Harry E. Righter
Nov. 24, 1895-May 21, 1944
Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 22, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
HARRY RIGHTER, 48, STRICKEN SUDDENLY
Harry E. Righter, 48, as stricken with a heart attack and died suddenly in his home at 527 Ferry street Sunday night at 6:10.
He was born in St. Joseph Nov. 24, 1895, and came to Niles 16 years ago. He was employed as linotype operator with the Niles Daily Star most of the 16 years and recently left to work for the Simplicity Pattern company.
Surviving are his wife, Katherine; three children, Amanda May, Patricia Ann, and Jack we. Righter, all at home; a brother, Glen Righter, Kalamazoo, and a sister, Mrs. Irene Tague, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the First Methodist church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 24, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
RIGHTER FUNERAL
Funeral services for Harry E. Righter, 48, who died in his home at 527 Ferry street Sunday night at 6:15 after a heart attack, were conducted in the Pifer funeral home this afternoon at 2 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the First Methodist church. Pallbearers were Richard Hochmuth, Peter Barr, Lloyd Stites, William Boggs, Norman Kasbaum and Roy Burlson. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.