Wilbur R. Repine
July 18, 1901-Dec. 20, 1954
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 21, 1954, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Wilbur R. Repine, 53, of South Bend, formerly of Niles, was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, at 3 p.m. Monday. He had suffered a heart attack on a downtown street.
Repine, who was traffic manager for the Mastic Alphalt Corporation in South Bend, was born July 18, 1901, in Benton Harbor and had lived in the Niles area most of his life. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias in South Bend.
Surviving are: his mother, Mrs. A.M. Repine, Niles; a brother, Ernest, of Niles, and a sister, Mrs. Cora Closson, of Kalamazoo.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, where the Knights of Pythias will conduct graveside rites. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning Wednesday morning.