Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....VerPorter, John May 12, 1922 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 10, 2021, 6:43 am Sentinel-Std. - Saturday, May 13, 1922 John VerPorter, who was injured in the clay pit belonging to the Ionia Pottery company, near the hospital, Wednesday, passed away Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Reeds Lake Sanitarium. The funeral will be held from the church of SS. Peter and Paul Monday morning at 9 o'clock and burial will take place in Mt. Olivet cemetery. Mr. VerPorter was injured Wednesday while lifting a large chunk of clay into a wagon. The clay, which broke in two parts, struck him in the abdomen. His family were called to Grand Rapids on Thursday. Additional Comments: Age: 36 Funeral: Monday, 15 May 1922 Mt. Olivet cemetery #A-40 VerPorter in Cem. book File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/v/verporte39371nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb