Salee, Laura (Smith)

Laura Salee
Aug. 21, 1870-Jan. 15, 1960


Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 16, 1960, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Laura Salee, 89, formerly of Niles, died Friday morning in her home on 1063 Middlebury St., Elkhart, Ind.

Mrs. Salee was born Aug. 21, 1870, in Niles, the daughter of George and Mary Smith and was married on June 25, 1896, in Mishawaka, Ind., to Charles M. Salee, who preceded her in death on Jan. 6, 1946.

Surviving are a son, George Salee, Elkhart, Ind., two daughters, Mrs. Lindon Shearer and Miss Mary Jane Salee, both Elkhart; five grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at the Stemm Funeral home, 214 Division St., Elkhart, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.  Saturday and Sunday.  Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the funeral home with the Rev. W.W. Kennell, pastor of the Elkhhart First Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.