Effie B. Deam
Aug. 26. 1872*-Dec. 25, 1930
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, December 26, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News in Brief: DEATH MISS EFFIE DEAM
Word was received in Niles today from Seeley G. Deam of the death of his sister, Miss Effie Deam, a teacher in the public schools in Detroit. Miss . . [illegible] . . pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Deam left on Tuesday for Williamville, N.Y., to spend 10 days with their daughter and word of his sister's death reached them there. A telegram from Mr. Deam from Detroit today announces that the body will be brought to Niles and that the funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The body may be viewed at Trinity church between the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Saturday, December 27, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL MISS DEAM SUNDAY
S.G. Deam is expected in Niles this afternoon at 5:10 from Detroit with the body of his sister Miss Effie Deam, who died of pneumonia there on Christmas day. Friends may view the body at Trinity Episcopal church on Sunday afternoon between the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock. At 2 o'clock the funeral services will be conducted. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, December 29, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL MISS EFFIE DEAM
Funeral services for Miss Effie Deam, a teacher in the public schools in Detroit, and a sister of S.G. Deam of Niles, were held in Niles and in Detroit. On Saturday morning a service was held in St. Paul's cathedral in Detroit and conducted by Dean O'Farrell. On Saturday evening Mr. Deam brought the body to Niles and on Sunday afternoon a service was conducted in the presence of Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph and Kalamazoo friends in the Trinity Episcopal church with the Rev. Edward M. Duff priest in charge of Trinity church, officiating. The following served as pallbearers: George E. Flower, Harry Barman, F.R. Eaglesfield, W.S. Baron, George E. Corell and Herman Bath. Burial was made in the family lot in Silver Brook cemetery. Miss Deam died on Christmas day in Detroit after four days' illness with pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Deam had gone to Williamville, N.Y., to spend the holidays with their daughter, and they received the message of Miss Deam's death there. Mr. Deam went to Detroit at once, and Mrs. Deam reached Niles from Williamville on Saturday evening.