Calvin J. Abair
Jan. 7, 1918-Feb. 26, 1973
Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 26, 1973; page 2, col. 6, microfilm, Niles District Library
NILES – Calvin J. Abair, 55, of 1220 Fulkerson Rd., died at 8 a.m. today in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, after an illness of one month.
A shop foreman in the steel fabricating division of Midland Steel Corp., Mishawaka, Mr. Abair was born Jan. 7, 1918, in Buchanan, and had lived here all his life. On Oct. 30, 1930, in Niles, he married Genevieve R. Hamilton, who survives.
Mr. Abair was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Additional survivors include two sons, Joseph and Daniel, both of Niles; his mother, Mrs. Alpha Abair of Elsinore, Calif.; a brother Gerald Abair of Niles; four sisters, Mrs. Clarabelle Thwaits of Niles, Mrs. Louise French of Costa Mesa, Calif., Mrs. Barbara Lineback of Central Valley Calif., and Mrs. Pauline Crawford of Elsinore, Calif., and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with the Rev. Albert A. O’Rourke of Pokagon United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.