Bruce H. Collmer
July 6, 1919-Nov. 10, 1984
Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 12, 1984, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Bruce H. Collmer, 65, of 2630 Huntly Rd., Niles, died at 9 a.m., in his home Saturday after an extended illness.
Collmer, a veteran of WW II in the US Army and a retired employee of the Bendix Corp., was a lifetime resident of the area. He was born July 6, 1919 in South Bend, Ind., and married Evelyn R. Banach, March 22, 1941 in Bryan, Ohio. She survives.
Also surviving are his mother, Mrs. Rhea Henderson of Niles; two sons, John Anthony and Michael H. Collmer, both of Niles; and two brothers, Aurel Collmer of South Bend, Ind., and Hugh Collmer of Niles.
Services will be held Tuesday, 2 p.m., at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Reverend Arnold O. Schaap of Edwardsburg, officiating. Burial will be held at the Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the local TB and Emphysema Association of Berrien County.