Madeline Pearl Willard
Nov. 2, 1887-Feb. 24, 1957
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, February 25, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Hugh Willard, 69, formerly of Niles, died Sunday night at Rogers, Ark., where she had resided since 1952 with her husband. She had been in ill health for some time.
Born Nov. 2, 1887 in Benton Harbor, she came to Niles when a child and resided here until moving to Arkansas five years ago. The former Madoline[sic] Bruce, she married Hugh Willard May 1, 1916.
Survivors are her husband; two sons, George and Edwin Willard, both of Niles, four daughters, Mrs. Harold Johnson, Kalamazoo; Mrs. George Huntly, Rogers, Ark.; Mrs. John Kuehn and Mrs. Frank Bolinger, both of Niles; 10 grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Chester Hollenbeck, and a brother, Earl Bruce, both of Niles.
Friends may call after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. N.A. Sundwall, pastor of the Huntly Memorial Baptist Church. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.