Charles M. Salee
March 16, 1873-Jan. 8, 1945
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, January 9, 1945, page 2 col. 7, microfilm Niles Daily Star
Heart Ailment Fatal to Man, 72
Charles M. Salee, 72, Elkhart died in his home Tuesday at 2 p.m. Of a heart ailment. A native of Niles, Salee had been ill since Christmas.
He was born March 16, 1873 in Niles, the son of Jerry and Eleanor Phillip Salee. He married Laura Emily Smith, who survives on June 25, 1896.
Funeral Friday
Other survivers[sic] are a son, George C. Salee, and two daughters, Mrs. L.V. Shearer and Mary Jane Salee, all of Elkhart; a sister, Mrs. Omar Lamberton, of Jones, and five grandchildren. A son, Charles Russell Salee, died Sept. 14, 1945.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in the Charles Walley chapel in Elkhart, the Rev. B.C. Holm, pastor of the Augustina Lutheran church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery between 3 and 3:30 p.m.
Note: This is a corrected transcription. In the original, lines in the last paragraph were interchanged.