Merle Lee Everhart
July 1, 1940-Nov. 6, 1940
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, November 7, 1940, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Pneumonia Causes Death Wednesday of Merel Lee Everhart
Merel Lee Everhart, four moths old son of Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Everhart, 642 North Eighth street, died Wednesday night at 7:30 in Pawating hospital. He had been ill since Friday of pneumonia.
The infant was born July 1 in Berrien Springs. Beside the parents he leaves two brothers, William Leroy and Marcel David, at home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Goff and Leroy Everhart, Niles, and his great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilson, Niles, and Mrs. H.O. Goff, Coldwater.
Friends may call at the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Goff, 713 Howard street, until the hour of the service at 2:30 Friday in the Rutherford funeral home. Mrs. Ruth Lynch, of the Old Faith assembly, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Note: Michigan Death Record and grave marker have spelling of given name as Merle.