John Edward Hamilton
April 2, 1949-April 4, 1954
Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 5, 1954, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
John Edward Hamilton, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hamilton, 1630 Hickory street, died of leukemia at 1 p.m. Sunday at Bob Roberts Hospital, University of Chicago. He had been a patient at the hospital four days.
Also surviving are his sister, Charlotte, at home; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hamilton, of Buchanan, and Mr. and Mrs. Cleon Knapp, of Dowagiac.
The child was born April 2, 1949, in Niles.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. L. George Beacock, Methodist pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.