Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Fred November 18, 1941 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 27, 2010, 3:07 pm The Lowell Ledger, Thursday, November 20, 1941 Injuries received in an auto accident Monday night proved fatal to Fred Thomas, 74, of McCords, who passed away early Tuesday morning in St. Mary’s hospital, Grand Rapids. The accident occurred about 10:30 Monday evening on M- 66, three miles south of Lowell, when the car driven by Mr. Thomas, who was alone, and a car driven by Perry Freeman, 18 of South Boston, crashed together head-on. Mr. Thomas was taken to the office of a local physician and then taken to the hospital by the Haner ambulance. He was on his way to his home in McCords when the accident occurred, having just returned from driving his daughter, Mrs. Russell Smith, home from Belding. In the other car, the Freeman boy and Wayne Wilcox, 17 of Keene township were slightly injured while Bonnie Hale, 15, of Lowell another passenger, was more seriously injured, receiving a fractured ankle, severe cuts and suffering from shock. They were all taken to Blodgett hospital in the Roth ambulance. The accident was investigated by Deputy Frank Stephene of Lowell. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/thomas6132nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb