Margaret W. Burton
July 13, 1894-Feb. 16, 1961
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, February 16, 1961, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Margaret W. Burton, 66, 1610 N. 11th St., died at 9:12 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital where she had been a a patient for 27 days. She had been in failing health for one year.
Mrs. Burton was born July 13, 1894, in Lynchburg, Va., and came to Niles in 1950 from Chicago. She was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist church.
Surviving are: her husband, Abner; step-daughter, Mrs. Wilma Campbell, Tuskegee, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Ray, Wayne, Pa., and Mrs. Arrila Butler, New York City, N.Y., and two brothers, Charles Pettigrew, Niles, and Walter Pettigrew, Lynchburg, Va.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Mount Calvary Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Theodis L. Hadley, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends will be received at the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home.