Samuel W. Burge
July 28, 1870-December 21, 1948
Samuel Wesley Burge, 78, a life long resident of Niles, died at 4:45 a.m. today at the Clear Lake rest home near Buchanan. He had been in poor health for three years.
He was born in Niles, July 28, 1870, and lived here all his life. His home was at 513 North Fifteenth Street. He is survived by his wife, May; four sons, John and Samuel of Niles, Elmer of Los Angeles, CA, and Charles of Detroit; three daughters, Mrs. M. C. Ward and Mrs. Ray McBride of Niles and Miss Josephine Burge of Three Rivers; nineteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and a sister. Mrs. Millie Albright of South Bend, also survive,
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where the rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Services will be conducted at 9 a.m. Thursday in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, of which he was a member, by the Rev. Cletus M. Rose. Burial will be at Silver Brook Cemetery.
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