Frank E. Cole
July 13, 1874-April 12, 1950
Frank E. Cole, 75
Frank E. Cole, 75, of 1223 1/2 South Eleventh street, died of a heart attack shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Pentacostal[sic] church on Fort street.
Cole was born July 13, 1874, in Allegany,[sic] Pa., and came here in 1914 from Superior, Wis. He worked at the Simplicity Pattern company and had retired.
Surviving are two sons, Robert E. and Frank E., Jr., both of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. John Hunt and Mrs. Gertrude Mose, both of Moline, Ill.; two brothers, George and Claude, both of Niles; three half-brothers, Charles Dash and Ralph Dash, both of Niles and Roy Dash of Frederick, Wis.,; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where the Rev. Charles Johnson, of the Pentacostal church, will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m .Saturday. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 13, 1950, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library)