William L. Kromer
May 23, 1879-Dec. 30, 1958
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 30, 1958, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
William L. Kromer, 79, of 1614 North 12th Street, retired employe of the National-Standard Co., here, died at 6 a.m. today in Osteopathic Hospital, South Bend. He had been ill for the past year.
Mr. Kromer was born May 23, 1879, in Mendon and came to Niles 45 years ago from Three Rivers. Surviving are: his widow, Rose; a son, Ernest Kromer, of Texarkana, Tex., a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Crumrine, of South Bend; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Iva Cook, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home here with the Rev. Herbert Meussling, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed), officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.