Benjamin Theodore Ausbrook
Nov. 22, 1897-June 9, 1943
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 10, 1943, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
AUSBROOK, FORMER DEPUTY, STRICKEN
Benjamin Theodore Ausbrook, 45, member of the Berrien county sheriff's department for four years, died at midnight Wednesday in his home at 1154 Lambert street.
Mr. Ausbrook, familiarly known as "Ted", had been ill five months and returned to Niles from Sturgis when he was forced to give up his post as chief of plant protection police for the Kirsch Manufacturing company.
He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police and of the Benton Harbor Elks lodge, No. 1459, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and the Drum and Bugle corps, and of the Masonic lodge of Bridgeport, Ill. A native of Clay City, Ill., he was born Nov. 22, 1897.
Rites Saturday
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eleanor Ausbrook; his father, Thomas L. Ausbrook, West Union, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Mantke and Mrs. Robert Steele, Niles; a sister, Mrs. E.D. VanPetten, Niles, and one grandchild.
Friends may call in the Pifer funeral home until noon Saturday when the body will be taken to the Methodist church for the funeral at 2. The Rev. Howard A. Blanning, pastor of the Benton Harbor Congregational church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 12, 1943, page 2, col 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Ausbrook Funeral
Funeral servcies for Benjamin Theodore Ausbrook, 45, former member of the Berrien county sheriff's department, were conducted this afternoon at 2 in the Methodist church. The body lay in state from noon until the hour of service. The Rev. Hoard A. Blanning, pastor of the Benton Harbor Congregational church, officiated with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.