Richard Hamilton
May 26, 1892-Oct. 24, 1962
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, October 27, 1962, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library
KOKOMO, Ind.-- Richard Hamilton, 70, formerly of this city, died unexpectedly Wednesday in the Southern Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City, Fla.
Mr. Hamilton was born May 26, 18892, in Buchanan, Mich. He married Lucile LaPointe, of Niles, Mich., on June 7, 1922. She survives.
His other survivor is a daughter, Mrs. James (Glenell) Coffey, of this city. A brother and sister preceded him in death.
He retired from the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. in 1959, after receiving his 25 year pin from the company in 1958.
He was a life member of the St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4, Free and Accepted Masons Niles; Kokomo Chapter No. 404, Royal Arch Masons; Kokomo Council No. 60, Royal Select Masons; Kokomo Commandery No. 36, Knights Templar; a 22 year member of the Order of Eastern Star, a past patron of Bethlehem Chapter No. 37, Evans City, Pa. for nine years, and was affiliated with Kokomo Chapter No. 389 in 1953. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday in the Ellers Funeral Home, where Eastern Star memorial services will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Harry P. Walrond will officiate. Graveside rites, conducted by the St. Joseph Valley Lodge, will precede burial in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.