Vern R. Hinkle
Nov. 9, 1889-July 9, 1954
Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 9, 1954, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
Vern Rishel Hinkle, 645 South St. Joseph Avenue, died at 10:55 a.m. today at Pawating Hospital after a two week illness.
He is survived by his wife, Eleanor; one son, Theodore Hinkle, of Niles, and three grandchildren. Hinkle was born on Nov. 9, 1889, in St. Joseph county, Mich. and moved to this area when he was a small child. He had lived here all the remainder of his life.
Hinkle operated the filling station at the Michigan Mushroom Plant here for 20 years before becoming a paper maker for the French Paper Mill.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home starting at 7 p.m. today. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 9, 1954, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
Services for Vern Rishel Hinkle, 645 South St. Joseph avenue, who died Friday morning, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pifer Funeral Home.
The Rev. L. George Beacock, Methodist pastor, will officiate, and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.