Norma Utter
Aug. 12, 1903-Feb. 26, 1974
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 27, 1974, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Mrs. Norma M. Utter, 70, of 2887 Detroit Rd., died at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday in the Cardinal Nursing Home, South Bend, after an illness of several months.
A retired employe of Simplicity Pattern Co., Mrs. Utter was born Aug. 12, 1903, in Lawrence, and had lived here since 1929, coming from Benton Harbor. On Nov. 17, 1922, in St. Joseph, she married Jack L. Utter, who died in 1947.
Surviving are two sons, William of Niles and Charles of Dowagiac; a daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline Wheeler of Niles; two brothers, Lee and Lester Nower of St. Joseph; five sisters, Mrs. Donna Eiserman of Florida, Mrs. Ruth Day, Mrs. Virginia Agens, Mrs. June Dreeves and Mrs. Shirley Hosner, all of Benton Harbor, and one grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ralph Pletcher of Coulter's Chapel officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call beginning Thursday at the funeral home.