Elizabeth Skalla
Oct. 18, 1896-Sept. 29, 1984
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, October 4, 1984, page 2, submitted by Candace Skalla
Elizabeth J. Skalla, 87, of 333 N. Lincoln Ave., Niles, died Saturday, Sept. 29 at 12:15 p.m. at State Line Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.
She was born Oct. 18, 1896 in Berlin, Germany and had lived in the area since 1902, coming from Germany. She was a homemaker and married Frank Skalla on Feb. 14, 1929
in LaPorte, Ind. He preceded her in death on Nov. 18, 1963.
Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Liz Bruckman, of Carmel Ind.; for grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Services will be held Monday, Oct 8 at 1:30 p.m. at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. Rev. William Hamm of the Trinity Church will officiate. Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may be given to the Berrien County Cancer Service and the Michigan Heart Fund.