Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Henderson, Larry Joe January 30, 1982
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Ionia sentinel Standard-Sat. Jan. 30, 1982

Clarksville man dies in GR crash
GRAND RAPIDS -  A Clarksville man was pronounced dead at St. Mary's Hospital this 
morning from injuries sustained in an auto accident and a heart attack suffered at
the accident scene.

Dead was Larry J. Henderson, 23, of 176 W. Cross Road, Clarksville.

Listed in critical condition with multiple injuries sustained in the same accident
was Mark E Fritch, 25, of Grand Rapids, the driver of the car in which Henderson was a
passenger.

ACCORDING TO Kent County Sheriff's department, the accident occurred about midnight

Thursday when Fritch's car careened off an 1-96 overpass across US 131 just south of
Comstock Park.

Officers said Fritch had been driving east on I-96, at a high rate of speed, when
his car left the expressway. The car crossed the median of I-96, straddled a guardrail for about
100 feet, and flew over the southbound lanes of US 131.

FRITCH'S CAR landed in the median, rolled over, landed upright, rolled over again
and slid across the Northbound lanes of US 131, coming to rest against a guardrail. The drop
from I-96 to US I3I was estimated at 30 feet by officers.

Fritch's vehicle was crushed and debris from the car was scattered along its route.

Paramedics from a Kent County E-unit and officers worked to save Henderson's life,
but he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

HENDERSON was born Dec.24, 1958 in Grand Rapids, the son of George and Helen Tornga
Henderson. He graduated from Lakewood High School in 1977 and had worked at Amway 
as a keypunch operator for the past two years.

He is survived by his parents; four brothers, Nick Fisher of Kentucky, James Fisher
of Florida, and Dan and Gerald Henderson of Ionia; six sisters, Patricia Barrett of
Caledonia, Mrs.Phil (Vicki)Denny of Saranac, Mrs. Dale (Sandi) Bergy of Lowell, Mrs.Alexander
(Robin) Riesbig of Ionia, Susan Henderson of Clarksville, and Dorothy Barrett of Lowell.
AUNTS, UNCLES, 24 nieces and nephews and two great nephews also survive.

Services will be Monday at 1 p.m., from the Galilee Baptist Church, Saranac, the
Rev. James Frank officiating. Interment will be in Saranac Cemetery.

The family will be at Lake Funeral Home, Saranac, Saturday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and
Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8:30.

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