Jan. 17, 1852-March 2, 1905
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 2, 1905, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
DEATHS IN NILES
THREE ARE RECORDED IN THE CITY TODAY
CHAS WHETSTONE
A Well Known Resident Passed Away Last Night--Also Mrs. Mack and Mrs. Sawyer
THREE ARE RECORDED IN THE CITY TODAY
CHAS WHETSTONE
A Well Known Resident Passed Away Last Night--Also Mrs. Mack and Mrs. Sawyer
Charles Whetstone, proprietor of the Forler House, died last midnight, of tubercolosis[sic], aged 53 years. The deceased was born in Beyenheim, Germany, and was brought to this country by his parents, when 18 months old. His parents came to Michigan and settled in the Upper Peninsula, where they remained until the deceased was four years old, when they came to Niles, where he had since resided. Mr. Whetstone was married in 1876 to Miss Magdalen Forler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George K. Forler. This union was blessed with six children, who together with their mother, mourn the departure of a kind husband and parent. The children are William and George of Boulder, Montana, and the Misses Lena, Frances and Magdalen and Carl of Niles. Mr. Whetstone also leaves a brother, whose address is not known here.
Fraternally the deceased was identified with the Masons, the M.W. A. and the German Working men's Benevolent association.
Mr. Whetstone had been proprietor of the Forler House since his father-in-law, G.K. Forler, retired in 1895, and he was widely known amoung railroad men and the traveling fraternity, as well as by the public generally throughout this section.
The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.