James H. Bays Sr.
March 13, 1905-Feb. 23, 1988
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan), Wednesday, February 24, 1988, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
James H. Bays Sr., 82, 2210 Bertrand Road, Niles, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 8:41 at Pawating Hospital.
He was born March 13, 1905 in Michigan City, Inc. and lived in this area since 1924. He married the former Ellen Kromiller Dec. 6, 1924 in Michigan City. She survives.
He was a retired employee of Studebaker Corp. and a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Survivors include three sons, James Jr., David and Jacob of Niles; a sister, Dorothy Carle of Niles; a brother, Henry Bays of Crown Point, Ind.; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A son, Donald, died in 1948.
Services are Friday at 11 a.m. At the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles, with the Rev. Donald Wieber of St. Mark Catholic Church will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.