Cora Belle Hill
Sept. 4, 1878-Aug. 7, 1968
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 7, 1968, page 18, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Cora Belle Hill, 89, 712 ½ Grant St., died at 6 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital after a seven week illness.
Mrs. Hill was born Sept. 4, 1878 in Buchanan, and had lived all of her life in this area. She was married to the late Jacob Hill.
She is survived by five generations of her family. The are seven daughters, Mrs. Bessie Daisy and Mrs. Cuba Thomas, both of Benton Harbor; Mrs. Woodrow Shelby, Mrs. Forrest Porter, Mrs. Forrest Parkerton, Mrs. Ethel Schram and Mrs. Floss Hughes, all of Niles; four sons: Frank of St. Joseph and Floyd, Leon and Russel Davis a.ll of Niles; a half brother, William McGurk and a half sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jay, both of Niles; 33 grandchildren, 92 great-grandchildren and 44 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home with Mr. Joe Johnson, Church of Christ in Buchanan, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m