Henry Louis Van Deest was a son of Johannes van Deest (John Van Deest) and Clara Bonn.
At the time of his sudden death from appendicitis at age 44, he was the general factory works manager for the Henney Motor Company of Freeport and president of the city's baseball league.
Former alderman of the First Ward in Freeport and former city police officer.
Member of Embury Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Evergreen Lodge.
An inventor, he held several patents in the USA and Canada, including for an ambulance cot fastener (granted 1932 and 1933), a casket stay for hearses (granted 1932 and 1933), a slidable car seat (granted 1933 and 1934), an improved slidable hearse seat which permits removal of a casket from the side instead of the rear of the vehicle (granted 1934 and 1935), and a hearse extension roller (granted posthumously 1936 and 1937).
At the time of his sudden death from appendicitis at age 44, he was the general factory works manager for the Henney Motor Company of Freeport and president of the city's baseball league.
Former alderman of the First Ward in Freeport and former city police officer.
Member of Embury Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Evergreen Lodge.
An inventor, he held several patents in the USA and Canada, including for an ambulance cot fastener (granted 1932 and 1933), a casket stay for hearses (granted 1932 and 1933), a slidable car seat (granted 1933 and 1934), an improved slidable hearse seat which permits removal of a casket from the side instead of the rear of the vehicle (granted 1934 and 1935), and a hearse extension roller (granted posthumously 1936 and 1937).
Henry Louis Van Deest was a son of Johannes van Deest (John Van Deest) and Clara Bonn.
At the time of his sudden death from appendicitis at age 44, he was the general factory works manager for the Henney Motor Company of Freeport and president of the city's baseball league.
Former alderman of the First Ward in Freeport and former city police officer.
Member of Embury Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Evergreen Lodge.
An inventor, he held several patents in the USA and Canada, including for an ambulance cot fastener (granted 1932 and 1933), a casket stay for hearses (granted 1932 and 1933), a slidable car seat (granted 1933 and 1934), an improved slidable hearse seat which permits removal of a casket from the side instead of the rear of the vehicle (granted 1934 and 1935), and a hearse extension roller (granted posthumously 1936 and 1937).
At the time of his sudden death from appendicitis at age 44, he was the general factory works manager for the Henney Motor Company of Freeport and president of the city's baseball league.
Former alderman of the First Ward in Freeport and former city police officer.
Member of Embury Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Evergreen Lodge.
An inventor, he held several patents in the USA and Canada, including for an ambulance cot fastener (granted 1932 and 1933), a casket stay for hearses (granted 1932 and 1933), a slidable car seat (granted 1933 and 1934), an improved slidable hearse seat which permits removal of a casket from the side instead of the rear of the vehicle (granted 1934 and 1935), and a hearse extension roller (granted posthumously 1936 and 1937).
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