Ward, Victor R.

Victor R. Ward
May 28, 1894-Aug. 31, 1975

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 2, 1975,  page 2, col. 6-7, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Funeral services for Victor R. Ward, 81, of 657 N. 12th, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Halbritter Funeral Home. He died at 4:50 p.m Sunday at home after an extended illness.

A veteran of World War I and a member of the First Church of Christ Christian, he was a retired employe of Bendix Corp.

Born May 28, 1894 in Moberly, Mo., he lived here since 1940, coming from Elgin, Ill. He married Lulu K. Eames on Sept. 15, 1920.  She survives.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Cummings of Niles, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Officiating at the services will be the Revs. Jack E. VanArsdall and Joe R. Jonson of the First Church of Christ-Christian. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call today at the funeral home. Memorials may be give to the Berrien County Cancer Service or the First Church of Christ-Christian Memorial Fund.