Henry J. Wickler Jr.
Aug. 2, 1912-Jan. 18, 1973
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, January 19, 1973, page 3 col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES—Henry J. Wickler Jr., 60, of 534 James St., died at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Buchanan Community Hospital, where he had been a patient since Dec. 28.
A security guard at the National-Standard Co., Wickler was born Aug. 2, 1912, in Chicago. He came to the Niles area from Chicago in 1917.
On Nov. 19, 1932, he married the former Helen Sears in South Bend. She survives.
Wickler was a member of the Niles Elks Lodge and an associate member of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Other survivors include two sons, Larry and Lee, both of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Thornton of Stevensville and Mrs. William Krieg of Mishawaka; a brother, John of Stanford, Conn., four sisters, Mrs. Howard Hahnefeld and Mrs, Russell Letcher of South Bend, Mrs. Richard Bromley of Buchanan and Mrs. Russell Hoover of Niles, and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Arlan E. Schlundt of the St. Johns United Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Berrien County Cancer Service.