Guyen F. Vose
April 5, 1879-March 29, 1943
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 29, 1943, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library
GUYEN F. VOSE, 63, EX-CONDUCTOR, DIES
Guyen F. Vose, 63, of 1715 North Fifth street, a retired Michigan Central conductor, died Monday night at 7:40 in Pawating hospital where he underwent surgery Monday morning.
A resident of Niles since 1920, Vose came here from Michigan City. He had retired recently after 37 years of service with the Michigan Central.
Member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, the O.R.C., St. Joseph Valley lodge No. 4, F. and A.M., and the United Spanish War Veterans, he was born April 5, 1879 in Snyderville, Wis.
Rites Thursday
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Carrie Vose; two daughters, Mrs. Laurence Abbott and Mrs. Lewis Hill, Niles; a sister, Mrs. Rose Ellsworth, Kalamazoo; a half-brother, Charles Fisher, Kalamazoo, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Sophia Perkins and Mrs. Ettie Schwencer, Battle Creek. He also leaves several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call in the Pifer funeral home where the service will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 The Rev. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 1, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
VOSE RITES TODAY
Members of St. Joseph valley lodge No. 4, F. and A.M., served as honorary pallbearers this afternoon when funeral services for Guyen F. Vose, 1715 North Fifth street, were conducted in the Pifer funeral home. The Rev. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church officiated. Members of the United Spanish War Veterans post conducted committal rites at the grave. Pallbearers were P.J. Adams, Guy Barnhart, James Moyer, Donald Mitchell, Lyman Dizard and Carl Fox.