Clarence Pfeil
March 28, 1895-June 3, 1946
Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 3, 1946, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Clarence Pfeil Succumbs Today, Ill Four Weeks
Clarence Pfeil, 41, lifelong resident of Niles, died at 9 a.m. today at his home, [illegible], after an illness of four weeks.
Born near Niles on March 28, 1895, he spent his entire life here and was employed by the Michigan Central railroad. He was married here in 1924 to Miss Frances Thatcher, who survives him. Pfeil was a member of the Elks lodge, the American Legion and Pioneers of World War I.
Hold Funeral Thursday
Other survivors are two children, Clarence, Jr., and Mrs. Bernice Stephens, both of Niles; two brothers and three sisters: John and Arthur Pfeil, Miss Pauline Pfeil and Mrs. Edward Hahn, all of Niles, and Mrs. Frank Albright, South Bend.
Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.