Aug. 8, 1857-Feb. 1, 1932
Mrs. David Harrington to Be Buried Thursday From St. John's Church
Funeral services will be held in Niles tomorrow afternoon for Mrs. Catherine Ausmus Harrington, 74, wife of David Harrington, who died on Monday evening at 6:40 in their home two miles west of Wakarusa, Ind. The body will be brought to Niles tomorrow after a brief service at 12 o'clock in her home, and will be taken directly to St. John's Evangelical church where the funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock by the Rev. G.W. Webbink.. The body will lie in state for a brief time before the service that friends may view it. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery.
Mrs. Harrington was born Aug. 8, 1857, in Saxony, Germany, and was brought to Niles by her parents, Christian and Eva Ausmus, at the age of 10. On March 17, 1913, she was married to Mr. Harrington, who survives her with two children of a former marriage, Ernest Timm, of Lansing, and Mrs. Zetta Rude, of Norman Station, Ind.; a grandson, Lawrence Osler, of South Bend; three step-children, Mrs. Arnold Anderson, of Minneapolis; Mrs. Reuben Billman, Niles, and Hovey Harrington, east of Elkhart; a sister, Mrs. Anna Keiser of Niles, and two brothers, Charles and Adam Ausmus, of Niles.
Adam Ausmus and his daughter, Mrs. Rex Leach, were in Wakarusa yesterday on accoutn[sic] of her death.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 3, 1932, page 4, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library