Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ward, Sheldon 1944
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The Portland Review, Thursday, February 3, 1944

The second highway fatality of the year in Ionia county occurred Sunday 
evening, near the George Bower farm, just west of this village, when Sheldon 
Ward, 12, and his brother Richard, 10, were thrown from a bicycle on US-16.  
Sheldon’s injuries proved fatal, as he died a few hours later in St. Lawrence 
hospital, Lansing.

The boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arzo Ward, who live on the L. W. Gibb & Son 
farm, in Orange, were on their way home from the village.  Deputy Jay Clark, 
who investigated, said that a car driven by Howard Riley, of Muskegon, also 
headed west, struck the bike as the driver swung back into he traffic lane 
after having passed a car.  It was said the boys were riding in the west bound 
traffic lane, and that there was no light on their bicycle.

Both lads were removed to the hospital in the Neller ambulance.  Richard was 
not severely injured.

The first auto fatality of 1941 occurred several weeks ago near the county 
airport, when a resident of Berlin township was fatally injured.

Surviving Sheldon are the parents; three brothers, Richard, Walter and Harry 
J.; grandmother, Mrs. George Steward, of Portland; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Joseph Duchene, of Lansing.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Neller Funeral home, in 
charge of Rev. Robert Reynhout, of Portland Baptist church.  Bearers were 
Thomas Vandeveene, Burdett Goodwin, Burnard Goodwin, Alton Hartwick.



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