Hattie (Leitelt) Stoll
Oct. 17,1864-Dec. 9, 1931
Niles Daily Star, December 10, 1931, page 1.
MRS. MATHEW STOLL IS DEAD AFTER AN ILLNESS LASTING SEVERAL YEARS
Mrs. Hattie Stoll, 67, wife of former Mayor Mathew Stoll, died at 9:15 last evening in their home, 312 N. Fourth street. Mrs. Stoll had been in ill health for three years. For the past six months her death had not be unexpected.
Mrs. Stoll's maiden name was Hattie Leitelt. She was born in Austria on Oct. 17, 1864. When she was two years old her parents left Austria with their family and came to the Untied States. Their first home was in Grand Rapids. She was married to Mr. Stoll in Grand Rapids on May 30, 1886. For a time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stoll lived in in Buchanan but moved to Niles from Buchanan in 1895 when the Kompass & Stoll factory was established in Niles with Mr. Stoll as a member of the firm, until he retired two years ago. Of the 37 years in which they lived in Niles Mr. and Mrs. Stoll lived for 28 years in the home in which she died. The two children born to Mr.and Mrs. Stoll, Charles D. Stoll and Arthur Stoll, both of Niles, survive their mother. Besides the husband and sons, Mrs. Stoll is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Batt, of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Julia Buschner, of Kalamazoo, who are now the only members surviving of a family of 14 children.
Mrs. Stoll was a member of St. Mary's guild and of the Rosary society of St. Mary's church. She was also a life member of the Woman's Progressive league. Mrs. Stoll was highly esteemed as a neighbor and in the church and social groups in which she moved. She was deeply interested in affairs of the city of Niles through contact with civic matters during the four terms her husband served as mayor and previoulsy as an alderman of the first ward.
The funeral services will be held on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Mary's Catholic church. The committal will be in the mausoleum in Silverbrook cemetery.