Lydia Elizabeth Metzger
Jan. 18, 1901-April 19, 1963
Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 19, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Lydia Elizabeth Metzger, 82, of 122 N. 8th St., died at 12:50 a.m., today in her home. She had been ill three years.
Mrs. Metzger was born Jan. 18, 1901 in Richmond, Ind. She came to Niles from that city 44 years ago.
Survivors include her husband, Lawrence; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Petro, Jonesboro, Ark, and Miss Elizabeth Ann Metzger at home; a son, William Pollock, Niles; a sister, Mrs. Harold Carroll, Greenville, SC.; a brother, Frank Metzger, Richmond, and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. W. G. Rowe, pastor of the Apostolic Temple, South Bend, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends will be received at the funeral home beginning Saturday.