Milo Anderson
March 26, 1901-Feb. 22, 1940
Milo Anderson, 39, Howard Twp., Dies of Injury
Milo Anderson, 39, prominent resident of Howard township, died in Pawating hospital at 10:30 Thursday night of a skull fracture inflicted by a flying segment of a saw which fell apart in the log mill on the Anderson farm.
Anderson, standing only a few feet from the idling saw, was struck at 3 o'clock while at work beside a brother, Oliver.
Another brother, Russell, who shared in operation of the farm, was absent at the time.
The victim was rushed to the hospital where Niles and Cassopolis physicians attended him.
Mr. Anderson, whose wife was the former Rose Garrett, Niles, was president of the Cassopolis Co-Operative association, and had served several years as treasurer of the Dibble School.
He was born March 26, 1901, in Mishawaka, son of the late John and Isabel Marks Anderson.
Survivors are Mrs. Anderson . . .[illegible] . . .the two brothers.
Services will be in the Anderson home at 1:30 Sunday afternoon, followed by burial in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles.
Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 23, 1940, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library