Joseph Goodman
March 24, 1904-Oct. 26, 1944
Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 27, 1944, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles Truck Driver Dies in Crash
Joseph Goodman, 40, of 615 South St. Joseph avenue, died Thursday afternoon in Roseland hospital, Chicago, where he was taken unconscious after the Drewry Brewing Company semi-trailer which he was driving tipped over, skidding into a light pole.
The accident occurred shortly after 3 Thursday at 130th and Stoney Island streets, Chicago. A coroner's inquest was set for 10 this morning.
Goodman had been driving for the Drewery Brewing company, South Bend, throughout Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois for about a year, officials said today.
Born in Nappanee, Ind., March 24, 1904, Goodman came to Niles 30 years ago.
Surviving are the widow, Alice, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zellard Goodman, Niles; three children, Clarence, Thelma and Virginia Goodman; six brothers, Herbert Goodman, Benton Harbor; Home Goodman, in Texas; Gaylord Goodman, in the navy, and Clifford, George and Kenneth Goodman, Niles, and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph True, Niles, and Mrs. Glenn Ellison, Dowagiac.
Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home.