Edith Ives Gresk
Feb. 13, 1861-April 27, 1947
Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 28, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Services will be held here Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Edith Gresk, 86, former Niles resident, who died Sunday at 3:30 a.m. at her residence in South Bend, following a six weeks' illness.
Born Feb. 13, 1861, in Buchanan township, she had moved to South Bend from Niles in June 1943. Her husband, Chester, died in 1934. Survivors include: three daughters, Maude Ives, New Troy; Mrs. Jerry Mossholder and Mrs. O.W. Ludwig, South Bend; a granddaughter; a brother, Bert Ives, Niels and sister, Mrs. Edward Moritz, Middlebury, Ind.
She was a member of the Royal Neighbors and the Spanish-American War auxiliary, a charter and life member of the Pythian Sisters, and a charter member of the Women's Benefit association of South Bend.
Mrs. Elmer Ward Cole, South Bend, will conduct the rites here Tuesday afternoon in the Kiger funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at Kiger's.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 29, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
WAS GAR FOUNDER HERE
Mrs. Edith Ives Gresk, for whom rites were conducted here this afternoon, was a charter member and first president of Nils Circle No. 45 of the GAR, besides other affiliations listed yesterday.