Francelia Jamerson
May 30, 1894-Sept. 2, 1942
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 2, 1942, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
MRS. JAMERSON, 48, DIES; RITES FRIDAY
Mrs. Francelia Jamerson, 48, 1024 Ferry street, a Niles resident for 22 years, died this morning at 1:30 in the Berrien county hospital. She had been ill since June 17.
Surviving with her husband, Walter, are four children at home, Leonard, Eleanor, Richard and Walter Jamerson, Jr., and a son, Harold Miles, Chicago.
She also leaves her mother, Mrs. Anna Whallen, Rodeo, Calif.; a brother, Carl Grunst, Steger, Ill., and five sisters, Mrs. Ida Palmer, Niles; Mrs. Elsie Klienfeldt, Hammond, Ind.; Mrs. Loretta Lomax and Mrs. Florence Dusterpot, Oakland, Calif.,and Mrs Gladys Wellingham, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Native of Illinois
Mrs. Jamerson was born in Richton, Ill., May 30, 1894 and came to Niles from Mattson, Ill.
Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where the Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, will officiate at the service at 4 Friday afternoon. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.