Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Densmore, Ernest Dennis February 5, 1936
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Wed. Feb. 5, 1936

IONIA FARMER IS VICTIM OF HEAVY SHOW
Killed by Automobile as He Walks a Along Pavement Mile South of Ionia Wednesday:
Driver Not Held.

Ionia county's two-day snow-blizzard claimed its first victim Wednesday morning when
Ernest Densmore, 62, prominent Ionia county farmer, was struck by an automobile a
few hundred feet from his home a mile south of Ionia on M-14. Densmore died an hour
later at 10:30 o'clock in the Ionia hospital.

Mr. Densmore was struck by a car driven by Edward Sterner, 21, of Imlay city, a
cow-tester for the Michigan State dairy department who was on his way to Lansing from Ionia,
Sterner told Ionia county sheriff's officers that he did not see Mr. Densmore until his car
was within a few feet of him and said he was blinded by heavy snow flurries and by high drifts
in the road.

Mr. Sterner quickly halted an Ionia county road commission snowplow which came along
and with the help of the driver put Mr. Densmore in his car. He rushed to the Ionia
hospital where Mr. Densmore was attended by Dr. Roy C. Lintner. Mr. Densmore suffered a
broken left leg above the knee, a broken leg below the knew, a broken right arm at the
wrist, severe lacerations and possible skull fracture and was suffering from shock, Dr.
Lintner said.

Mr. Sterner and he believed his car was traveling about 25 miles an hour when the  
Accident occurred and he was slowing down to plow through the heavy snowdrift. He
said he believed Mr. Densmore was walking with his head down to shield himself from the
cold and blowing snow.

Coroner Harry Myers said he would investigate the fatal accident and Prosecutor
George E.Nichols would decide whether or not an inquest would be held. Mr. Sterner gave his
statement to the county prosecutor Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. Densmore' death was the third caused by automobiles in Ionia county during the
past month and the second in six days.  Mrs. Arnold Schmidt, of Belding, was killed last

Thursday night six miles north of Ionia on M-14. There were 12 killed in 1935 and 15
in the past seven months.

Richard Westbrook of Ionia township who was riding with Sterner, testified at the
inquiry held by Prosecutor Nichols.  Sterner was not held and Nichols said he believed there
would be no inquest.

Additional Comments:
Certif.-son of Fayette Densmore & Sarah (Phillips)-wife is Lillie

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