William Hawley
1867-Jan. 1926
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 5, 1926, page 1, col. 4 & 5, microfilm Niles District Library
HAD PLANNED TO MAKE HOME IN NILES, WIDOW BRINGS HUSBAND'S BODY HERE FOR INTERMENT
The body of William Hawley is expected in Niles Friday afternoon . . . [illegible] on Michigan Central train No. 10, according to word received today by Undertaker M. A. Rutherford, and will be taken directly to Silver Brook cemetery for burial. The body will be accompanied by the widow of the deceased, and by friends, Mr. and Mrs. Rothrock.
Mr. and Mrs. Hawley were in Niles on two occasions to visit Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Peters, East Main street, old friends, and became so impressed with Niles as a residence city that they decided when Mr. Hawley should retire from active work they would some[sic] here to spend their remaining days. In January, 1926, Mr. Hawley who had been employed for a . . . [illegible]. . .for the city of Duluth, while on an inspection trip was overcome with gas. When he failed to return to his office at the time expected a search was made and he was found dead in the basement of a building. The body has since been in a vault in Duluth.
Mrs. Hawley decided to come to Niles as they had planned, and after closing her business affairs there, expects to leave there Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Rothrock, too, have decided to locate in Niles. A house on South Fifteenth street has been rented for their occupancy.