Pearl Dickeson
Sept. 22, 1890-Sept. 17, 1944
Niles Daily Star, Monday, September 18, 1944, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library
Pearl Dickeson, 53, Dies in Pawating After Long Illness
Mrs. Pearl Dickeson, 53, of 641 North Seventh street, died Sunday morning at 6:30 in Pawating hospital after several years of illness.
Forty years ago Mrs. Dickeson moved to Niles from Disko, Ind., where she was born Sept. 22, 1890. She was married in 1907 to John Dickeson in St. Joseph.
She was a member of the Daughters of America, the St. John's Evangelical church, and of the Women's Guild of the church.
Funeral Wednesday
Surviving are the husband; her father, William Weidman; nine children, Mrs. Harold Craig, Indianapolis; Mrs. Helen Rogers, Mrs. Benjamin Hardy, Maxine Dickeson, Peggy Dickeson, John Dickeson, Jr., Walter Dickeson, Ernest Dickeson and Carl Dickeson, all of Niles; seven grandchildren; a brother, Harold Weidman, Niles; and two sisters, Mrs. Noble Meyers and Mrs. Mrs. Ruth Meldrim, Niles.
Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home until noon Wednesday. The Rev. Theo Eisen will officiate at the services Wednesday at 2 in the St. John's Evangelical church. Burial will be in Silverbrook.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 20, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
DICKESON RITES
Mrs. Pearl Dickeson, 53, of 641 North Seventh street, was buried today in Silverbrook following services in the St. John's Evangelical church. She died Sunday. Survivors are the husband, her father, nine children; seven grandchildren and a step grandchild, a brother and two sisters. Pallbearers were Carl Schmidt, Herman Schrumpf, George Eisele, Charles Shaber, Percy Bosler and Rudolph Meyer.