Ethel Ann Puthoff
Aug. 11, 1886-Feb. 23, 1978
Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 24, 1978, page 2, col. 7-8, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Ethel Ann Puthoff, 91, formerly of 650 N. Eighth St., died at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Michigan Skilled Care Center, following an illness of five years.
She was born Aug. 11, 1886 in Mattoon, Ill., and moved here from Illinois in 1914. She was a homemaker.
In 1906 in Mattoon, she married Julius H. Puthoff, who died Feb. 22, 1955.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Wilber (Lucile) Meldrim of Niles; a grandchild; three great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe R. Johnson of the First Church of Christ Christian officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Friends may call after 2 p.m Saturday at the funeral home.