James S. Painter
Sept. 1, 1887-Dec. 13, 1963
Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 13, 1963, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for James S. Painter, 76, of 1028 Bailey Ave., will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home. Stanley Davis, pastor of the Michigan City Church of Christ, of which he was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
He died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday and was pronounced dead at 6 a.m at Pawating Hospital. He had been in ill health six months.
Mr. Painter, who retired 11 years ago from service as a car inspector for the New York Central Railroad, was born Sept. 1, 1887, in Paris, Mo. He came to Niles from Michigan City in 1926.
Survivors include his widow, Kathryn; a son, James V., Lantana, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Rachel Hatfield, Niles and Mrs. Ruth Nowlin,Houston, Tex.; a brother, Eugene, Monroe City, Mo.; a sister, Mrs. Ora Castleman, Kansas City, Mo., 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Friends are being received at the funeral home.