Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, John G. 1939
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Ionia County News, 12 Oct 1939

Bicycler is Killed Here on Saturday
Truck Driver Fails to See Man who Carried no Rear Reflectors

Funeral services for John Cobb, 57, of South Ionia, who was killed near the
Ionia county airport, were held at the North Plains Methodist church Tuesday
morning with burial in North Plains cemetery.  The Rev. Earl Kneebone of Ionia
officiated.

According to Deputy Leo Geller and Coroner Harry Myers, who investigated, Cobb
was instantly killed as he headed toward Ionia on M-14.  He was located about in
the center of the right hand lane when a truck, driven by C. J.? Goodsell of
Lansing, came upon him from the rear.

The driver told the investigators that Cobb’s bicycle had no reflectors on it
and that he didn’t see the man until he was almost upon him, due to the lights
of an oncoming automobile.  The truck did swing over at the last minute,
however, with the front corner of the rack striking the back of the victim’s
head.  Deputy Geller and Coroner Myers decided not to hold the driver after
learning the story.

The deceased, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cobb, was born in Ronald
township, March 27, 1882.  He was educated at the Case school and at Ferris
Institute.  In 1905 he left for South Dakota, returning in 1909.  Since that
time he had resided for several years at the home of a brother, Clarence, in
Berlin township.  He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge.

He is survived by three brothers, Clarence, of Berlin; Lee of Fowler; and Roy,
of Ann Arbor.  There is one sister, Mrs. Marion Hanks of Lansing, and an aunt,
Mrs. Ida Knagg of Palo.


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