Tom Rupert
Sept. 11, 1878-May 23, 1963
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 23, 1963, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Tom Rupert, 84, of 1613 Huron St., died at 8:30 a.m. today in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center, where he had been a patient six weeks. He had been ill four months.
Mr. Rupert, who was retired, was born Sept. 11, 1878, in Spencerville, Ohio. He came to Niles 50 years ago. His wife, Ada, died in 1935.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. George Etzcorn, Niles; a son, Lyle A. Wallace, Roseland; two brothers, Fred, Lima, Ohio, and Ray, Jackson; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Miller, Lima; two additional sisters; five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m Saturday in the Kiger Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Friends will be received at the funeral home beginning Friday.