Ole C. Otteson
June 6, 1874-Aug. 7, 1968
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 7, 1968, page 18, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
DOWAGIAC—Ole C. Otteson, 74, Magician Lake, Dowagiac, died at 1 a.m. Today in the Ideal Nursing Home where he had been a patient for the past four years.
Mrs. Otteson was born June 6, 1874 in Sweden. He married the former Mamie Anderson in 1898. She preceded him in death. He had lived in the Niles area for 28 years before moving to Dowagiac in 1946. He was a lifetime member of the Odd Fellows of Niles.
He is survived by three sons: William of Watervliet, Walter of Los Angeles, and Walford of Dowagiac; a brother Joseph of Edwardsburg; two sisters: Mrs. Missie lewis, Morley, Mich., and Mrs. Eva Hhammar of Prescott, Ariz.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the McLauchlin Funeral Home with Rev. Dixon Stimpson officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday.