Walter J. Webster
Jan. 18, 1858-Nov. 17, 1940
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, November 18, 1940, page 2, col 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Walter Webster, Native of Berrien, is Stricken at 82
Walter J. Webster, 82, native of Berrien county, died Sunday afternoon at 5:30 in the home of his son, Floy Webster, Route 3.
He was born in Berrien county Jan. 18, 1858, and had lived most of his life here, except for 14 years with the Studebaker corporation in South Bend. He was employed there from 1917 to 1931.
Surviving are his son Floy and Mrs. Vera Hand, the latter of Berrien Springs. He also leaves four grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday afternoon at 2 in the Price and Kiger chapel, where friends may call prior to the funeral. The Rev. John Hagens, Berrien Springs, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook. Mr. Webster was a member of the Woodmen of the World.
He was married April 14, 1884 to Mary E. Beall, who died in 1905. She was the mother of Floy Webster and Mrs. Hand. In 1914 he was married to Nellie B. Miller, in South Bend. She died in 1937.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, November 22, 1940, page 2, col 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Service Wednesday for Walter Webster
The Rev. John Hagans of Berrien Springs, officiated Wednesday afternoon in the Price and Kiger funeral chapel at services for Walter J. Webster, who died Sunday in the home of his son, Floy Webster, Route 3.
Pallbearers were Joseph File, Lyle Morris, L.H. Sparks, Roscoe Lybrook, Frank Vandenberg and Vern Hunt.
Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.