John Lardner
29 Jan 1851-1 Oct. 1930
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, October 1, 1930, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
JOHN LARDNER, 79 PIONEER PRINTER, DIES
Passes Away at Bertrand Home After Short Illness
John Lardner, 79, a pioneer resident of this section and one of the oldest printers of southwestern Michigan, died suddenly this morning about 8 o'clock at his home at Bertrand from a heart attack. He had been apparently in his usual health yesterday and until last night when he complained of slight illness. This morning he was stricken with the fatal heart attack soon after he arose.
The body is at the Troost and Augustine chapel and the funeral services will be held there on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be held there on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery.
William Lardner, father of the deceased, was born in Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania in 1804. He spent his youth and young manhood in Philadelphia. He was confirmed in the Christ Episcopal church in Philadelphia, one of the oldest Episcopal churches in America. After coming to Niles in 1838 William Lardner served as vestryman of Trinity Episcopal church and was for five years a junior warden and for five years a senior warden. He was married in Niles to Julia Lewis. Of the four children born to them, Margaret, Frances, John and William, none are now living.
John Lardner has been for many years the sole survivor of that family of Lardners. When a youth he learned of the printers trade under the tutelage of Major L.A. Duncan, one of the early publishers of Niles and he continued to work at that trade until he retired. Most of his work as a printer was done in the South Bend Tribune printing plant in South Bend and he has long represented soley[sic] the printers craft of more than a generation ago in this section. Mr. Lardner is survived by a widow. He was particularly interested in the cultivation of flowers and his home at Bertrand attracted the eyes of many travelers.
Friends may call at the Troost & Augustine chapel to view the body.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, October 2, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL IN CHURCH
Funeral services for John Lardner, who died on Thursday morning, will be held in Trinity Episcopal church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock instead of in the Troost and Augustine chapel as had been planned. The Rev. A. Freeman Travers of St. Paul's church in St. Joseph will officiate. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery.