Hill, Levi W.

Levi W. Hill
Nov. 6, 1866- Feb. 8, 1949

EDWARDSBURG, Feb. 8, Levi W. Hill, 82, Edwardsburg, formerly a resident of Niles, died today at 4 a.m. at the Cass county Hospital.  He had been seriously ill for about one week, but had been ill five years.  He was born Nov. 6, 1866 in Darke County, Ohio, and came to Niles in 1904 following the occupation of a stationary engineer.  In 1939 he moved to Edwardsburg and has since made his residence here. His wife, Rebecca, preceded him in death in 1927.  Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Anna Eckenrod, Ensley, Ala, and two sons, Jesse S. of Edwardsburg and Jacob H. of Galien, 20 grand children and 27 great-grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Kiger Funeral Home in Niles with the Rev. F.E. Ogle of the Presbyterian Church of Edwardsburg officiating.  Burial will be at Silverbrook cemetery in Niles.  Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home until noon Thursday. 

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