Frank W. Perkins
June 19, 1879-April 5, 1948
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 6, 1948, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
DEATHS
Frank W. Perkins, 68
Frank W. Perkins, 68, a former Niles resident, died yesterday afternoon in the Kalamazooo Bronson hospital where he had been patient 11 days. Perkins had been ill two years.
Although arrangements are incomplete, interment will be in the Niles Silverbrook cemetery.
Perkins was born in Niles June 19, 1879, a son of John and Lydia Perkins. For the past 37 years he has resided in Kalamazoo where he headed the order department of the Kalamazoo Stationery company. He was a charter member of the Dowagiac Elk's lodge, and a member of St. Luke's Episcopal church in Kalamazoo.
Surviving are his wife, Georgia; and a brother, Charles E. Perkins of Ashtabula, O. Also several nieces and nephews survive.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 7, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
PERKINS RITES SET
Funeral services for Frank W. Perkins, former Niles resident who died Monday at Kalamazoo, will be held at St. Luke's Episcopal church, Kalamazoo, at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles.
