Daughter of David Gerberich and Catherine Miller she married Nathaniel H Bacon on May 31 1904

Sunday, 01 February 2009 10:19

Kate Bacon

Nov. 13, 1870 – April 20, 1940

Mrs. Kate Bacon taken by death.

Mrs. Kate G. Bacon, 69, prominent in Niles club circles for a number of years, died this morning at 10:30 in Pawating hospital. Mrs. Bacon, who became ill Wednesday, was taken form her home at 16 North Fifth Street to the hospital Friday night in a diabetic coma.

She was born in Howard Township Nov. 13, 1870, and was the widow of the late Attorney, N.H. Bacon. Survivors include two sister, Mrs. S.C. Thomson and Mrs. William VanNess, both of Niles; a brother, Charles E. Gerberich, Everett and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Bacon was particularly interested in musical activities in the city. She was one of first member of the Niles Musical club although she had dropped her club membership in the past few years. At one time she was organist in the First Presbyterian Church.

Rites Tuesday Afternoon at 3 for Mrs. Bacon

Funeral services for Mrs. Kate G. Bacon, who died Saturday morning in Pawating hospital after an illness of a few days, will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 in the Rutherford funeral home.

The service will be under auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, and will be conducted by Durlin H. Wheeler. Burial will be in Silverbook cemetery.

Mrs. Bacon, a member of the Seepewa club and a former member of the Musical club, had been prominent in club and musical activities in the city for a number of years. She was the widow of the late Attorney N.H. Bacon.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

The Christian Science church and the Seepewa club are other organizations of which she was a member.

Friends may call at the Rutherford Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Published Niles Daly Star