Fung Li Yu
1878-Jan. 18, 1930
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, January 20, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
News in Brief: NILES CHINAMAN DIES
Fung Li Yu, Chinese laundryman employed at the establishment of Charlie Lee on North Second street, died at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, following a sudden heart attack. He dropped dead while at work. The deceased Chinaman was 52 years old. He had no relatives in this country. Dr. R.S. Waterson, who was summoned to the laundry, pronounced him dead when he arrived. The body was taken to the Troost and Augustine undertaking funeral home. Justice of Peace Hardy Langston was called and decided an inquest would not be necessary. Plans for disposition of the body have not yet been made. Fung Li Yu is the first Chinaman known to have died in Niles.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, January 21, 1930, page 4, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
News in Brief: TO BURY CHINESE HERE
The body of Fung Li Yu, Chinese laundryman who dropped dead on Saturday evening in the Chinese laundry on north Second street, will be buried in Silver Brook cemetery tomorrow afternoon. It had been planned that the body would be taken to Chicago and the funeral arrangements would be in charge by fellow countrymen but no such arrangements were provided.