Myers, Lulu Belle (Crandall)

Lulu Belle (Crandall) Myers
Sept. 25, 1885-November 7, 1918

Niles Daily Sun, Friday, November 8, 1918, page 4, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library


    Leaving five little children, four girls and a boy, to mourn the loss of their mother, Mrs. Fred Meyers, aged 33 years, died about 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Red Cross hospital, where she was taken last Monday in a critical condition with influenza which developed into pneumonia.
    Mrs. Meyers was born in Berrien Springs Sept. 24, 1885. Her maiden name was Lulu Belle Crandall and she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Crandall.  When she was a little girl the family came to Niles and she attended school here until she was about 12 years of age. The family then moved to Marion, Ind.  In May, 1917, Mr. and Mrs. Meyers moved to Niles and took up their residence on Vernon Heights.  Besides her husband and children, Mrs. Crandall is survived by her mother, Mrs. George Crandall, who resides at 399 South State street, and by six brothers, four of whom are in military service, and by three sisters.  The brothers and sisters are Charles Crandall at Camp Devers, Massachusetts; Henry Walter, at Camp Custer; Kurt H. and Andrew Raymond, who are overseas; William Crandall, Mary and Felecia Crandall, 399 South State Street; Orlando Crandall, Berrien Springs, and Mrs. A.F. Athey of Davenport, Ia. Mrs. Meyers' father died one year ago.  Of the five children, the oldest girl, who was 12 years old today, is ill in the hospital, and the youngest of the children, a boy who will be 1 year old tomorrow, was removed from the hospital to his grandmothers' home in west Niles and he remains quite ill.
    The funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock from the home of her mother. Rev. Campfield will officiate.


    Leaving a husband and four little children, the death of Mrs. Thomas Meyers of Vernon Heights, occurred yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Red Cross hospital, of pneumonia.
    Mrs. Meyers was born in Berrien Springs, Sept. 25, 1885. She was married in Marion, Ind., to Thomas Meyers, in the year 1905.
    Four children were born to them, who survive their mother. Besides the husband and children she is survived by her mother, Mrs. George Crandall, State street; two sisters, Mary and Felicia Crandall, all of this city; and six brothers, Kirt and Raymond, somewhere in France; Charles, Camp Devens, Mass.; Walter, Camp Custer, Orlando, Berrien Springs, and Wm. Crandall, of this city.
    Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock from the home of her mother, Mrs. George Crandall, 399 North State street.  Rev. Lyons will officiate.  Burial will take place in Silver Brook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 11, 1918, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

    Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Thomas Myers from the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Crandall, 399 State street.  Rev. Lyons officiated. Interment occurred in Silver Brook cemetery.