Edith Lucille Mell
March 3, 1886-Jan. 4, 1966
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, January 5, 1966, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Burial in Silverbrook Cemetery Friday afternoon will follow last rites for Mrs. Edith Lucille Mell, 79, of 1202 N. 16th St. to be conducted by the Rev. Leon Manning for the First Methodist Church in the Pifer Funeral Home at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Mell died in Pawating Hospital Tuesday morning, lass than a year after the death of her husband, Raymond, whom she married in South Bend in 1904.
Born in Godfrey, Ill. March 3, 1886, Mrs. Mell came here from South Bend 50 years ago. She was a member of the Bend of the River Grange.
Surviving are five children, all living in Michigan: Mrs. Rodney Beckwith and M.G. Mell, both of Niles; Mrs. Paul Warner of Grand Rapids; and Alfred and Raymond Mell, both of Jackson.
Other survivors include two sisters: Mrs. Enda Dawson of Lomita, Calif., and Mrs. Thelma Lightner of Englewood, Fla.; a brother, George Buck of Mishawaka, Ind.; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.