Minnie W. Walter
Nov. 2, 1871-Jan. 4, 1955
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 4, 1955, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Minnie W. Walter, 83, of 916 North Third, died at 9 a.m. Today in her home following an illness of one year.
Mrs. Walter was born Nov. 2, 1871, in Galien and came to Niles from Three Oaks. She had lived in the home where she died for the past 64 years. She was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Women's Guild of the church and an honorary member of the Niles-Buchanan Road Home Economics Club. Her husband, Christ F. Walter, died in 1917.
Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Edna M. Gridley, of Niles; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Lucille Wenzel, of Grand Rapids. Two sons preceded her in death. George C. died in 1933 and C. H. Walter died in 1948.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m Friday in st. John's Church with the pastor, the Rev. H.A. Meussling, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home where beginning Wednesday evening.