Elmer Burgess
Feb. 2, 1909-May 31, 1990
Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 1, 1990, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for Elmer Edward Burgess, 81, of 147 Briar Crest Apartments, Niles, are at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home in Niles with the Rev. Daniel Stoneham of the Church of God.
Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
Burgess died at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Pawating Hospital.
Burgess was born Feb. 2, 1909 in Truman, Ark., and had moved to Niles in 1953 from Dowagiac. He retired from Kawneer in 1971, where he worked as a Mill Work Machinest[sic]. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II.
On Jan. 25, 1941, in Truman, he married Bommer Lee Parker, who survives him. A son, James Edward Burgess, preceded him in death in 1967.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Jimmie Lou Hale of Chicago, Ill., and Martha Ann Reth of St. Joseph; four sons, Joe Burgess of Michigan City, Ind., Larry Burgess of Mountain Home, Ark., Gary Burgess and Terry Burgess, both of Niles; a brother, Alfred Burgess of Truman; 22 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.