Edna Buck
May 18, 1912-Nov. 9, 1917
Niles Daily Sun (Niles, Michigan), Saturday, November 10, 1917, page 1, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
CHILD DEAD FROM INJURY
Edna Buck, Aged Five Years, Passed Away at Home of Uncle, R.G. Mell—House is Under Quarantine.
Edna Buck, the five-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Buck, died last evening about 9 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mell on Silver Brook avenue, as the result of internal injuries sustained by a fall from a shed while at play last Monday afternoon.
The circumstances surrounding the death are peculiarly sad.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mell has been ill for a few days, and yesterday her illness was diagnosed as scarlet fever, and the home was placed under quarantine. Friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Mell are unable to attend them during the hour of sorrow and anxiety which has come upon them.
Mr. Buck brought his family to Niles about two weeks ago from Akron, Ohio and they are temporarily stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mell. Mrs. Buck is employed at the Kawneer.
The little girl was born in Edwardsville, Ill., in May, 1912, at the home of Mrs. Buck's mother. Besides the parents a brother survives her.
The funeral services will be private and will probably be held on Monday, the arrangements not having been completed pending the arrival of relatives from Edwardsville.
Niles Daily Sun (Niles, Michigan), Monday, November 12, 1917, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR EDNA BUCK HELD TODAY
On Account of Quarantine the Services Were Heud[sic] Outdoors
The funeral services for Edna Buck, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Buck, were conducted this afternoon by Rev. Camfield of the Evangelical church. On account of the quarantine for scarlet fever at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Mell, where the child's death occurred, the funeral services were held in the yard, in order that the relatives who had come from a distance might attend. Interment occurred at Silver Brook cemetery.
Mrs. Samuel Woods, mother of Mrs. Buck, and the latter's sister, Mrs. Charles Kline, both of Edwardsville, Ill., and Bert Buck, a brother of Mr. Buck and Mrs. Mell, of Akron, Ohio, were among the relatives from out of the city who attended the funeral services. The are stopping at the home of friends in the city.