Paul A. Wellingham
Aug. 1, 1897-April 30, 1959
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 30, 1959, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Paul A. Wellingham, 61, of 520 Eagle Street, died at 8:45 a.m. today on arrival at Pawating Hospital. He had suffered a heart attack.
Mr. Wellingham, a resident of Niles since 1922, was born Aug. 1, 1897, in Moulton, Ia., and came to Niles from Missouri. A retired New York Central Railroad yard conductor, he was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here, the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Sunnyslope, Ariz., Seaman Lodge 126, F. and A.M. of Milan, Mo., the Niles Commandry Niles Council 19 and Knights Templar and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Railroad Pioneer Association. He was a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are: his widow, Ursela; four daughters, Mrs. James B. Gallagher, of Niles, Mrs. James Magness, of Lansing, Mrs. Rodney Baum, of Loveland, Colo.,and Miss Mary Alice Wellingham, of Chicago; four grandchildren; a brother, Sang Wellingham, of Gadsen, Ala.; and a sister, Mrs. Clyde Winner, of Quincy, Ill.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church here with the pastor, the Rev. John P. MacLachlan, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home beginning Friday afternoon.