Mary E. Gorton
Feb. 20, 1875-March 28, 1963
Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 29, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Mary E. Gorton, 88, formerly of 1222 Broadway, died at 10:50 p.m. Thursday in a hospital in Toledo, Ohio.
She was born in Cass County, Feb. 20, 1875, and had lived in this area all her life. Mr. Gorton died in 1930.
She is survived by her four daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Emmerson, Mishawaka; Mrs. Beatrice Stacey, Lake Side Calif.; Mrs. Beulah Casner, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Edith Almstead, Toledo, Ohio; one son, Howard G. of Milford; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Lora Hicks, Kalamazoo.
Funeral Services will be held at the Pifer Funeral Home at 2 p.m .Monday, Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after noon at the funeral home.