Chauncey F. Burkhead
March 15, 1914-Nov. 7, 1982
Chauncey F. Burkhead, 68, of 1017 Edwards St., Niles, died Sunday at 5:05 a.m. in Pawating Hospital after a sudden illness.
Born March 15, 1914 in Sturgis, he had been a resident of this county for 19 years, coming from Goshen, Ind. He was retired in 1976 from Beeline Travel Trailers, where he worked as a receiver.
On Nov. 10, 1951, in Angola, Ind., he was married to the former Leona LeCount. His wife survives, along with three daughters, Mrs. Janet Aronson of Topeka, Ind., Mrs. Romona Burch of Edwardsburg, Miss Michele Burkhead at home; and three sons, Walter Burkhead of Lagrange, Ind., David Burkhead of California, and Thomas Burkhead of Howe, Ind.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Helen Miller of Lagrange, Ind., Mrs. Sandra Mahler of Lagrange, Ind.; and two stepsons, Larry LeCount of Goshen, Ind., and Floyd LeCount of Wakarusa, Ind.; four sisters: Mrs. Winifred Grice of Edwardsburg, Mrs. Lydia Woodward of Elkhart, Ind., Mrs. Agatha Troyer of Elkhart, Ind., and Mrs. Lavora Yonally of Wadworth, Ohio; and four brothers, Harold Burkhead of Lagrange, Ind., Ralph Burkhead of Sturgis, Cal Burkhaead[sic] of Lagrange, Ind., and Franklyn Burkhead of Goshen, Ind.; 27 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive.
Services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home in Niles with Rev. Paul Fisher of the First Assembly of God Church of Niles officiating. Burial will take place at Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to the Cerebral Palsey Foundation.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 8, 1982, page 2, col. 2-3, microfilm Niles District Library
