Mrs. Flora Bell Riddle

1888-1970

Niles--Mrs. Flora Bell Riddle, 82, of 635 S. St. Jospeh Ave. died at 1:20 p.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital, after a brief illness.
    Born May 13, 1888, in Nilles, she had lived here a lifetime.  On Oct. 12, 1910, in St. Joseph, she married John H. Riddle, who died Sept. 2, 1969.
    Survivors include two sons, Loren and Marcius (Babe), both of Niles; three daughters, Mrs. Lucia Boyle and Flora Riddle, both of Niles, and Mrs. Virginia Repine of Mishawaka, Ind.; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert C. Carson of the First United Methodist Church of Buchanan officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
    Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home.

(Source:  Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1970, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library)