Westerfield, Hattie May

Hattie May Westerfield
Jan. 26, 1870-Nov. 6, 1957


Niles Daily Star, Thursday, November 7, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Hattie May Westerfield, 87, of 704 Wayne Street, died at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in her home following an illness of three years.

Mrs. Westerfield was born in Tazewell County, Ill., on Jan. 26, 1870, and came to this community 32 years ago from Dodge City, Kan. Her husband, Noah, died in 1926.

Surviving are: six daughters, Mrs. Clarence Drake, Mrs. Guy Mitchell, Mrs. Minnie Burdue, Mrs. Grace Williams, Mrs. Charles Buck and Mrs. Leslie Jones, all of Niles; a son, Otis Westerfield, serving with the Army in Germany; 20 grandchildren, and 25 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. , Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Orlen Njus, pastor of the Bertrand Bible Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.