Lawrence P. Elder
Aug. 17, 1870-March 8, 1959
Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 9, 1959, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Lawrence P. Elder, 88, of 1327 Oak Street, a member of the Niles Police Department for 26 years prior to his retirement in 1948, died at 1:45 p.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital where he he had been admitted as a patient Friday. He had been in failing health for some time.
Mr. Elder was born Aug. 17, 1870, in Warsaw, Ind., and came to Niles from there in 1900. He was a life member of Trinity Episcopal Church and a member of the Fraternal Order of Police. His wife preceded in death in 1948.
He was a veteran life member of Buchanan Odd Fellows Lodge No. 75 and a long-time member of the New Century Rebekah Lodge No. 351 of Niles.
Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Parsons, of Niles, and Mrs. Percy Garl, of Edwardsburg, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Trinity Episcopal Church with the rector, the Rev. John G. Carlton, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home beginning Tuesday evening.