Charles H. Reum
Died September 25, 1938
CHARLES H. REUM CLAIMED BY DEATH
PROMINENT RETIRED FARMER, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF COMMUNITY, STRICKEN
Confined to his bed for the last 18 months, Charles H. Reum, widely known Niles
farmer, died at 12:30 o'clock Sunday morning in his home near the Bell School, south of
Niles.
Mr. Reum was 81 years old. He was born in Milton township, Cass county, and had
spent his entire life in this vicinity. He had lived for the last 50 years in the home in
which he died.
He leaves his widow, the former Christiana E. Doehrer, whom he married in Niles in
1884, a son, Arthur J., Mishawaka; three daughters, Mrs. Laura M. Rupel, Niles; Mrs. Carrie
M. Schafer and Mrs. Lydia N. Rupel, South Bend; three brothers, Yust C., Chris E., and
William C., Niles; also two sisters, Mrs. Anna Schwartz and Mrs. Mary Beehler, Niles.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday atfernoon[sic] in the Reum home,
and at 2:30 o'clock in the St. John's Evangelical church of which Mr. Reum was a member.
Rites will be conducted by the Rev. Theo Eisen, with burial in Silverbrook
cemetery.
Friends may call at the Reum home.
(Source: Niles Daily Star,, Monday, Sept. 26, 1938, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library)