Parnel Corum
May 23, 1911-Nov. 5, 1963
Parnel Corum, 52, of 212 N. 10th St., died at 1:17 pm. Monday in Pawating Hospital, where he had been admitted a few hours previously.
Mr. Corum, a cement finisher, was born May 23, 1911, in Turtle Lake, N.D. He came to Niles from North Dakota 11 years ago.
Survivors include his widow, Elsie; five sons, Raymond, Emil, Eddie, Robert and Paul, and a daughter, Jean, all at home; another daughter, Mrs. Larry Cronin, Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Nelson, Turtle Lake, and Mrs. Homer Haynes, Seattle, Wash.; and a brother, Arvie, Turtle Lake; and one grandchild.
He was a veteran of World War II.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Chester Webster, pastor of the Niles Church of the Nazarene, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, with military committal rites conducted by the American Legion.
Friends will be received at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library