William Weiser
March 31, 1875-Aug. 6, 1943
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, August 7, 1943, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
WILLIAM WEISER STRICKEN FRIDAY
William M. Weiser, 68 of 578 Union street, died Friday afternoon at 4:00 in Pawating hospital after an illness of six months of a heart ailment. A lifelong resident of Niles, he was active for years in contracting and carpenter work.
He was born March 31, 1875. Surviving is his widow, the former Katherine Ruttschow, to whom he was married in 1901 in St. John's Evangelical church.
He also leaves two children, Mrs. Frank Martin and Homer Weiser, both of Niles; two brothers, Edward and Jacob Weiser, Niles; a sister, Mrs. James Haskill, Chicago Heights, and three grandchildren, Wyatt, Joyce and Ronald Martin.
Friends may call in the Pifer funeral home until 7 tonight when the body will be taken to the Weiser residence. At 1 Monday afternoon it will be removed to the First Evangelical church, of which he was a member, where rites will be conducted at 2:30 by the Rev. A.C. DeVries. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 10, 1943, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library
Weiser Services Attract Many From Outside Niles
Many out-of-town persons attended the funeral Monday afternoon at 2:30 in the First Evangelical church for William H. Weiser, 68, of 578 Union street, who died Friday afternoon in Pawating hospital after an illness of six months of a heart ailment.
From away were: Mrs. Harry Carlson, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. George Geishirt, Kalamazoo; Mr. and Mrs. William Geishirt and daughter and John Geishirt, Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barker, Bellevue, Ohio; Harold Ruttschow, Freemont, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dipert, Wakerton; Mrs. George Staffel and daughter, Michigan City.
Floyd Goodsell, Dowagiac; the Rev. and Mrs. A.R. Kuehn, Ionia; Mrs. Gladys Palo and daughter, Mrs. Harry Hamilton, Mrs. Clara Fox, Mrs. Anna Heintzleman, South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Frank McLaughlin and family, Benton Harbor; Mrs. James Haskell, Chicago Heights; Frank Wilkinson and son, New Carlisle; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith, Buchanan; and Aviation Cadet Wyatt Martin, Delaware, Ohio.