Garth W. Westfall
Dec. 21, 1915-July 3, 1980
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, July 5, 1980, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Garth W. Westfall, 65, of 955 Ruth Layne, died at 2:15 p.m. Thursday at St.Joseph Hospital, South Bend, following an extended illness.
A Niles High School graduate and veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II, he was a retired Bendix Corporation employee.
Mr. Westfall was born Dec. 21, 1915 in Edwardsburg, and had lived his lifetime in the area.
On June 8, 1940 in Niles, he married Elouise Squier, who survives.
Also surviving are a son, Gerald W.S. of Niles; two brothers, Earl and Leo, both of Edwardsburg; a sister, Mrs. Mable Todd of Three Rivers; a granddaughter, Melissa and a grandson Andrew G. Westfall.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Silverbrook Cemetery with the Rev. Aronold O. Shaap of Edwardsburg officiating. Full military rites will be conducted by the Niles American Legion Post 26.
There will be no visitation. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Halbritter Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Michigan Lung Association.