Ford Walter (aka Fred Woodpuff)
Sept. 28, 1877-June 2, 1950
Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 5, 1950; page 2, Col. 1, microfilm, Niles District Library
Services for Ford Walter, known here under the name Fred Woodpuff, who was identified by a brother, Frank Walter, of Grand Rapids, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Pifer funeral home.
The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate, and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home.
The deceased, who was found dead as the result of a heart attack early Friday morning was identified by his surviving brother, who said he had not seen him in the past 20 years. He had lived under his assumed name since his residence in Niles for the past 25 years. Walter was born Sept. 28, 1877, in St. Joseph, Ind.
William Pifer, coroner, said the brother, Frank, connected a story published in the Grand Rapids paper concerning the death, with his missing brother, and arrived to identify the body.