Burrell G. Wiley
Nov. 5, 1889-Dec. 1, 1953
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, December 2, 1953, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Burrell G. Wiley, 1423 Hickory street, died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday enroute to a Michigan City, Ind., hospital. He was taken ill while working as a conductor on a New York Central Railroad Company freight train.
Surviving are his wife, Albina (Betty); one son, Burrell G. Wiley, Jr., of LaPorte, Ind.; two grandsons; one brother, Westley, of Prescott, Ariz., one sister, Mrs. Edith Israel, of Ontario, Calif.
Wiley was born on Nov. 5, 1889, in Quincy, Ill., and came here from Michigan City, Ind., 20 years ago. He was a freight conductor for the New York Central Railroad Company.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday by the Rev. L. George Beacock, Methodist pastor. He was a veteran of World War I, and graveside rites will be conducted by the local American Legion Post at Silverbrook Cemetery.