Lena P. Bruce
Oct. 17, 1893-March 15, 1980
Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 17, 1980, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Mrs. Lena P. Bruce, 86, formerly of 2358 U.S. 12, died at 4 a.m. Saturday at Colorado Springs, Colo., following an extended illness.
She was born Oct. 17, 1893 in Wabash county, Ind., and had lived in Colorado since 1977.
On Oct. 26, 1921 in Edwardsburg, she married Raymond E. Bruce, who died April. 19, 1963.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Bernice Demuth of Colorado Springs, Mrs. Esther Cox and Mrs. Beatrice Byrne, both of Niles, Mrs. Marjorie Bartold of Neenah, Wis., Mrs. Bertha Hannon, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Mrs. Betty Larsen of Atlanta, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. Louisa Frazier of Waterloo, Ind.; a sister-in-law, Ruby Hollenbeck, of Niles; 19 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. David G. Jenkins of Bertrand Bible Church officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends are calling at the funeral home.