Emma Hinkle
April 26, 1869-July 10, 1948
Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 12, 1948, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Emma Hinkle, 79, 321 Brookfield, died at 4:07 p.m. Saturday at Pawating hospital after a brief illness. She was born in St. Joseph county April 26, 1869 and came here from Mendon in 1894. She was the wife of W.S. Hinkle who died Feb. 4, 1946. Surviving are one son, Vern Hinkle, of Niles; one grandson, and one sister, Mrs. Albert Gross, Niles. Services were to be held today at 4 p.m. at the Pifer funeral home; the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, where Mrs. Hinkle was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.