Bertrand Posthumus
Jan. 29, 1898-Oct. 20, 1963
Funeral services for Bertrand Posthumus, 65, of 321 Huron St., will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Trinity Episcopal Church. The Rev. John G. Carlton, rector, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
He died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, where he had been a patient since Aug. 30.
Mr. Posthumus, former manager of Auto Parts Exchange here, was born Jan. 29, 1898 in Woodstock, Ontario. He came to Niles from Fostoria, Ohio, in 1935.
Surviving are his widow, Ethel A.; a daughter, Mrs. Peter T. Harris, Berkeley, Calif.; a son, Bertrand J., Niles, and five grandchildren.
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, a past commander of the Niles Commandry No. 12, Knights Templar; a member of St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4, Free and Accepted Masons; and a member of Niles Council No. 19, Royal and Select Masters, Free and Accepted Masons.
Friends are being received at the Kiger Funeral Home.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 21, 1963, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library