Margaret Mitchell
July 7, 1870-April 11, 1955
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, April 11, 1955, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Margaret Mitchell, 84 a lifetime resident of Niles, died at 1 a.m. today at her home, 526 Howard Street, following an illness of several years.
Mrs. Mitchell was born on July 7, 1870, in a log cabin on the site of what is now the Morris Farm. She was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, of St. john's Church Guild, and of the Community, Michigan State and National Granges.
She was married to Andrew Mitchell on Jan. 28, 1943, in Niles.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fred Sumption, Rock Island, Ill., and Mrs. Howard Beardslee, of Niles; two step-daughters, Mrs. Cyril Rose, South Bend, and Mrs. Frank Wigent, Milford; three step-sons, Stanley Mitchell, South Bend, Lawrence Mitchell, Niles, and Marion Mitchell, Buchanan; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Also, a sister, Mrs. Elliott Straehty, Burr Oak, and a brother, Charles Nieb, of Niles.
Services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday at St. John's Church with the Rev. Herbert Meussling officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home.