Charles A. Wyburn
Oct. 8, 1879-July 25, 1945
Father of Niles People Dies at Elkhart, Ind.
Charles A. Wyburn, aged 65, of Elkhart, Ind., father of Mrs. Charles Trussel and George Wyburn, Niles, died today at 6 a.m. after suffering a heart attack Tuesday morning at 5:30 while preparing to go to work.
Wyburn, who was active in the Indiana old age pension program and the United Mine workers, was a former resident of Niles and was married here to a Niles woman, Miss Pearl Kugler, July 2, 1906. For more than 30 years he was a lineman with the Indiana-Michigan Electric company and has lived in Elkhart for 20 years. He also spent several years in Hammond.
He is survived by his wife and children, three grand children, and a half-brother, Fred Croy, of South Bend.
Friends may call at the . . [illegible]. . . Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, July 25, 1945, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library