Minnie Grafford
Aug. 27, 1882-Feb. 9, 1962
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 10, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Minnie Grafford, 79, of 1114 Sycamore St., died at 12:55 p.m. Friday in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient since Nov. 12.
Mrs. Grafford was born Aug. 27, 1882, in New Carlisle, Ind., and had lived in Niles since 1919, coming here from Michigan City., Ind. Her husband, George, died in 1956. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Golden Age Club.
Surviving are: four children, Russell Grafford, 2121 S. 3rd St., William Grafford, 1413 Sheridan Ave., Mrs. Frank Low 319 N. 15th St., and Mrs. Roy Jones, Denver, Colo.; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Clyde Rodgers, Mishawaka, Ind., Elmer Rodgers, South Bend, and Jesse Rodgers, Denver, Colo., and two sisters, Mrs. Leota Andrews, Edwardsburg, and Mrs. Myrtle McEartland, Madison, Wis.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. John Marvin, minister of education at First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends are being received at the funeral home.