Gerald Huizenga, 25, Hudsonville, was killed Friday at 2:30 pm when his clothing caught in the drive shaft of a husking machine which was hooked to a tractor on the Guy and Lee Edson farm a mile north of Hudsonville where he was employed.
Coroner Gilbert Vande Water of Holland who gave a verdict of accidental death said that death which was almost instantaneous, was caused by internal injuries, although the body was not badly mutilated.
Working with Huizenga were Albert Hop and Donald Wolters, both of route 1, Hudsonville. Hop looked back from the wagon where he was leveling corn and saw Huizenga between the tractor and husker. Wolters saw Huizenga almost the same time and both rushed over the coroner learned.
Vande Water said the left pants leg apparently caught in the shaft dragging Huizenga from the seat of the tractor. The motor had stopped by the time the two other helpers reached Huizenga.
The victim is survived by the widow; two children, Sadie L. and William Gary; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Huizenga of Grandville; two sisters, Mrs. William Matthysse of Byron Road and Miss Winifred of Grandville; three brothers, Lester of Grandville, William with the army in Italy and John in camp at North Carolina.
Father: William C. Huizenga
Mother: Lena Vander Scheer
Coroner Gilbert Vande Water of Holland who gave a verdict of accidental death said that death which was almost instantaneous, was caused by internal injuries, although the body was not badly mutilated.
Working with Huizenga were Albert Hop and Donald Wolters, both of route 1, Hudsonville. Hop looked back from the wagon where he was leveling corn and saw Huizenga between the tractor and husker. Wolters saw Huizenga almost the same time and both rushed over the coroner learned.
Vande Water said the left pants leg apparently caught in the shaft dragging Huizenga from the seat of the tractor. The motor had stopped by the time the two other helpers reached Huizenga.
The victim is survived by the widow; two children, Sadie L. and William Gary; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Huizenga of Grandville; two sisters, Mrs. William Matthysse of Byron Road and Miss Winifred of Grandville; three brothers, Lester of Grandville, William with the army in Italy and John in camp at North Carolina.
Father: William C. Huizenga
Mother: Lena Vander Scheer
Gerald Huizenga, 25, Hudsonville, was killed Friday at 2:30 pm when his clothing caught in the drive shaft of a husking machine which was hooked to a tractor on the Guy and Lee Edson farm a mile north of Hudsonville where he was employed.
Coroner Gilbert Vande Water of Holland who gave a verdict of accidental death said that death which was almost instantaneous, was caused by internal injuries, although the body was not badly mutilated.
Working with Huizenga were Albert Hop and Donald Wolters, both of route 1, Hudsonville. Hop looked back from the wagon where he was leveling corn and saw Huizenga between the tractor and husker. Wolters saw Huizenga almost the same time and both rushed over the coroner learned.
Vande Water said the left pants leg apparently caught in the shaft dragging Huizenga from the seat of the tractor. The motor had stopped by the time the two other helpers reached Huizenga.
The victim is survived by the widow; two children, Sadie L. and William Gary; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Huizenga of Grandville; two sisters, Mrs. William Matthysse of Byron Road and Miss Winifred of Grandville; three brothers, Lester of Grandville, William with the army in Italy and John in camp at North Carolina.
Father: William C. Huizenga
Mother: Lena Vander Scheer
Coroner Gilbert Vande Water of Holland who gave a verdict of accidental death said that death which was almost instantaneous, was caused by internal injuries, although the body was not badly mutilated.
Working with Huizenga were Albert Hop and Donald Wolters, both of route 1, Hudsonville. Hop looked back from the wagon where he was leveling corn and saw Huizenga between the tractor and husker. Wolters saw Huizenga almost the same time and both rushed over the coroner learned.
Vande Water said the left pants leg apparently caught in the shaft dragging Huizenga from the seat of the tractor. The motor had stopped by the time the two other helpers reached Huizenga.
The victim is survived by the widow; two children, Sadie L. and William Gary; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Huizenga of Grandville; two sisters, Mrs. William Matthysse of Byron Road and Miss Winifred of Grandville; three brothers, Lester of Grandville, William with the army in Italy and John in camp at North Carolina.
Father: William C. Huizenga
Mother: Lena Vander Scheer
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