Erik T. Johanson
Oct. 23, 1898-Dec. 19, 1963
Niles Daily Star, Friday, December 20, 1963, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Erik T. Johanson, 65, of 312 Barrett St., died at 12:45 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital, shortly after being admitted.
Mr. Johanson, who retired Nov. 1, following 30 years' service with the Kawneer Company here, was born Oct. 23, 1898, in Jonkoping, Sweden. He came to Niles from that city in 1927.
Survivors include his widow, Bertha; a son, Nils Erik Johanson, Huntington Beach, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Melvin, East Lansing, and Miss Linda Johanson, Washington, D.C.; and four grandchildren.
He was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, the elks Lodge, the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, the Eastern Star, the Kawneer Company 25-year and Management Club, and the Viking and Vasa Lodges of South Bend.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in his church. The Rev. Gordon D. Everett, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends are being received at the Kiger Funeral Home, where Eastern Star Memorial services will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday.