Phillip A. Hadsell, Jr.
May 22, 1926-Feb. 24, 2008
Niles Daily Star, Published 10:07am Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Phillip A. Hadsell, Jr., 81, of Laurel Drive, Niles, died at 7:27 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, at Lakeland Community Hospital, Niles, following a brief illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Hadsell, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Niles with the Rev. James Slack officiating.
Interment will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
He was born on May 22, 1926, in South Bend, Ind. to Phillip A. and Thelma (Nauman) Hadsell. He lived in this area all of his life, graduating from Niles High School in 1944.
He joined the United States Army Air Corps and after the war continued his education attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He earned the Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Hadsell began his career as a lawyer in 1951 at the firm of Burns &Hadsell in Niles, joining his father who served as a judge of the Circuit Court from 1954 until 1967. The firm continues in Niles as Hadsell, Landgraf, Lynch &Drew.
Mr. Hadsell, Jr. was a member of the Berrien County Bar Association, serving two terms as president. He was also a member of the Michigan State Bar Association, serving on its Board of Commissioners in 1968. He was a member of the state bar's Grievance Board and a member of the Michigan State Bar Foundation.
He was a life-long member of Trinity Episcopal Church of Niles. He had been a member of the Niles-Buchanan Club of Rotary International since 1951, serving as president in 1989 and was a Paul Harris Fellow.
He was also a member of the B.P.O. of Niles Elks, Lodge No. 1322.
Hadsell has served the community as president of the Niles-Buchanan YMCA board of directors, a former member of the Niles District Library board and as a director of the Hunter Foundation.
On Dec. 27, 1966, in Niles, he married the former Marcella A. Hocking, who survives.
Additional surviving family includes his children, P. Alan (Carol) Hadsell III of Loveland, Ohio, Margie (Ron) Hojara-Hadsell of Lawrence, Wally-John (Mary) Hadsell of New Port Richey, Fla. and Matthew Hiram Hadsell, also of New Port Richey, Fla.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Thelma Hadsell in 1966 and by his father, the Honorable Phillip Hadsell in 1977.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Niles District Library, 620 E. Main St., Niles, MI 49120.
Arrangements were by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.