Mary R. Cochran
Aug. 18, 1862-March 27, 1934
Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 28, 1934, page 1, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Mary Cochrane Dies After Illness
Mrs. Mary R. Cochrane, 71, died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning at her home two miles west of Niles on the Buchanan road after a two weeks' illness resulting from a stroke of paralysis.
Born in Niles Aug. 18, 1862, she had lived her entire life in this immediate neighborhood. Surviving are her husband, William Cochrane, two sons, Elmer and Charles Cochrane, both of Niles; two sisters, Mrs. William Swartz, Buchanan, and Mrs. Earl Whitmore, Dowagiac, and a brother, Charles Vetterle, Buchanan.
Following a prayer at the home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock in the Price and Kiger funeral home with the Rev. G.W. Simon officiating. Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
The G.A.R. Will attend the services in a body.