Walter R. Saathoff
December 15, 1900-October 3, 1961
Walter R. Satthoff[sic], 60, 536 W. Main St., died at 3:30 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital, where he had been a patient since Sept. 11. He had been ill for the past six months.
Mr. Saathoff, an employe of United Dairies here, was born Dec. 15, 1900, in Walshville, Ill., and came to Niles 31 years ago from Litchfield, Ill.
Surviving are: his widow, Hazel; one son, Robert L. Saathoff, Durham, N.C.; two brothers, Henry Saathoff, Litchfield, Ill., and George Saathoff, Monrovia, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Everett Lowe, Litchfield.
Funeral services will be at 2 30 p.m. Thursday in the First Baptist Church of which he was a member, with the pastor, Rev., Earl J. Wickstrom, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends will be received at the Pifer Funeral Home from noon Wednesday until noon Thursday.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, October 3, 1961, page 2, col. 2-3, microfilm Niles District Library)
