Okerbloom, Sidney

Sidney Okerbloom
Sept. 26, 1926-July 17, 1968

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 18, 1968, page 26, col 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Sydney Akerbloom [sic], 41, 2251 ½ Lake St., died at 4 a.m. yesterday in Pawating Hospital. She had been ill four years.

Mrs. Akerbloom was born September 26, 1926, in Newport, Ark. She lived here since 1959, coming from California.

In addition to her husband, Donald, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Warlaw, Elkgrove, Ill., and two sons, James Crabtree of Niles and Roland Crabtree, serving in Vietnam; two sisters, Mrs. Selma Gibson, Thida, Ark. And Mrs. Doshie Leonard, Solado, Ark.

Funeral services will be held in the Pifer Funeral Home, at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in the Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 19, 1968, page 2, col 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Sidney Okerbloom, 41, 2251 ½ Lake St., died at 4 a.m. yesterday in Pawating Hospital. She had been ill four years.

Mrs. Okerbloom was born September 26, 1926, in Newport, Ark. She lived here since 1959, coming from California.

In addition to her husband, Donald, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Warlow, Elkgrove, Ill., and two sons, James Crabtree of Niles and Roland Crabtree, serving in Vietnam; two sisters, Mrs. Selma Gibson, Thida, Ark. And Mrs. Doshie Leonard, Solado, Ark.; and three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held in the Pifer Funeral Home, at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in the Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home.