SENECAL
DIES OF INJURIES RECEIVED IN CAR ACCIDENT
Prosper
Senecal, 46, of Keeseville, died late Wednesday night of last week [sic] of
injuries received in a car-truck collision Tuesday, October 17.
Death
occurred at the Champlain Valley Hospital in Plattsburgh, where little hope for
Mr. Senecal’s recovery had been entertained.
Mr.
Senecal suffered internal injuries when his light truck collided with a sedan
operated by Mrs. Thomas E. (Gladys) Bombard, 36, also of Keeseville.
The
collision occurred at the junction of the Port Douglas and Mace Chasm Roads.
Mrs.
Bombard, also injured in the accident, is confined at the Champlain Valley
Hospital. Her major injuries are a knee fracture and arm lacerations.
Mr.
Senecal, a native of the Town of Black Brook was born on March 19, 1912, a son
of Henry and Ida (Santor) Senecal.
He
is survived by his widow, the former May Rushia; one son Gary; two
grandchildren, all of Keeseville. Also
surviving is one sister, Mrs. Verla Raby of Plattsburgh.
Funeral
services were held Saturday morning in St. Augustine’s Church in Peru.
The
Rev. William Laballee, assistant pastor, was celebrant of a High Mass of
Requiem.
Bearers
were Francis Norman, James Rushia, Ernest Senecal, John Douglas, Roger Senecal
and Hector Rushia.
Burial
was in the church cemetery.
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Prosper was my first cousin twice removed. My maternal grandfather, Ernest Senecal, was a pall bearer.
Article was on the first page of the October 26, 1961 edition of The Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post.
