Etta Yahne Guiles
April 19, 1901-June 7, 1991
Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 10, 1991, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for Etta Yahne Guiles, 90, of 1003 Ontario Rd., Niles, were 1:30 p.m. today at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home, by the Rev. John Bair, pastor of the Bethel Tabernacale[sic].
Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Mrs. Guiles died at 3:15 a.m. Friday at Silverbrook Manor Nursing Home.
She was born April 19, 1901, in New Jersey, and lived in this area all her life.
A punch press operator of E.T.C Electric Company, Mrs. Guiles was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Her first husband, Samuel Yahne preceded her in death in 1955, and her second husband, Ralph Guiles preceded her in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Doris Anderson of Grand Rapids, and Adella M. Jagodzinski of Niles; five sons, Robert Yahne of Grand Haven, Ronald Yahne of Grand Haven, Lawrence Yahne of Kent City, Charles Yahne of Grand Haven, and Gerald Yahne of Niles; step children, Thelma Mathis of Okinawa, Ralph Guiles of Muskegon, Gerald Guiles of Denver, Colorado; daughters who preceded her, Joan Boldt, and Edith Pitcher; four sisters, Sophie Blood of Grand Rapids, Cornelius Bowma of Wyoming, Alida Bradish of California, and Eda Brower, who preceded her in death; eighty-eight grandchildren; over one hundred great-grandchildren; and twenty-five great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation was 2 p.m. Sunday.
Memorial contributions may be made to Casket-bearers David Pitcher, Gerald Pticher, Lawrence Pitcher, Lonnie Pitcher, Ronald Yahne, Jr., and Charles Rush.