Joseph Robert Potter, Jr.

POTTER JR., MR. JOSEPH R. Muskegon Mr. Joseph Robert Potter Jr., age 81, died Thursday, August 16, 2001. He was born in Muskegon, MI on May 9, 1920 to Joseph & Jessie Towne Potter & married the former Edith Trena Timmer in Muskegon on July 5, 1951. Mr. Potter served his country in the US Army during WWII as a combat Engineer in Battalion #1253 for 5 1/2 years from 1940 to 1946. He served in England, France, Germany & in anti-aircraft gun control in Panama. Mr. Potter had been employed as a Buffer at Shaw Walker for 35 years prior to retiring in 1981. He was a former member & communicant of St. Joseph's Catholic Church & presently was a communicant of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. He was also a member & past Commander of the Catholic War Veteran's Post #843, served as a board member for the St. Joseph Credit Union, was a member of the Holy Name Society & former President of the Ushers Club. SURVIVORS Wife, Edith; 3 sons, Douglas Lori Potter of Muskegon, Michael Gloria Potter of Nunica & Joseph Lori Potter III of N. Muskegon; 1 daughter, Pamela Gordon VanDyke of Spring Lake; 14 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, many nieces & nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Potter & by a sister, Doris O'Donnell. SERVICE Monday, August 20, 2001, 11:00 AM at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church with Fr. Michael Olson officiating. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery. VISITATION Sunday, 2-4 & 7-9 PM at Clock Funeral Home. MEMORIAL: Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church Clock Funeral Home Muskegon