Oliver K. Herron
June 2, 1883-May 26, 1945
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 26, 1945, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Oliver Herron, 62, Dies Today
Oliver K. Herron of 715 Howard street, a train dispatcher for 30 years, died at 5:52 a.m. today in Pawating hospital. He had been in poor health for two years.
A member of the Masonic lodge, he was born at Tamaqua, Pa., on June 2, 1883, and came to Niles from Chicago in 1932.
Surviving are his widow, Violet; four daughters, Mrs. Harry Petersen, Mrs. Barney Falkenburg and Caroline Herron, Niles, and Mrs. Albert Leeko, South Bend, a son, Willis Herron, Niles; six grandchildren and a brother, William J. Herron, Tamaqua, Pa.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer funeral home where friends will be received. The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.