Henry J. Geideman
Oct. 23, 1869-Dec. 6, 1961
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, December 7, 1961, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Henry J. Geideman, 92, 441 S. St. Joseph Ave., retired New York Central Railroad supervisor of maintenance, died at 9:40 am. today in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient for one day.
Mr. Geideman was born Oct. 23, 1869, in Addison, Ill., and had lived in Niles since 1870. He retired 25 years ago from the New York Central. He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed) and the Railroad Pioneers Club.
His wife, Emma Mahoney Geideman, who he married Sept. 19, 1895, in Niles, died Aug. 27, 1958.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Dorotha McVeigh, 441 S. St. Joseph Ave., and Mrs. Irma C. Taft, Detroit; two grandchildren, and two brothers, Rudolph Geideman, 515 Pokagon St., and George Geideman, 1109 N. 7th St.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. John's United Church of Christ with the pastor, the Rev. Richard Fraser, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home after noon on Thursday and until noon on Saturday.