Marie M. Zechlin
April 19, 1900-Oct. 29, 1977
Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 31, 1977, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Mrs. Marie M. Zechlin, 77, of 1016 Sycamore, died at 7:45 p.m. Saturday at Pawating Hospital, following an illness of four weeks.
A member of the American Legion Post 26 Auxiliary and past president of the Women's Benefit Assn., she was born April 19, 1900 in Kenosha, Wis. Mrs. Zechlin had lived here since 1919, coming from Kenosha.
On Sept. 2, 1923 in Niles, she married Eli H. Zechlin, who survives. Also surviving are a son, Lewis of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Doris) Kennedy and Mrs. Duane (Martha) Vernier, both of Niles; a brother, Carl H. Smith of Niles; a sisters[sic], Mrs. Adeline Henderson of Las Vegas; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert L. Livingston of the St. John's United Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.