Emma Messner
Aug. 6, 1906-July 28, 1978
Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 31, 1978, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Emma R. Messner, 71, of 728 Broadway, died at 10:50 p.m. Friday at Pawating Hospital, following a brief illness.
A member of the DAV Auxiliary, she was a retired employee of Berrien General Hospital. Mrs. Messner was born Aug. 6, 106 in Valparaiso, Ind., and had lived her lifetime in the area.
On Aug. 24, 1921 in Valparaiso, she married Elvin Mark Messner, who died July 9, 1957.
Survivors include three sons, Lewis E. and Robert W., both of Niles, and Donald L. of Benton Harbor; two brothers, Jerry Meadows of Valparaiso, Ind., and Thomas Meadows of Green Valley, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Agnes Hopper of Portage, Ind.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Gordon Everett of the Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m .today. Memorials may be made to the Open Door Residences, Inc.