Emma Buckley
April 25, 1844-Oct. 25, 1934
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, October 25, 1934, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
MRS. BUCKLEY DIES
Mrs. Emma Buckley died this morning at her farm home 10 miles northwest of Niles. The body was brought to the Troost & Turner funeral home where arrangements for the funeral are to be made this afternoon.
Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 26, 1934, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
WOMAN BORN HERE 90 YEARS AGO DIES
Mrs. Emma Buckley, Native of Niles, Passes at Farm Near Eau Claire
The death of Mrs. Emma Buckley at her farm home near Eau Claire early Thursday morning marks the passing of one of the oldest pioneers of this section. Mrs. Buckley was 90 years old, and was born in Niles in 1844. She lived here until her marriage May 22, 1884 to Elisha Buckley, who died several years ago.
Mrs. Buckley has lived for 50 years in the farm home where she died. Her stepson, Arthur, is in charge of the farm. She had been in ill health in recent years, bu the immediate cause of her death was due to an injury to her hip received in a fall two years ago and from which she never recovered.
She leaves a son, Willis, South Bend, and a stepson, Arthur, Eau Claire; and three daughters, Mrs. Mary DeGier, Morley, Mich.; Mrs. Cora Bevan, South Bend, and Mrs. Imogene Gray, Eau Claire.
Funeral services will be held at the Troost and Turner funeral chapel Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Guy W. Simon officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, October 27, 1934, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
RELATIVES ARE PALLBEARERS
Relatives of Mrs. Emma Buckley, 90, who died Thursday at her farm home near Eau Claire, were to act as pallbearers at the funeral services this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Troost and Turner funeral home. The Rev. Dr. Guy W. Simon was to conduct the services and burial was to be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Note: DOB and parents from Michigan Death Records--d/o Eleazor Crocker and Elmira Griswold