Henry Lardner
July 31, 1879-March 5, 1954
Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 5, 1954, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Henry Lardner, Ex-Treasurer, Dies Today
Henry Lardner, 518 South Third Street, city treasurer of Niles in the early 1900s and brother of the late Ring Lardner, died at 6:30 a.m. today in his home. He had been ill five weeks. Lardner's parents were pioneers in Berrien County.
His wife, Kathryn, died in 1939. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Ellen Lardner, Niles; two sons, Fred W. , of Washington, D.C., and George E. Lardner, of New York city, and two sisters, Miss Lena Lardner, Niles, and Mrs. R.G. Tobin, of Douglaston, N.Y.
His grandfather, the Rev. Joseph Phillips, formerly was a pioneer rector of Trinity Episcopal Church for a number of years. Another daughter, Atty. Katherine Lardner, died in 1935 in Chicago.
Lardner was born on July 31, 1870, In Glendale, O., and was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1891. He was a member of the Emeritus Club of the university, an honor organization for U. of M. graduates of 50 years or more.
He practiced as an attorney in Duluth, Minn., and operated the firm of Lardner and Middlekoff for a number of years. He moved to Niles and worked in the Post Office here until he retired in 1936. Lardner was a Republican, and a member of the Niles Elks Lodge, Trinity Episcopal Church and of the Men's Club of Trinity Church.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home. Services will be announced later.
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 6, 1954, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Lardner Rites Set
Funeral services for Henry Lardner, 518 South Third street, who died Friday in this home, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Trinity Episcopal Church with the rector, the Rev. John G. Carlton officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Lardner's two sons, George of New York City and Fred of Washington, D.C. are in the city to attend rites. A niece, Mrs. Stewart Tautphaus Green of Mount Clemens, also is in the city.