February 2, 1849-June 27,1929
S.Z. GARWOOD PASSES AWAY AT FARM HOUSE ON BELL SCHOOL ROAD
Stacy Z. Garwood, 80, died this morning about 9 o'clock in the farm home two miles south of Niles on the Bell school road, in which he had resided since he came to Niles in 1887 from Kansas for more than 40 years. Mr. Garwood had been ill with heart trouble since May 27 of this year.
Mr. Garwood was born in Sumption Prairie, Ind., on February 2, 1849, and grew to young manhood there. From Indiana he went to Kansas and remained there for 14 years and then moved to Niles. The house into which he moved was a log cabin to which an addition had been built and Mr. Garwood never changed the house in any material respect. It stands opposite one of the few remaining wooded tracts of this section, and the section is in several other respects as Mr. Garwood found it.
Mr Garwood was twice married. In 1887 he was married in Niles to Anna Rosenberger, a sister of John Rosenberger of Niles, and she survives him. No children were born to them. Besides the widow, Mr. Garwood is survived by a daughter by the former marriage, Mrs. Frank Bayles of Niles, and by six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. One of the grandchildren is Ray Clark, in the undertaking business in Berrien Springs. Throughout his lifetime Mr. Garwood engaged in farming.
The funeral plans are not completed.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 27, 1929, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library)