Floyd B. Higgins
Feb. 19, 1896-June 2, 1972
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 3, 1972, page 2, col. 5-7, microfilm Niles District Library
BUCHANAN--Floyd B. Higgins, 76, of 2830 Niles-Buchanan Rd., died at 6:10 p.m. Friday in Pawating Hospital, Niles, after an illness of two days.
A retired farmer, Mr. Higgins was born Feb. 19, 1896, in Columbus, Kan., and had lived here since 1920, coming form Kansas. On Feb. 28, 1920, he married the former Katherine E. Wenzel, who survives.
Mr. Higgins was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the Berrien County Farm Bureau, American Legion Post 26, and Four Flags Barracks 1093 of World War I Veterans.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Boehm of Niles and Mrs. Robert Kromer of Traverse City, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with the Rev. Donald Cozadd of Grace United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles with military rites administered by the Legion Post 26.
Friends may call beginning Sunday at the funeral home.