Charles W. Shockley
Feb. 26, 1867-Sept. 27, 1938
C.W. Shockley, Former Police Officer, is Dead
Charles W. Shockley, lifelong resident of Niles and a former member of the Niles police department, died Tuesday afternoon in Pawating hospital.
He had been in ill health for several years, and entered the hospital three weeks ago when his condition became serious.
The son of the late Clement and Eliza Shockley, Mr. Shockley was born in Niles, Feb. 26, 1867. Since the death of his parents, he had lived alone in the Shockley home at 904 Regent Street.
Mr. Shockley is the last of a family of three children. A brother and sister preceded him in death. He was never married.
Surviving are six cousins, Miss Cornelia Crowley, Mrs. Cora Brown and Clete Forrest, Niles; Mrs. A.J. Calder, Chicago; Robert Gardner, Elkhart, and Luella Batcherlor, Battle Creek.
Mr. Shockley served on the Niles police force in 1892 and 1893 under Daniel Klingerman, who was town marshal at that time.
Later he served as a special policeman in 1902 and 1903, records at the city hall revealed today.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Turner and Pifer funeral home with the Rev. T.O. Lee officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 28, 1938, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library