Thomas Machin Swain
1879-Oct. 19, 1957
Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 21, 1957, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library
BEDFORD, Va.--Thomas M. Swain, 78, former manager of the Michigan Gas and Electric Co., Niles, Michigan, died Saturday at 7:25 a.m. in the Elks Home here. He had been at the home since 1947.
Mr. Swain, who was born in Buchanan, but lived most of his life in Niles, is survived by his widow, Alice, Bedford, Va.; and a son, Robert, Elkhart.
He was a member of the St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4 of the Free and Accepted Masons and a past Exalted Ruler of the Niles Lodge of Elks.
Funeral services will be held in Bedford where the body will be cremated.
Eucharist Memorial Services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Trinity Episcopal Church in Niles. The Rev. John G. Carlton, pastor, will officiate. The services will be under the direction of the Pifer Funeral Home.