Kent-Muskegon County MI Archives Obituaries.....Prior, Henry February 1955 ************************************************ 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: Pamela Porter-Newville P.Newville@comcast.net November 18, 2007, 11:32 am Grand Rapids Herald Published; Grand Rapids Herald, Feb,1955 Henry Prior Rites to be Saturday Salesman Fatally Injured in Auto Accident Thursday Funeral services for 34 year old automobile salesman killed in a automobile accident here Thursday morning, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Joldersma Chapel. Burial will be in Washington Memorial Park Cemetery. Prior died after he was thrown from his car against a store display window following a two-car crash at Burton and Division Streets, police said. He was the second traffic death in Grand Rapids and the fifth in Kent County this year. Patrolman John Palczewski said Prior's northbound car collided with one driven by Gerald Pastoor, 21, of 1369 Johnston Street SE, traveling east on Burton St. Born in Hartford, Conn. Prior was a resident eight years, and was employed as a salesman for Burkholder Cherolet Co. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War 11. Surviving are his wife, Frances A.; Dirk,2 1/2; Kathleen, 20 months and Phillip, 9 months; a brother, Maj. George L. Prior, of Fort Sam Houston,Texas. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kent/obits/p/prior2564gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb