Bertha (Hoover) Barton
April 6, 1896-Aug. 5, 1931
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 5, 1931, page 4, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
DEATH MRS. ROY BARTON
Mrs. Bertha Hoover Barton, 35, died this morning at 10:30 in Pawating hospital where on Saturday a child was born to her which died at birth. She is survived by her husband, Roy Barton, also by her parents who reside on the Goldie farm north of Buchanan. Mr.and Mrs. Barton made their home in the tenant house on the Fred C. Franz farm four miles north of Niles. The funeral plans had not been completed at noon today.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 6, 1931, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
FUNERAL FOR MRS. BARTON
Funeral services for Mrs. Ray Barton will be held on Saturday afternoon at [?] o'clock, fast time, in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hoover, on the Walton road. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery. Mrs. Barton died on Wednesday morning in Pawating hospital where a daughter, Nina Joyce, was born to her on Saturday and who did not survive her mother. She was born on April 6, 1896 in Mishwaka[sic], Ind. She was married to Mr. Barton on August 11, 1928. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hoover, three brothers, Albert and William, both of South Bend and Henry at home and two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Smith and Mrs. Bernice Norman, both of Niles.
