Effie Mapes
Oct. 22, 1873-Dec. 23, 1954
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, December 23, 1954, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Effie Mapes, 80, of 1343 Oak street, died at 9:30 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient since Dec. 17. The body was taken to the Pifer Funeral HOme where funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Niles Daily Star, Friday, December 24, 1954, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home here for Mrs. Effie Mapes, 81, of 1114 Oak street, who died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Pawating Hospital following an extended illness. The Rev. Ray McCoy, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate, and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Mrs. Mapes was born October 22, 1873, in Oak Grove, Mich., and came to Niles 31 years ago from Tustin, Mich.
Surviving are: six children, Mrs. Glenn West, Mrs. Malburne Hall, Mrs. Etta Baird, Mrs. Jack Stanner and Delbert Mapes, all of Niles, and Mrs. Elmer Green, of Grand Rapids; 24 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Harry Johnson, of Tustin, and a brother, Deloss Hillaker, of Everett, Mich.
Friends may call at the funeral home beginning Saturday.