Hattie Fender
Jan. 3, 1900-Aug. 6, 1989
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 8, 1989, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Hattie E. Fender, 89, of 210 N. Eighth St., Niles, died at 12:53 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend, Ind., after a brief illness.
She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Niles, where she was a member of Ladies' Aid and the Altar Guild. She was a member of the American Association of Retired Persons and was a retired employee of Simplicity Pattern Company.
She was born Jan. 3, 1900, in Berrien Center, and lived in Niles all her life.
Surviving are a daughter, Elaine K. Leidy of Niles; two sons, Eugene R. Fender and Richard D. Fender, both of Niles; a brother, Fred Griechen of Lake Wales, Fla.; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Rev. Leo E. Kostizen of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Burial is at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles. Friends may call between 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, at Halbritter Funeral Home. Memorial cotributions[sic] may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church.