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Jul 3, 2009 8:15 am US/Central
Funerals Held For 2 Who Drowned During Rescue
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Nathan Randall Junker, 30, and Albert John Hermiston, 63, drowned at Pokegama Lake in Itasca County. They are credited with rescuing a boy who was struggling in the lake before the two drowned.
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Nathan Junker, 30, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2009. He died while saving another from drowning. He leaves behind his wife, Samantha, and their three daughters Lauren, Alex, Journey, and newborn son, Lincoln.
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Funerals are being held Friday and Saturday for two church youth group leaders who drowned while rescuing a boy struggling in Pokegama Lake in Grand Rapids.
A funeral for 63-year-old Albert Hermiston, who goes by Herm, will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Assembly of God church in Grand Rapids. Thirty-year-old Nathan Junker's funeral will be at the same church Saturday at 10 a.m.
The two were working with youth from First Baptist Church on Sunday when they came to the aid of a boy who got caught up in turbulent water. First Baptist Church says in a statement that Hermiston gave up his life vest and put it on the boy. After rescuing the boy, the two men were swept away from shore and went under water.
The funerals are being held at Assembly of God because it can accommodate more people.
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Junker leaves behind his wife, Samantha, and their three daughters Lauren, Alex, Journey, and newborn son, Lincoln. A memorial trust has been set up to help Junker's family. Donations can be made to any Wells Fargo branch under the title "Nathan Junker Memorial Trust" or you can mail in donations to:
Nathan Junker Memorial Trust
Wells Fargo Bank
220 NW 1st Ave
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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