Bertha J. Kiles, eldest daughter of Aaron and Ella Waite, was born in LaGrange county, Indiana, on December 25, 1877, and passed away December 28, 1962, at the Elmhurst hospital in Angola, being aged 85 years and 3 days.
Her early life was spent in Branch county, Michigan. At the age of fourteen, she was baptized by the Rev. Cole of the United Brethren Church of East Gilead, Michigan. On February 11, 1908, she was united in marriage to Hugh Kiles and moved to Steuben County, where she spent the remainder of her life.
She leaves to mourn her loss three sons, Ray Holiday of Angola; Max Kiles of Lakewood, Ohio; and Leland Kiles of Orland; two daughters, Arlene Slick Cassell of Angola and Leola Cassel of Paulding, Ohio; 16 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Clarence Waite of Angola and Perry Waite of Crooked Lake; one siser, Laura Hayward of Coldwater, Michigan, and several nieces and nephews, as well as a host of friends, among whom were several young men to whom she appeared not only as friend but foster mother.
STEUBEN REPUBLICAN
January 9, 1963,
p. 3, col. 2.
Her early life was spent in Branch county, Michigan. At the age of fourteen, she was baptized by the Rev. Cole of the United Brethren Church of East Gilead, Michigan. On February 11, 1908, she was united in marriage to Hugh Kiles and moved to Steuben County, where she spent the remainder of her life.
She leaves to mourn her loss three sons, Ray Holiday of Angola; Max Kiles of Lakewood, Ohio; and Leland Kiles of Orland; two daughters, Arlene Slick Cassell of Angola and Leola Cassel of Paulding, Ohio; 16 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Clarence Waite of Angola and Perry Waite of Crooked Lake; one siser, Laura Hayward of Coldwater, Michigan, and several nieces and nephews, as well as a host of friends, among whom were several young men to whom she appeared not only as friend but foster mother.
STEUBEN REPUBLICAN
January 9, 1963,
p. 3, col. 2.
Bertha J. Kiles, eldest daughter of Aaron and Ella Waite, was born in LaGrange county, Indiana, on December 25, 1877, and passed away December 28, 1962, at the Elmhurst hospital in Angola, being aged 85 years and 3 days.
Her early life was spent in Branch county, Michigan. At the age of fourteen, she was baptized by the Rev. Cole of the United Brethren Church of East Gilead, Michigan. On February 11, 1908, she was united in marriage to Hugh Kiles and moved to Steuben County, where she spent the remainder of her life.
She leaves to mourn her loss three sons, Ray Holiday of Angola; Max Kiles of Lakewood, Ohio; and Leland Kiles of Orland; two daughters, Arlene Slick Cassell of Angola and Leola Cassel of Paulding, Ohio; 16 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Clarence Waite of Angola and Perry Waite of Crooked Lake; one siser, Laura Hayward of Coldwater, Michigan, and several nieces and nephews, as well as a host of friends, among whom were several young men to whom she appeared not only as friend but foster mother.
STEUBEN REPUBLICAN
January 9, 1963,
p. 3, col. 2.
Her early life was spent in Branch county, Michigan. At the age of fourteen, she was baptized by the Rev. Cole of the United Brethren Church of East Gilead, Michigan. On February 11, 1908, she was united in marriage to Hugh Kiles and moved to Steuben County, where she spent the remainder of her life.
She leaves to mourn her loss three sons, Ray Holiday of Angola; Max Kiles of Lakewood, Ohio; and Leland Kiles of Orland; two daughters, Arlene Slick Cassell of Angola and Leola Cassel of Paulding, Ohio; 16 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Clarence Waite of Angola and Perry Waite of Crooked Lake; one siser, Laura Hayward of Coldwater, Michigan, and several nieces and nephews, as well as a host of friends, among whom were several young men to whom she appeared not only as friend but foster mother.
STEUBEN REPUBLICAN
January 9, 1963,
p. 3, col. 2.
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