Norman E. Goodling
April 27, 1878-Dec. 25, 1961
Norman Ellsworth Goodling, 84, 227 Owens St., died at 11:55 p.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital after a long illness.
He was born April 27, 1878, in Lydick, Ind., and had been a resident of Niles for 50 years. He was employed by National Standard for 19 years before retiring in 1948.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, whom he married Nov. 27, 1912; two sons, Ray E. Goodling, 223 N. 6th and Donald Arthur Goodling, 2213 S. 3rd St. Rd., two daughters, Mrs. Eldon (Irene) Shetterly, Cassopolis, and Mrs. Jack (Helen) Shetterly, Muskegon; 11 grandchilden, 15 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Samuel Weiss, Mishawaka, and Mrs. Walter Smith, Charleston, W.Va., and a brother, Theodore H. Goodling, Lockport, N.Y.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home after Wednesday noon. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the funeral home with the Rev. John P. MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Tues. Dec. 26, 1961, page 2, col 4, microfilm Niles District Library