Lyle E. Young
July 26, 1890-August 13, 1965
TWO LIFElong friends and former Niles residents, Perley J. Steinbauer, 78, and Lyle E. Young, 75, died within 30 minutes of each other Friday night in Wichita, Kan.
Double funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. John P. MacLachlan, officiating. Burial for both will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends of both men will be received after 7 pm. today at the Pifer Funeral home.
The only children of both men, Dr. Robert Steinbauer and the former June Young married each other and both Mr. Young and Mr. and Mrs. Steinbauer made their homes with Dr. and Mrs. Steinbauer in Kansas.
Both men were retired employes of the Niles Board of Public Works.
Mr. Steinbauer was born Oct. 18, 1886, north of Niles and lived here all his life until he and his wife moved to Wichita three years ago. He retired from the Board of Public Works in 1955 after 30 years of service there.
He is survived by his widow, Myrta; his son, Dr. Robert Steinbauer; a brother, Olin L. Steinbauer, Niles; and two grandchildren.
He was a past master of the Bend of the River Grange, a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Wichita. He pitched for the South Bend Blues baseball team and played with the Steinbauer Brothers dance orchestra years ago.
Mrs. Young was born July 26, 1890, on the Young homestead west of Niles. He lived there all his life until he moved to Wichita two years ago.
His wife, Bertha, died in 1954. Mrs. Young retired from the Board of Public Works in 1956.
He is survived by his dauthter[sic], Mrs. Robert Steinbauer and two grandchildren.
Mr. Young was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Niles and a life member of the St. Joseph Valley Lodge 4, Free and Accepted Masons.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 16, 1965, page 2, col. 5 & 6, microfilm Niles District Library)