Drowning victim remembered for his kindnesses, struggles

Patrick Winderl

Havre Daily News

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A Havre man who drowned last week was remembered this week by his former foster mother as a troubled young man who wanted desperately to be loved.

John Christian Haldemann III, drowned Aug. 16 in Bear Paw Lake in Beaver Creek Park. He would have turned 22 this week, on Monday.

Growing up, Haldemann bounced from one foster home to another, said Charlene "Bunnie" McAuley of Havre, who looked after him for two years at the Malta ranch McAuley ran with her husband.

Haldemann's brother, Dale, also lived with the...