Katherine M. Ehlenfeldt
June 18, 1880-Dec. 25, 1965
Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 27, 1965, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Private funeral services for Mrs. Katherine M. Ehlenfeldt, 85, of 1315 State Line Road, were conducted today in the Halbritter-Swem Funeral Home. The Rev. Harold E. Asire, Pastor of the Bertrand Bible Church, officiated. Burial was in Silverbook Cemetery.
She died at 7:35 a.m. Saturday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, where she had been a patient 25 days. She had been ill six years.
Mrs. Ehlenfeldt was born June 18, 1880, in Germany. She came to Niles from South Bend in 1915. She was married to Edward Ehlenfeldt Aug. 12, 1905, in St. Joseph. The couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in August.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Wade, Niles, and Mrs. Marguerite Hoffman, Wyandotte; a son, Ervin, Niles; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
She was a member of Bertrand Bible Church.
The family requests memorial contributions be made to her church.