1874-1947
RETIRED TEACHER SUCCUMBS
Miss Gertrude L. Wood, 73, retired school teacher, died Sunday at 12:45 a.m. at her home, 517 West Main street, where she had been ill for 10 days.
The daughter of Cornelius and Sarah Wood, she was born Jan. 28, 1874, near Niles, and taught school for 30 years prior to her retirement seven years ago. For many years she taught third grade in the Muessel school in South Bend. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal church.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Harry W. Scott, Portage Prairie, and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the residence where the body was taken from the Swem funeral home in Buchanan. Service will be conducted Turesday at 2:30 p.m. at the home by Rev. Harry L. Nicholson. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Monday March 3, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library)