Ellie L. Grishaber
September 6, 1927-September 15, 2007
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, September 17, 2007, page 2, column 2
Ellie L. Grishaber, 80, of Birch Street, Niles, died at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, at West Woods of Niles, following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20,at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with Pastor Jim Wing of First Baptist church, Niles, officiating.
Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles
Friends may call beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home
She was born on Sept. 6, 1927, in Christopher, Ill., to Andrew Elvis Cooper and Gertie Lee Roach.
On June 8, 1946, in Chicago, Ill., she married Joseph Valentine Grishaber, Sr. Who died March 31, 1980.
She followed her husband's military career for 14 years, before settling in this area.
Grishaber was employed by the former Duke Harrah, Inc., Niles until its closing. Then she worked at Simplicity Pattern company, Niles, for several years.
She was formerly active in Niles Chapter No. 332 order of the Eastern Star and enjoyed decorating cakes and crochet.
Along with her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Joseph V. Grishaber, Jr., who died September 1998 and a brother, Pvt. Junie Connor, U.S. Army, who died in action in the Korean Conflict.
Her surviving family includes two sons, Theodore J. (Dee) Grishaber of Eagan, Minn. And Gary Lee (Diana) Grishaber, Sr., of Niles; a daughter, Katherine “Cooky” (Duane) Courser of Niles; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.