Almond Joel Burdue
Oct. 24, 1908-Jan. 7, 1978
Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 9, 1978, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES-- Almond Joel Burdue, 69, of 2662 Smith St., died at 9:45 p.m. Saturday at Pawating Hospital, following an illness of four months.
A retired electrician with the National-Standard Co., Mr. Burdue was born Oct. 24, 1908 in South Dakota, and had lived in Niles for many years.
On June 1, 1929, in Niles, he married Gladys O. Corwien, who survives.
Also surviving are his step-mother, Minnie Burdue of Niles; two sons, Jerry and Melvin, both of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce Dumond and Mrs. Joella Good, both of Niles; a half-brother, Eugene Burdue of Niles; three sisters, Mrs. Daisy Webster of Niles, Mrs. Dorothy Ruyan of Mishawaka, Ind., and Mrs. Alice Ray of Greentown,Ind.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Peggy Waldon and Mrs. Mary Krysiak, both of Niles; and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the New Apostalic[sic] Church, of which he was a member. Evangelist Ernest Lindstedt will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the New Apostolic Church.