Frederick H. Kiger
Nov. 23, 1905-May 2, 1995
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 3, 1995, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Fred H. Kiger, 89, of 1451 Bronson Way, Kalamazoo, died at 9:05 p.m. Tuesday, at Bronson Place Care Center in Kalamazoo, following on extended illness.
Mr. Kiger was founder of the former Kiger Funeral Home.
Arrangements are being completed by Halbritter Funeral Home.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 4, 1995, page 2, col. 4-7, microfilm Niles District Library
Frederick H. Kiger
1905-1995
former owner of Kiger Funeral Home
Funeral services for Frederick H. Kiger, 89, of 1451 Bronson Way, Kalamazoo, formerly of 2825 Copp Rd., Niles, will be Friday at 11 a.m. At Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles, by the Rev. Dr. Ronald H. Wakeman of First Presbyterian Church of Niles.
Burial ill follow in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
Mr. Kiger died at 9:05 p.m. Tuesday, at Bronson Place care center, Oshtemo Township, following a brief illness.
He was born Nov. 23, 1905, in Warren County, Ind., and had lived in Niles from 1926 until moving to Kalamazoo in August 1989.
On June 24, 1934, at Lake Forest, Ill. He married the former Grace Louella Simmonds, who survives.
Mr. Kiger was former owner of Kiger Funeral Home in Niles.
He was formerly a partner of Price and Kiger Funeral Home at 330 N. Fourth St. in Niles. In March 1945, he moved to 615 E. Main St. and owned the Kiger Funeral Home, then entered into partnership with Ted L. Halbritter as Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home. In the mid-sixties, the business was acquired by Ted L. Halbritter.
Mr. Kiger was a graduate of Niles High School in Niles, and a 1926 graduated of Askins School of Mortuary Science in Indianapolis.
He was a 50-year member of First Presbyterian Church in Niles; a life member of St. Joseph Valley Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons and P.P.O. Elks Lodge No. 1322; a former Rotarian,and member of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Other survivors include two daughters, Kay Kiger Petruska of Kalamazoo, and Wendy Kiger and son-in-law William Boughton, of Sebring, Fla.; three grandchildren, Nicholas Kiger Petruska of Kalamazoo, Amy Kathryn Petruska of Lansing, and Kristin Dorothy Kiehn of New York city, and a great-grandchild, Corey Dylan Petruska of Arlington, Va. Preceding him in death were his parents, and brothers, Cecil, Arthur and Hugh.
Friends may call Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer's Association or Bronson Place Care Center Activity Fund, 1451 Bronson Way, Kalamazoo, MI 49009-8914.