March 29, 1883-December 30, 1948
HENRY QUAST DIES
Henry Fred Quast, 65, rural route five, died 9:30 a.m. today in Pawating hospital after being a patient there five days.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pifer funeral home with Elder William Ortner, South Bend, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Kwast was born March 29, 1883 in Russia and came to Niles 20 years ago from Benton Harbor. He was an employe of the Sollitt Construction company, South Bend, and was a member of the South Bend carpenters' union.
Surviving are his wife and the following children: Mrs. Ralph Syson, Mrs. Albert Kanarr, Mrs. Frank Taylor, Eugene Kwast, all of South Bend; Charles Kwast, Carlton, Tex.; Mrs. Clayton Goff, Marcellus; Pfc. Edwin Kwast, . . .[illegible]. .. all at home. Eleven grandchildren also survive.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, December 30, 1948, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library.