Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Harris, William M. 1960
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 18 Jan 1960

One Killed, Three Seriously Injured Late Sunday Night
First Death Of Year On Highways

Ionia county chalked up its first highway fatality for 1960 late Sunday night
four miles north of Portland.  State police said two cars collided at the
intersection of Divine and David highways with one man killed and five other
persons injured, three of them seriously.  Occupants of both cars lived on
Divine highway and were not too far from their homes.

Dead: William Harris, 74, route one, Pewamo.
Seriously injured – Mathias I. Schrauben, 54, Mary Ellen Schrauben, 5, and
Comelia Schrauben, 45.
Slightly injured – Carl Schrauben, 9, and Kenneth Schrauben, 12

Coroner Neil Phelps said Harris died almost instantly of head and internal
injuries about 11:45.

Members of the Schrauben family were brought to the Ionia County Memorial
hospital by ambulance.  Mathias Schrauben was reported to have suffered
lacerations of the head, possible broken right leg and bruised chest.  His wife
Comelia had lacerations of the head and possible broken ribs.  Their daughter
Mary Ellen had a skull fracture and fracture of the left shoulder.  Carl and
Kenneth were treated for minor injuries.  At noon Monday Mary Ellen Schrauben
was reported by hospital officials as in critical condition.  Mr. and Mrs.
Schrauben were listed as being good.

Ronald Van Buren, Ionia county prosecuting attorney, who was called to view the
cars and body before they were moved, said an autopsy would be held Monday
morning at Neller funeral home in Portland.  State police said the Schrauben car
apparently was traveling west on David highway and failed to stop as it
approached Devine highway.  The Schrauben car hit the Harris car in the center
of the side and jammed it into a utility pole at the northwest corner of the
intersection.

Harris had been a businessman at Maple Corners more than 30 years.

Coroner Phelps stated Monday morning following an autopsy by Dr. C.C. Black of
Lansing, cause of death was due to severe and acute internal injuries.

Harris had operated a corner grocery store and gasoline station at Maple corners
on Divine highway for several years.  He was enroute home at the time of the
collision and only one mile from his destination.

The first highway fatality in Ionia county this year was one day previous to the
first one last year.

Harris was a veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion in
Portland and the Forty and Eight club of Lansing.

He is survived by one brother, Norman Harris of Grand Rapids, and several nieces
and nephews.

Funeral service will be Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Neller funeral
home in Portland with the Rev. Robert Treat officiating.


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