Young, Ethel Harriet (Pease)

Ethel Harriet Young
March 5, 1896-June 19, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 20, 1963, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library


Retired Niles Teacher Dies

 

Mrs. Ethel Harriet Young, 67, of 1450 Broadway, died at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient since June 11. She had been ill six months.

Mrs. Young, a retired teacher with the Niles Public Scools[sic], was born March 5, 1896, in Howard Township, Cass County. She was a lifetime resident of the area. She taught at the Ferry St. school from 1919 to 1921. From 1921 to 1945 she taught in various Howard Township schools. In 1945 she returned to the city schools, where she taught at the Lacey St., Westside and Oak Manor Schools. She retired in 1956.

Survivors include her husband, Lyle E.; a daughter, Mrs. Darwin Smith, Parma; a son, Jerome, Niles; a sister, Mrs. Chester S. Chaus, Watervliet; a brother, Palmer Pease, Mishawaka; and 10 grandchildren.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and a past worthy matron of the Order of Eastern Star.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday in her church. The Rev. John P. MacLachlan, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Kiger Funeral Home.