Pfister, Grant W. 1876-1955

Grant W. Pfister
July 4, 1876-April 14, 1955

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, April 15, 1955, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Grant W. Pfister, 78, of Eustis, Fla., former resident of Niles died Thursday afternoon in his Florida home. He had been ill since Tuesday.

He is survived by his widow, Anna; five children, Elmer of Flint, Mrs. W.E. McLain, Marshall; Roger, Mrs. Armond Baird, and Mrs. Oscar Schrumpf, all of Niles. Also surviving are his stepchildren, Mrs. W.W. Lanchon, and Mrs. Willard Seeger, both of Detroit, and Harry Hoolscher, Chicago, and one sister, Mrs. Flo Brump, Sidney, O.

Pfister was born July 4, 1876, in Piqua, O., and came to Niles from Michigan City in 1920 where he lived until moving to Florida in 1946. He was a retired New York Central railroad engineer.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Monday, services will be held in the chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.