Hellwig, Georgia

Georgia Hellwig
March 22, 1906-Oct. 8, 1970


Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 9, 1970, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library


Niles--Mrs. Georgia Hellwig, 64, of the W and W Mobile Village, formerly of Buchanan, died at 12 p.m. Thursday in her home.

An employe of Simplicity Pattern Co., Mrs. Hellwig was born March 22, 1906, in Hollyrood, Kan., and had lived in this area since 1924. On Nov. 27, 1924, in St. Joseph, she married Clarence Hellwig, who died in 1960.

Survivors include her stepmother, Mrs. Tony Salovisck of St. Joseph; a son, Duane of Buchanan; four daughters, Mrs. Carl Newsom of Buchanan, Mrs. Bruce Fletcher and Mrs. Robert Dewey, both of Niles, and Mrs. William Newman of Kissammee, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Rose Myers of Niles, Mrs. Emma Knuple of Michigan City, Ind., and Mrs. Eleanor Matthews of Edwardsburg; 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Swem Funeral Home, with the Rev. H.Harold Boland of the Assembly of God Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home.