Mary J. Purdy
Oct. 19, 1905-April 4, 1973
Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 6, 1973, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Mrs. Mary J. Purdy, 67, of Cassopolis, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Cass County Medical Care Center after an extended illness.
A former employe of Lork's Bakery, Mrs. Purdy was born Oct. 19, 1905, in Galien, and left Niles four years ago. On Nov. 30, 1936, in Indiana, she married George Purdy, who died in 1969.
Survivors include a step-son, Harold Purdy of Westland, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Pamela Tittle of Cassopolis; four brothers, Thomas Kane of Holland, Gerald Kane of Niles, Robert Kane of Cassopolis and Arthur Kane of Eau Claire; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Johnson of Niles, Mrs. Minnie Voorhees of Mishawaka and Mrs. Helen Johnson of Niles; one grandchild, three step-grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Eddie Cassetty of the Church of Christ of Niles officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 9, 1973, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
The name of a sister, Mrs. Gladys Zimmerman of Niles, was inadvertently omitted from the obituary of Mrs. Mary Purdy published Friday in The Star. Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. Purdy, who died at the Cass County medical Care Facility.