Elizabeth Bidwell
March 25, 1891-Aug. 20, 1953
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 20, 1953, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Elizabeth Bidwell, 715 Cass street, wsa found dead early this morning in the basement of her home. Coroner Franklyn G. Rice ruled the death a suicide.
Mrs. Bidwell had been in poor health for some time. Her husband, Henry, died on May 30, 1952.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Howard Hughes, Rock Rapids, Ia., and Mrs. Fred Petty, of Roann, Ind.; one son, E.L. Bidwell, of Diamond Lake, Cassopolis; three grandchildren; two brothers, Everett and Clarence Horner, of Niles, and four sisters, Mrs. O.M. Worvey and Mrs. Albert Felhauer, Niles, Mrs. John Deditch, of Laporte, Ind. and Mrs. Henry Deditch, Carp Lake, Mich.
She was born on March 25, 1891, in Niles, and had lived here all her life. She was a member of the Loyal Star and of the First Presbyterian Church.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home. Services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, with the pastor, the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.