Pointer, Lettie M. (Goble)

Lettie M. Pointer
May 13, 1906-Aug. 26, 1999


Niles Daily Star, Saturday, August 28, 1999, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Lettie Maud Pointer, 93, of 2006 Ontario Road, Niles are Monday at 11 a.m. at Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan, by Pastors Ralph Offord and David Smith of the First Church of God, Cassoplolis.

Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Pointer died Thursday at 4:15 p.m. at home of natural causes.

She was born May 13, 1906, in Stoddard County, Mo., and lived in  the Niles area for 56 years.

On Nov. 15, 1924, in Bloomfield, Mo., she was married to Glennie Lee Pointer, who preceded her in death on March 5, 1971.

Pointer retired from National-Standard Co., in 1971.

Survivors include one son, Denver K. "Jack" Pointer of Buchanan; two daughters, Wanda Stevens and Patricia Stover-Skarbek, both of Niles; a brother, Dale Gobel of Casper, Wyo.; a sister Hazel L. Pointer of Niles; 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Dorsey L. Pointer, who died in 1989, and Gains G. Pointer, who died in 1999.

Friends may call Monday afrom 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice at Home, 2626 W. John Beers Road, Stevensville, 49127.

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Lettie Maud Pointer, 93, of 2006 Ontario Road, Niles, Mich., entered into rest with her family at 4:14 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 26, 1999,  in her home.

Lettie retired from the National Standard Company in 1971, and had lived 56 years in the Niles area.

Lettie was born on May 13, 1906, in Stoddard County, Mo., to John and Mae (Hale) Goble. Lettie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Glennie Lee Pointer; and by two sons, Dorsey L. Pointer and Gains G. Pointer.

She is survived by a son, Denver K. ''Jack'' Pointer of Buchanan, Mich.; two daughters, Wanda Stevens and Patricia Stover-Skarbek, both of Niles; a brother, Dale Goble of Casper, Wyo.; and by a sister, Hazel L. Pointer of Niles.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 30, at the Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan, with Pastors Ralph Offord and David Smith from the First Church of God, Cassopolis, Mich., officiating.

Family and friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services on Monday. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice-at-Home, 2626 W. John Beers Road, Stevensville, MI 49127.

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