George F. Leidy
June 11, 1900-April 15, 1971
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, April 16, 1971, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES—George F. Leidy, 70, of 917 W. Washington, South Bend, formerly of Niles, died at 1:40 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, after an illness of one year.
A retired painter, Mr. Leidy was born June 11, 1900, in Chicago, and had lived in South Bend since 1955, moving from Niles. His wife, Mildred, died in 1954.
Survivors include four sons, Fred, Lawrence and George, all of Niles, and Richard of Buchanan; a brother, August Leidy of Berrien Center; two sisters, Mrs. Theresa Bart of Three Rivers and Mrs. Elizabeth Wiess of Bangor, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with the Rev. John P. Rees of the Buchanan Church of the Latter-day Saints officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
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