Eggert, William

William Eggert
Feb. 18, 1865-May 7, 1946


Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 7, 1946, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

William Eggert, 81, Berrien County Man Dies in Cass Home

 

William Eggert, 81, of rural route two, Berrien Springs, died today at 8:45 a.m. in the home of his son, Gordon Eggert, Milton township.  He had been illl for two months.

Survivors include three sons, Gordon; Myron, Chicago; and Russell, Ames, Iowa; and two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Webster, Battle Creek; and Mrs Jessie Vary, South Bend.

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1865, and came to Michigan when a boy. For 35 years he had lived on a farm six miles north of Niles.

Funeral arrangements under direction of the Kiger funeral home, have not been completed. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. He was a member of the Methodist church.