Fred Bachman
Sept. 27, 1874 – March 6, 1944
Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 6, 1944, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
FRED BACHMAN, 69, ILL MONTH, DIES
Fred Bachman, 69, of 1522 North First Street, died in Pawating Hospital this morning at 5:30 after an illness of a month.
Born July 27, 1874, he came to Niles at the age of 16 from Germany with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Bachman and had lived here all his adult life. He was employed at the railroad as a machinist from 1890 until 1937, when he retired.
He was married Aug. 4, 1897 to Katherine Wurz, who survives. Other survivors include a son, Earl S. Bachman, Niles; a grandson, Earl A. Bachman, with the Coast Guard at Cleveland; a great-grandson, Donald G. Bachman; six brothers, Hartman, William, Emil of Niles and Herman and Charles Bachman of Buchanan and George Bachman, Ypsilanti.
He was a member of St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Brotherhood of St. John’s church and the Michigan Central Pioneers’ association.
Services will be conducted at 2:30 Wednesday in St. John’s Church by the Rev. Theo Eisen with burial in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral Home.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 7, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
BACHMAN SERVICES
Services for Fred Bachman, 1522 North Fifth street, who died Monday, will be conducted at 2:30 Wednesday in St. John's Reformed and Evangelical church by the Rev. Theo Eisen. The body will lie in sate in the church between 1:30 and 2:30, but friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home until noon. Six brothers of Bachman will be pallbearers.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 8, 1944, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Bachman Rites
Pallbearers for the funeral services for Fred Bachman, 1522 North Fifth street, which were conducted this afternoon in St. John's Reformed and Evangelical church by the Rev. Theo Eisen, included Hartman, William, Emil and Herman Bachman, Niles, Charles Bachman, Buchanan, and George Bachman, Ypsilanti. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.