Eli Irwin
Dec. 22, 1890-Sept. 3, 1949
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, September 6, 1949, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library
Eli Irwin, 56 South Third street, who died at 4:25 p.m. Saturday in his home, received last rites at 2 p.m. today at the Pifer funeral home, where services were conducted by the Rev. L. George Beacock. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.
Surviving besides his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Irwin, of Downers Grove, Ill., are his widow, Grace, and their two sons, Winston and Max Irwin, both of Niles; a brother, Wilmer Irwin, of Moline, Ill., and two sisters, Mrs. Samuel Clark of Downers Grove, and Mrs. H.J. Helble, of Decatur, Ga.
Irwin was born in Cable, Ill., Dec. 22, 1890, and had lived here for the past 22 years. He was a barber for A.R. Henderson for the past 20 years, and was a member of Modern Woodmen.