Charles Marion Montague
March 23, 1876-Sept. 9, 1949
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Saturday, September 10, 1949, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
C.M. Montague, 73, Dies Friday
Lifelong Nilesite Was Merchant Until 1932
Charles Marion Montague, 73, a hardware merchant in Niles for many years before his retirement in 1932, died at his home at 323 North Fourth street at 4:30 p.m. Friday after an illness of several years.
A lifelong resident of Niles, he was the son of Capt. and Mrs. John A. Montague, the former having established a hardware store here in 1867 after serving in the Civil war. Associated with his father for a number of years, he continued the business after his father's death until retirement in 1932.
Born in Niles March 23, 1876, the deceased attended Niles high school and graduated from the business administration department of Notre Dame university. He was a former alderman from Niles' first ward and was active for many years in community affairs.
In 1905, he was married to the former Jessie A. Worth in Chicago, who survives, as do two cousins, Alfred H. Johnson, of Barron lake, and Mrs. Mary Ross, of Pasadena, Calif.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, having been a member of the DeWitt Clinton consistory, and he also belonged to the Saladin temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, the St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4, F. and A.M., and to the Niles Lodge of Elks.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 pm. Monday at Kiger's funeral home by the Rev. Perry D. Jones, rector of the Episcopal church. Committal services will be conducted at Silverbrook cemetery by the Masonic blue lodge, of which he was a life member.