Arthur Melville Corwin
October 26, 1878-May 6, 1944
Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 8, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Arthur Corwin Funeral Tuesday.
Services for Arthur M. Corwin, 65, of 304 Water street, who was found dead beside his car at 11:30 Saturday morning near Seventeenth and Maple Avenue where he was working on a carpenter’s job at the time, will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 in the Pifer Funeral Home, the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the first Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Death was believed to have occurred at 9:30 Saturday morning and was believed caused by a heart attack.
He was born Oct. 26, 1878 in Boyne City, and came to Niles in 1919.
Surviving are the wife, Claudia; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Burdue and Mrs. Violet marks, both of Niles, and Mrs. Fern Jones, Roseland, Ind.; a son Heston Corwin, Niles; 18 grandchildren and two brothers, Earl Corwin, Niles and Lon Corwin, Nebraska
Corwin was past commander of the Knights of Pythias and past president of the Carpenter’s union No 1033.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 10 1944, page 2, col. 3 microfilm Niles District Library
CORWIN RITES
Services for Arthur M. Corwin, 65, of 304 Water street, who was found dead Saturday morning, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 in the Pifer funeral home by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster. Pallbearers were Don Dennison, R.L. Vernier, George White, H.E. Cross, William DePoy and Harry Fellas. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.