Helen Vandenberg
May 31, 1899-June 19, 1964
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 20, 1964, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Helen Vandenberg, 65, of 915 Ferry St., died unexpectedly at 2:30 p.m. Friday in her home.
Mrs, Vandenberg was born May 31, 1899, in Ashland, Wis. She came to Niles from West Branch 45 years ago.
Survivors include her husband, Floyd; four sons, Howard, El Caion, Calif., Harold, Sanford, and Donald and Raymond, both of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Vandygriff and Mrs. Earl Simpkins, both of Niles; two brothers, Ralph and Ray Perkins, both of La Porte, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. Alfred Nelson, West Branch; 20 Grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Lysle Schmirt, pastor of the United Missionary Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.