Rosa Sinkes Hoyt
Feb. 10, 1888-July 26, 1954
Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 26, 1954, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Osa[sic] Sinkes Hoyt, 66, of 3115 Hoyt street, died at 8:15 a.m. today at Pawating Hospital after a 16-month illness.
Mrs. Hoyt was born in Royal, Ill. on Feb. 10, 1888, and came to Niles from St. Joseph, Ill., 21 years ago.
Besides her husband, Anson, she is survived by six sons, Rollie of Dowagiac, Robert at home, Leon of Detroit, Charles of Niles, William of Pontiac,and Norman of Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Donald Coffman of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and one brother, Edward Sinkes of Seymour, Ind.
Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home until Wednesday when services will be held at 2 p.m. at the First Church of Christ with Brother John Kinner officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Note: Cemetery records and Death certificate give first name as Rosa so it appears at “Osa” is a newspaper typo.