Henry Allen Jacks
June 30, 1880-May 1, 1935
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 2, 1935, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
FORMER RESIDENT OF NILES PASSES
Henry Allen Jacks, Member of Prominent Local Family, Succumbs
Henry Allan Jacks, 55, a former resident of Niles and member of one of the well known older families here, did at his home in Chicago Wednesday night. The body was brought to Niles today.
Mr. Jacks was the son of Edgar Allan and Carolyn Mallett Jacks. Several generations of the family had lived in Niles, the family home being that more recently occupied by the Lardner family. The moved later to the house now occupied by W.A. Stanner, 541 oak street.
Mr. Jacks was born June 30, 1880, attended school here, and graduated from Niles high school. After his graduation, he was employed by the Pere Marquette railroad. Before moving to Chicago he lived in Pittsburgh.
For several years before his death, Mr. Jacks was connected with the federal relief administration purchasing food or all the shelters in Chicago.
He leaves his wife, the former Ceal Pomeroy, of Ludington, a son, Arthur Hill Jacks, and a daughter, Harriet; two brothers, Phil C. Jacks, Pittsburgh, and Arthur, of New York City; and three sisters, Mrs. Andrew Weisberg, South Bend; Mrs. J.D. Elder and Mrs. Everett Holler, both of Chicago.
The members of the family will arrive in Niles Friday and will be at the Four Flags hotel until after the services.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Trinity Episcopal church, the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson officiating. The body will be removed from the Troost and Turner funeral home Saturday morning at 0 o'clock and will be taken to the church where it will lie in state until the four of the funeral.
Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 3, 1935, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
PALLBEARERS NAMED
Friends of the Jacks family and persoanl friends of henry Allan Jacks have been asked to act as pallbearers at the funeral services for Mr. Jacks at Trinity Episcopal church Saturday afternoon. They are: J. Walter Wood, Charles S. Quimby, Harry E. Fox, Thomas M. Swain, Dr. L.G. Platt and Walter Harter. The Rev. Harry L. Nicholson will foficiate at the services at 2 o'clock. The body will lie in state in Trinity church from 9 o'clock in the morning until the hour of the services.
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 4, 1935, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
JACKS RITES TODAY
Services were held this afternoon in Trinity Episcopal church for Henry Allan Jacks, who died Wednesday at his home in Chicago. Mrs. Jacks, Arthur Hill Jacks and Miss Harriett Jacks arrived here from Chicago Friday. Other members of the family in Niles for the funeral are two brothers, Phil C. of Pittsburg, and Arthur, of New York city,and three sisters, Mrs. Andrew Weisberg, South Bend; and Mrs. J.D. Elder and Mrs. Everett Holler, of Chicago. The Rev. Harry L. Nicholson officiated at the services at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.