Mary E. File
May 10, 1864-Feb. 2, 1962
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 3, 1962, page 2, col. 5-6, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Mary E. File, 97, 1940 River Bluff Rd., died at 11:10 a.m. Friday in Pawating Hospital after a six months illness.
She was born in Niles Township, May 10, 1864, and spent her entire life in this community. Her husband, William E. File, died Jan. 24, 1948. Mrs. File was a charter member of the South Union Church in Berrien Center.
Survivors include three sons, Alva, Russell, and Joe File, all of Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Tina Patterson, South Bend; four grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home with the rev. Wayne Palmer, pastor from Napierville, Ill., officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.