Arneal Winfield Ash
Nov. 26, 1903-Sept. 20, 1993
Arneal Winfield Ash
1903-1993
Retired Pawating Hospital employee
Funeral services for Arneal Winfield Ash, 89, of 56 Marmont St., Niles, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at Faith Baptist Church in South Bend, Ind., with the Rev. George M. Joseph, church pastor, and the Rev. Joseph Arnold, of Franklin AME chruch in Niles, officiating.
Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
Ash died at 9:45 a.m. Monday at Woodfield Manor, Niles, following an extended illness.
Born Nov. 26, 1903, in Chicago, she had lived in Niles since 1914, coming from Vandalia.
On April 15, 1923, in Niles, she married the late Fred Shepard, who preceded her in death Nov. 25, 1958. On Dec. 30, 1967, in Niles, she married the late Irving Ash, who preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 1978.
She was a retired employee of Pawating Hospital. She was a charter member and pianist of Faith Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Adams of Niles; a son, David Shepard of Dowagiac; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Friends may call from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Halbritter Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Baptist church.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 21, 1993, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library