Charles Dodge
Died May 22, 1926
Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 24, 1926, page 1, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library
HALF BROTHER OF HORACE AND JOHN DODGE IS DEAD
Charles Dodge, 71, a native of Niles and half brother of the late John an Horace Dodge of Detroit, died Saturday morning in St. Petersburg, Fla., following a stoke of paralysis which he suffered about a week ago. Mrs. Dodge is now enroute to Niles with the body and while the arrangements are not completed or the exact time for the arrival of the body set, it is expected that the funeral party will be in Niles on Michigan Central train No. 10 tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Dodge was the son of John Dodge Sr. When he was but three years old, and his sister, Laura but five, their mother died. John Jr., Horace and Mrs. Delphine Dodge Ashbaugh, were children of the second marriage of Mr. Dodge. Mrs. Ashbaugh is now the only member of the family living.
Charles Dodge was educated in the Niles Public Schools. Early in his life he entered the employ of the Michigan Central railway co. and until he retired a few years ago, he followed the occupations of railway engineer. Forty-six years ago he was married to Miss Kate Gallivan, who survives him. Of the five children born to them, but one, Mrs. Versie Eberle of Chicago, survives. She expects to meet her mother in Chicago tomorrow morning and accompany her to Niles. After his marriage Mr. and Mrs. Dodge went south and had since lived in Shreveport, LA, or in St. Petersburg, Fla. with the exception of a few years spent in Chicago. For several years Mr. and Mrs. Doge spent their summers in Niles, going south again each year for the winter of account of his ill health.
Mrs. Dodge, the widow, is a sister of Mrs. Edward Garner, of Barret Street, West Niles.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 25, 1926, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
PLANS INDEFINITE
While it was understood from a message received in Niles that Mrs. Charles Dodge was on her way to Niles from St. Petersburg, Florida, with the body of her husband, who died there on Saturday, and might reach Niles today, no further word had been received up to noon today, and the plans for the funeral and burial are not known here.
Note: It appears that the body never arrived as Silverbrook burial records do not document the burial in the Dodge family plot. Burial was in St. Petersburg, Fla. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12006837