Mrs. Ernest Densborn
1896-1957
Mrs. Blanche Densborn, 61, wife of Ernest Densborn of 11 North State Street died at 1:10 a.m. Sunday at Pawating Hospital after a two-year illness. She had been a patient at the hospital six days.
Born March 21, 1896 in Howard County, Ind., she married her husband, Dec. 25, 1916 in Kokomo, Ind. They moved to Niles from Kokomo 31 years ago.
Mrs. Densborn is survived by her husband, a son, Donald L. Densborn of Niles, four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. L.O. Miller of Kokomo, and a brother, J.D. Preble of LaGrange, Ill.
Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday by the Rev. John G. Carlton, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 13, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library)
