Nettie Ely Brown
Sept. 3, 1873-March 15, 1948
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 16, 1948, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
BROWN RITES WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Nettie Ely Brown, 536 Cedar street, died at 3:50 p.m. Monday in Pawating hospital, following an illness of one year.
Mrs. Brown was born on Sept. 3, 1873, in Niles township, and has lived in Niles, New York City and Dowagiac. She returned to Niles nine years ago.
Her husband, Irving J. Brown, died in 1909. She leaves a son, Robert Brown, and a grandson, Bruce Brown, both of Toledo, O.; a sister, Mrs. Edward Stead, Farnwood, N.J., and a brother, George Ely, Dowagiac.
Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday by the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Whatsoever class of the church.