Smith: abt. 1907 - 6/18/1929. (body found Jun. 20)
Walter Regnier: abt. 1913 - 6/30/1929.
Harold James Reeves: 7/18/1909 - 7/4/1929.
Harold James Reeves: 7/18/1909 - 7/4/1929.
Alphonse Casavant: abt. 1903 - 8/18/1929.
Rose Gainfelice: abt. 1912 - 8/3/1930.
Vincent Ripka: d. 2/6/1932. (ice cutter)
Charles Neurath: d. 6/26/1935. (body found Jul 3)
Charles Neurath: d. 6/26/1935. (body found Jul 3)
Rene Byron: 12/28/1891 - 7/14/1935.
Roland Cote: 7/16/1916 - 5/31/1937.
Thomas F. Murphy Jr.: Sept. 1898 - 8/15/1937.
Richard Ivan Jensen: abt. 1922 - 9/5/1937.
Daniel J. Connor: 9/13/1922 - 6/14/1938.
Joseph Wojick: abt. 1913 - 6/26/1938.
Frank Adamski: abt. 1912 - 8/8/1938. (broke neck after diving in shallow water)
Enrico Sartini: abt. 1914 - 9/26/1941. (body found Oct. 11)
Louis (Motak) Bilek: 1889 - 7/3/1942.
Louis (Motak) Bilek: 1889 - 7/3/1942.
Wilbur Mullings: abt. 1919 - 06/13/1943.
Walter O. Gagon: abt. 1913 - 6/29/1944.
Walter O. Gagon: abt. 1913 - 6/29/1944.
Henry J. Holzheimer Jr.: abt. 1918 - 7/25/1944.
Joseph Novello: abt. 1915 - 5/6/1945.
Egidio G. Oriol: 12/1/1900 - 12/15/1945.
Egidio G. Oriol: 12/1/1900 - 12/15/1945.
Dudley W. Renfrew: 8/26/1896 - 7/20/1946.
Richard E. Condon Jr.: 11/5/1929 - 7/27/1946.
William Hallington: abt. 1924 - 9/6/1948. (body found Sept. 9)
Merrill Chamberlain: abt. 1908 - 7/15/1949.
George R. Baillargeon: abt: 1895 - 7/24/1949. (drowned after boat caught fire)
Alice L. (Wright) Corbin: 1925 - 7/4/1951.
Alice L. (Wright) Corbin: 1925 - 7/4/1951.
Ernest Grenier: abt. 1906 - 9/16/1951.
Shirley Yvonne Kennedy: 2/2/1935 - 7/30/1952. (body found Jul. 31)
Alice Lucille LaBarre: 1952 - 7/17/1953.
William Joseph Schiessl Jr: 4/26/1946 - 8/13/1953 (body found Aug. 15)
Madeline J. Cooke: abt. 1900 - 6/5/1959.
Samuel Sico Jr.: 7/1/1930 - 7/15/1962.
Seth Wells Parker: d. 3/1964. (drowned with his two sons)
Unknown Parker: d. 3/1964.
Unknown Parker: d. 3/1964
Seth Wells Parker: d. 3/1964. (drowned with his two sons)
Unknown Parker: d. 3/1964.
Unknown Parker: d. 3/1964
David L. Jordan: d. 5/19/1964. (body found Jun. 23)
Richard Douglas Brooks: 11/20/1949 - 7/1/1966.
Richard Douglas Brooks: 11/20/1949 - 7/1/1966.
April Mary Kingsbury: 9/8/1958 - 7/3/1966.
Vernon MacQueston: 5/5/1924 - 1/15/1967.
Robert K. Turgeon: 12/30/1935 - 5/20/1967.
Michael Leo Corliss: 9/6/1959 - 6/9/1968.
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| Francis Martone (drowned Jan. 11, 1977) |
Frederick Bennett: abt. 1924 - 8/8/1969.
Gregory A. Bowditch: abt. 1953 - 6/19/1971.
Charles Russell Belcher: 1954 - 6/21/1971.
Charles Russell Belcher: 1954 - 6/21/1971.
Manuel Vasquez: abt. 1968 - 7/4/1971.
Edward F. Martin: 9/22/1950 - 10/2/1971.
Reuben Marquez: abt. 1953 - 7/29/1973.
Steven A. Irwin: abt: 1955 - 5/22/1974.
Anthony Krupa: abt: 1954 - 7/4/1974. (Hit by a boat while swimming)
Michael Germain: 2/28/1957 - 12/29/1976.
Michael Germain: 2/28/1957 - 12/29/1976.
Francis X. Martone: 7/13/1958 - 1/11/1977. (body found Jan. 15)
Christopher S. Coventry: 9/3/1971 - 6/27/1979.
Juan N. Diaz: abt. 1942 - 7/12/1980. (body found Jul. 20)
John C. Wirth: abt. 1961 - 10/15/1994. (body found Oct. 16)
Unknown: d. 8/26/2000.
Larry Cauley: abt. 1989 - 6/19/2011.
Kevin J. Major: 4/8/1992 - 7/11/2011.
Dongsoo Kim: 7/16/1966 - 9/24/2011.
Michael Chace: abt. 1984 - 6/10/2017.
Joseph C. Sullivan: 6/27/1992 - 6/12/2020.
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