Barbour, Lester

Lester Barbour
July 21, 1889-July 30, 1936 

Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 31, 1936, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

BARBOUR SERVICES SATURDAY AT 4:30; V.F.W. TO ASSIST

Funeral services for Lester Barbour, 47, who took his own life by hanging at Scottville Thursday morning, will be held Saturday afternoon at Rutherford's chapel.  The body will be at the Rutherford mortuary until 4:30 o'clock, the hour of the funeral.  Friends of the former patrolman are asked to call there today and Saturday prior to the services.

Former associates of Mr. Barbour will act as pallbearers.  These will be the following members of the police department:  Chief Lloyd Q. Bates, captain Fred Solloway, and Patrolmen Marion Peterson, Oscar Schrumpf, Thomas Whiteside and Vance Cooper.

Veterans of Foreign Wars, of which  Mr. Barbour was a member, will conduct the committal service at the grave in Silverbrook cemetery.

 

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 3, 1936, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News In Brief:  BARBOUR RITES SATURDAY

Comrades in two patriotic organizations paid tribute to Lester Barbour at the committal services in Silverbrook cemetery Saturday afternoon.  The ritual of th Veterans of Foreign Wars was conducted by that organization, of which Mr. Barbour was a member. The American Legion firing squad fired the salvo over the grave of the ex-service man. The services at the Rutherford mortuary were conducted by the Rev. G. W. Simon. Members of the police department, who had long been associates of Mr. Barbour, acted as pallbearers.

Note: DOB from Michigan Death record