Willard Raymond Brooks
Sept. 13, 1948-Oct. 6, 1948
INFANT SON DIES
Infant Willard Raymond Brooks, died at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in St. Joseph hospital. Mishawaka. He had been ill since his birth on Sept. 13.
He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brooks and a sister, Rosemary, of Mishawaka; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Paddock, of Buchanan, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brooks, of Niles, and great-grandmothers, Mrs. Paddock, of Buchanan, Mrs. Effie Squires, of Niles, Mrs. Mary Wilson, of Battle Creek.
Committal services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Silverbrook cemetery, with the Rev. Perry Rich, Friends church of Niles, officiating.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, Oct. 7, 1948, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library