Roe E. Brenner
April 7, 1883-Aug. 27, 1956
Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 27, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Roe E. Brenner, 73, of 612 North Fifth Street, former member of the Niles Police Department, died at 6:30 a.m. today in his home following an illness of nine months.
Brenner, also former owner of the Family Gardens Tavern from 1934 to 1944 and a cigar store from 1944 to 1951 when he retired from active business, was born April 7, 1883, in Berrien Center and had lived his lifetime in this community. He also had worked for the New York Central Railroad, and was a member of the Niles Elks Lodge.
He was married Nov. 1, 1930, to Dorothy Brugger in South Haven. She survives as does a daughter, Barbara Ann Brenner, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Grunder, of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Virgil Schwartz, of Elkhart, Ind.
Funeral services will be held in the Kiger Funeral Home with the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery with graveside rites by the Elks Lodge. Day and time of the services are to be announced. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 26, 1956, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
BRENNER RITES SET
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday in the Kiger Funeral Home for Roe E. Brenner, 73 of 612 North Fifth Street, who died Monday after an extended illness. The Rev. L. George Beacock will officiate with burial in Silverbrook Cemetery.