Maude A. Rooks
Oct. 3, 1886-July 23, 1955
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, July 23, 1955, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Maude A. Rooks, 68, of 1303 Barron Lake Road, died at 7:35 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital following an illness of about one and a half weeks.
Mrs Rooks was born Oct. 3, 1886, in Mendon, Mich., and came to Niles from Holland, Mich., about 25 years ago. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and the First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are: her husband, Albert; two sons, Leslie Rooks, of Niles and Lloyd Rooks, of South Bend; a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Peabody, of Niles; two grandchildren and a brother, Bert Miller, of Cassopolis.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home with Dr. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home.