John H. Riddle
1890-1969
Niles--John H. Riddle, 78, of 635 S. St. Joseph Ave. died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Berrien General Hospital.
A retired employe[sic] of Williams Supply Co., Inc., Mr. Riddle was born Oct. 12, 1890, in South Bend. He married the former Flora Lambert, who survives, on Oct. 12, 1910, in St. Joseph.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Riddle is survived by two sons, Loren J. and Marcius Riddle, both of Niles; three dauthers[sic] Mrs. Lucia Boyle and Miss Flora Riddle, both of Niles and Mrs. Virginia Repine, Mishawaka; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. C. Robert Carson of the First United Methodist Church of Buchanan officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 tonight.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 3, 1969, page 2 col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library)