Eva Louise Messinger
May 29, 1862-Dec. 2, 1958
The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI) Tuesday, December 2, 1958, page 2, column 5 (Microfilm Niles District Library)
Eva Louise Messinger, 96, of rural route four [Portage Road], Niles, a gold star mother and one [of] the Niles area’s oldest residents, died at 12:25 a.m. today in her home following an illness of two and a half years.
Mrs. Messinger was born May 20, 1862, in LaPorte County, Ind., and had lived in this community since 1884. The LaRue Messinger Post of the American Legion here was named after her son who was killed in the war.
Surviving are: three daughters, Mrs. Clinton Sweisberger, of South Bend, Miss Eva H. Messinger, at home, and Mrs. William Champion, of Chicago; two sons, Samuel Arthur Messinger and C. Simmons Messinger, also at ahome; seven grandchildren, and 16 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. John P. MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funderla home beginning Wednesday evening.
The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI) Tuesday, December 3, 1958, page 2, column 7 (Microfilm Niles District Library)
TO ATTEND RITES
All members of the Niles Auxiliary to the LaRue Messinger Post of the American Legion are requested to meet at 1:30 p.m. Friday in front of the Pifer Funeral Home to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Eva Louise Messinger, 96, of rural route four, Niles, who died early Tuesday following an illness of two and a half years.