John Mitchell
Sept. 21, 1891-June 9, 1964
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 10, 1964, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
John Mitchell, 72, of 1202 Elder Court, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, where he had been a patient 15 days.
Mr. Mitchell, who retired in 1956 from service as an employe of the Kawneer Company, was born Sept. 21, 1891, in Braidwood Station, Scotland. He came to Niles from South Bend in 1941.
Survivors include his widow, Catherine; a son, James, and a daughter, Miss Mary Mitchell, both of Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Ann White, Detroit, and Mrs. Sarrah Bell, in Scotland; two brothers, David and James, both in Scotland; and a grandchild.
A veteran of World War I, he was a member of St. Joseph Loyal Order of Moose, St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4, Free and Accepted Masons, the Saladin Temple of Grand Rapids, and the Eastern Star.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Kenneth Carey, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Masonic committal rites will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends are being received at the funeral home.