Mrs. E. Grace Smith
April 15, 1883-March 8, 1953
Mrs. Grace Smith, 731 Hickory street, died at 11:30 p.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital. She was the wife of Ben H. Smith, vice president of Michigan Wire Goods, Inc., here.
Surviving besides her husband are two sons, Mahlon, of Niles, and Roland Smith, of New Orleans, La.; one daughter, Mrs. Dale Apt, South Bend, and two grandchildren.
Mrs. Smith, who was born on April 15,1883, in Sherwood, Mich., came here from Three Rivers in 1903. She was a member of the First Methodist church, Fort St. Joseph Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, a charter member of the Niles Musical Club, and a member of the Monday Reading Club and of the Methodist Berean Class.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home. Services will be conducted by the Rev. L. George Beacock, Methodist pastor, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, the place to be announced later. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 9, 1953, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library)
