Ella A. Tibbetts
Dec. 16, 1850-Nov. 22, 1936
Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 23, 1936, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
MISS ELLA TIBBETTS, LAST OF PROMINENT PIONEER FAMILY, DIES
Former Teacher and Active Church Worker Will Be Buried Tuesday
Miss Ella A. Tibbetts, who was born in Niles 85 years ago, and who, before her retirement from the profession was a widely known teacher, died Sunday morning at 12:45 in Pawating hospital.
Complications resulting from a broken arm which she suffered in a fall at the residence of Mrs. B.D. Giddings, November 9 caused her death. Miss Tibbetts had closed her home on Sycamore street and had been planning to spend the winter at the Giddings home.
Miss Tibbetts had long been prominent in the Presbyterian church here. She had a wide acquaintance through out the state, having taught school in Niles, Dowagiac, Decatur, Ypsilanti and St. Paul, Minn., before her retirement a number of years ago.
She was the youngest and last member of a family of seven daughters. Had she lived until Dec. 16, she would have celebrated her 86th birthday.
A grandniece, Miss Mildred Wood, Joliet, Ill. Has been here since last Thursday, called to Niles by the serious condition of Miss Tibbetts. Mrs. W.L. Hoatson, a niece, arrived Sunday noon from her home in Milwaukee. Both are staying with Mrs. Giddings.
Other relatives who survive are three nephews, Coe Weed, Hammond, Ind.; John Shafer, San Antonio, Texas, and [Illegible] Thomas, Battle Creek.
The Rev. Dr. G.W. Simon will officiate at funeral services to be held in the Presbyterian church, of which she was a lifelong member, Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Friends are asked to call at the Rutherford funeral home until noon Tuesday. The body will lie in state at the Presbyterian church from noon until the hour of the funeral.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 24, 1936, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News In Brief: TIBBETTS RITES HELD
Funeral services for Miss Ella A. Tibbetts, who died Sunday morning in Pawating Hospital, were conducted at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon in the Presbyterian church by the Rev. Guy W. Simon. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. E.B. Storms, Charles Silsbee, V.N. Taggett, Ray Chappel, Henry Hinkle, and Walter Wood served as pallbearers.