Ira Brand
April 9, 1866-June 24, 1950
Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 26, 1950; page 2, column 5, microfilm, Niles District Library
Services for Ira Brand, 209 Pokagon street, who died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the Berrien Center hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Pifer funeral home.
Brand, who had been in poor health for some time, leaves his wife, Jennie, stepchildren, Gordon and Clayton Algee, of Niles, and Mrs. Marjorie Stigner, of Kalamazoo; seven grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
Brand was born on 4-9-1866, in Tekonska, Mich., and came here from Remus, Mich. 22 years ago.
Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home. Services will be conducted by the Rev. L. George Beacock, and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.