Mary Wadel* (Marie Katherine Wedel)
Jan 16, 1854-July 29, 1930
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, July 30, 1930, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
MRS. MARIE WEDEL, 76, DIES IN SOUTH BEND
Passes Away After Operation at Epworth Hospital Tuesday
Mrs. Marie Katherine Wedel, 76, wife of Edward Wedel, 1713 N. Twelfth street, died on Tuesday morning at 10:30 in Epworth hospital in South Bend where she had an operation last Friday. She had been ill for three weeks.
Mrs. Wedel had been a resident of Niles for 46 years. She was born in Waldorf, Saxony Meinigen, Germany on Jan. 16 1854. Her maiden name was Marie Katherine Ricker. She was married to Mr. Wedel in Germany on March 10, 1879. The came to Niles in 1884 and had since resided here and in the same neighborhood in which they first located.
Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wedel and of these four survive their mother with her husband. The children are Fred Wedel, Gary Ind., Mrs. Margaret Dils and Albert Wedel, South Bend and August Wedel, Kalamazoo.
Friends may call at the home to view the body up to the hour of the funeral which is 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon. The services will be held in the home. The Rev. G.W. Webbink, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church of which Mrs. Wedel was a member for many years, will officiate. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery.
*Listed in cemetery records and gravemarker as Mary Wadel.