Louise B. Darnell
Feb. 18, 1910-Oct. 8, 1975
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 8, 1975, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES—Mrs. Louise b. Darnell, 65, 1324 W. River Rd., died at 1:25 a.m. Today at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, after an extended illness.
She was a retired beauty operator and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church,and the Illa-He-Till-A-Kum Club.
Her husband Lewis J. Darnell survives, along with a son, Ralph C. Ballard of Niles; a daughter, Miss Kathleen M. Ballard of Chicago; a brother Edward Hudak of Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Kajzer and Mrs. Monica Matafin, both of South Bend; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be an[sic] noon Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. Bernard I. Mullahy of St. Patrick's Church, South Bend, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday at the Halbritter Funeral Home, where a rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be given to the Niles Community Library.