Ella Badger (Hall)
Aug. 7, 1927
Former Niles resident passes away at home of her daughter.
Mrs. Ella Badger, widow of Jacob Badger, died this morning at 2 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R.J. Douglass in Chicago. She had been in ill health for several years.The body will be brought to Niles tomorrow on Michigan central train due at 12:20 and will be taken directly to the Troost and Augustine Chapel where the funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will take place in Silver Brook cemetery. Mrs. Badger was about 65 years of age. She was twice married, her first husband having been Bert Everett. Of the two children born of this marriage, Harry and Carrie Everett, the later now Mrs. Douglass only survive. Her second husband, Jacob Badger was a member of a prominent pioneer family of Niles. The late Chester Badger was a brother and Mrs. Fanny Knox of Detroit, a sister of Jacob Badger. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Badger is survived by a brother, William Hall of Chicago and a sister, Mrs. Henry Jones also of Chicago. Mrs. Badger was former member of the Niles Lodge No 74, Lady Maccabees.
Published in Niles Daily Star Aug. 7, 1927.