Donald Lee Linn
1903-1997
retired Simplicity electrician
Funeral services for Donald Lee Linn were today at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home, Niles. Burial was in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Mr. Linn died Friday, Sept. 19, at 2 p.m., at the home of his stepson, Dick Priebe, Granger, Ind., of natural causes.
He was born Sept. 10, 1930[sic 1903], in Niles.
On Jan. 16, 1970, in Niles he married the former Velma Davis Priebe, who survives.
Mr. Linn graduated from Niles High School in 1950. He retired in 1993 from Simplicity Pattern Co., as an electrician. He served in the Air Force in the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include a stepson, Dick Priebe of Granger; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Jean Harper of Dowagiac, and Mae Messenger of Dowagiac; two half-sisters, Beverly Nelson of Michigan, and Fae Weesaw of Michigan; a half-brother, Rowley Linn of Michigan. A brother, Roy E. Linn, preceded him in death in 1987.
Memorial contributions may be made to Twin City Baptist Church, Mishawaka, Ind.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Monday, September 22, 1997, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library)
