Anna Bannister Brahaney
Feb. 3, 1851-Nov. 26, 1932
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 26, 1932, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
MRS. ANNA BRAHANEY, ILL FOR MONTHS, DIES
Widow of Former Niles Merchant Passes Away at 13th St. Home
Mrs. Anna Bannister Brahaney, 81, widow of James Brahaney, died athis morning at 5 o'clock in her home, 27 N. Thirteenth street. She had been in ill health for several years. On Friday, Nov. 18 she lapsed into unconsciousness and was conscious again only for a brief time. Mrs. Brahaney had lived in Niles for more than 30 years.
Mrs. Brahaney was born in Collingwood, Ontario province, Canada, on Feb. 3, 1851. She was married to Mr. Brahaney on Jan. 1, 1865. The early years of their married life were spent in northern Michigan where Mr. Brahaney was in charge of large timber interests. They came to Niles from Marquette in 1899. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in Niles and each succeeding anniversary until their last. Mr. Brahaney had engaged in busines in Niles but retired several years before his death in 1926. Mrs. Brahaney was the last of a family of 12 children.
Surviving Mrs. Brahaney are two daughters, Mrs. C.D. Hildebrand, wife of a St. Joseph county commissioner and a resident of South Bend and Mrs. John Perkins of Niles. Mrs. Brahaney had five grandchildren who are Mrs. Marjorie Cavanaugh Sparks, wife of Charles A. Sparks of Goodling, Kans., Furmage Cavanaugh of Coleman, Texas, Stuart B. Brahaney of Miami, Fla., and John and Christine Perkins of Niles.
Mrs. Brahaney was a member of the Presbyterian church. The pastor of that church, the Rev. G.W. Simon, will conduct the funeral services in the home on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in the family lot in Silverbrook cemetery. Mrs. Brahaney had spent the years since she came to Niles as a resident of the neighborhood in which she died and was highly respected and esteemed.