Donna Sonnenleiter
Oct. 2, 1932-Sept. 12, 1957
Niles Daily Star, Friday, September 13, 1957, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Donna Sonnenleiter, 24, 0f 1422 North 11th Street, died at 8 p.m., Thursday in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center where she had been a patient for some time. She had been ill for a number of years.
Mrs. Sonnenleiter was born Oct. 2, 1932, in Niles and had lived here all her life. Surviving are: her husband, Arthur; a four-year-old daughter, Carmen Marie, at home; her mother, Mrs. Maleta Dittmar of Niles; her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Cecil, of Eau Claire, and two brothers, Ralph, of Niles, and Gordon, stationed with the United States Navy in Japan.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home beginning Saturday. Service arrangements are incomplete.
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, September 14, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home here for Mrs. Donna Sonnenleiter, 24, 0f 1422 North 11th Street, who died Thursday night in the Berrien County Hospital following a lingering illness. The Rev. Gordon D. Everett, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.