Martha Elizabeth Bretschneider
Oct. 4, 1850-July 16, 1945
Niles Resident Many Years Dies
A resident of Niles for more than 80 years, Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Bretschneider, 94, rural route two, died at 12:20 a.m. today at her residence. She had been ill eight years.
Mrs. Bretschneider was born in Sandusky, O., Oct. 4, 1850. She came to Niles from Missouri in 1863.
Three Children Survive
Surviving are three children, Frank Schulte, South Bend, Mrs. Flora Bowerman, South Bend, Robert Bretschneider, one brother, William Mann, Chicago, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pifer funeral home, with Rev. Franklin Ogle, Presbyterian church, Edwardsburg, in charge. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 16, 1945, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library