John S. Wolford
March 23, 1872-Sept. 8, 1943
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, September 9, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
JOHN WOLFARD, 71, HURT IN FALL, DIES
Injured when he fell from a haymow in the barn of his farm home, John S. Wolfard, 71, a lifelong resident of Niles, died Wednesday night at 6:45 in Pawating hospital.
He had regained consciousness only at brief intervals since last Thursday when relatives returned to the home, four miles east of Niles on Lake street, to find him lying helpless. They had been attending the army show and found him about 9 Thursday night.
Head injuries believed to include brain concussion, were blamed for his death.
Mr. Wolfard was born in Niles March 23, 1872, and with the exception of 18 years during which he was employed by The Kawneer Company, had spent his life farming.
Funeral Friday
Surviving are two sons and two daughters, Mrs. Henry Goette, Mrs. Raymond Vore and Truman Wolfard, all of Niles, and Raymond Wolfard, Louisville, Ky.; two sisters, Mrs Charles Exner and Mrs. Allen Benjamin, both of Niles, and three brothers, Carl, Edmund and Louis Wolford, all of Niles. He also leaves seven grandchildren.
Friends may call in the Price and Kiger chapel where services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church, will officiate with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.