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Mary Nilles

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Mary Nilles

Birth
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
11 Feb 1937 (aged 64)
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
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MARY NILLES

DEATH CLAIMS MISS NILLES
Sister of St. Mark’s Pastor Dies At 1 A.M. Today
TWO RIVERS (Special--Complications resulting from pneumonia caused the death
at 1 o’clock this morning at the Municipal hospital of Miss Mary Nilles, 63,
member of a pioneer Two Rivers family. She had been a patient at the hospital
for the past two weeks.
Miss Nilles kept house for her brother, the Rev. Peter J. Nilles, pastor of
St. Mark’s Catholic church, for 30 years.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o’clock with a solemn requiem
high mass in St. Luke’s Catholic church. The Rev. Father Nilles will be celebrant,
and the deceased’s two cousins, the Rev. George Beth of Crandon and the Rev.
Joseph Glueckstein of New Holstein, will be deacon and subdeacon, respectively.
Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Beduhn
funeral home from 3 p.m. Friday until the hour of services.
Miss Nilles was born in Two Rivers, Jan, 13, 18__, a daughter of Peter Hubert
and Anna Beth Nilles, natives of Germany. The Nilles family immigrated to this
country and settled here in the early sixties. Her father was one of the city’s
pioneer undertakers and also operated a furniture store on 18th street, just
east of Washington street. In his earlier days he was a general contractor.
Surviving are a sister, Miss Kate Nilles of this city, and three brothers, the
Rev. Peter J., Henry J., and Ben Nilles, also all of this city.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 11, 1937 P.11
MARY NILLES

DEATH CLAIMS MISS NILLES
Sister of St. Mark’s Pastor Dies At 1 A.M. Today
TWO RIVERS (Special--Complications resulting from pneumonia caused the death
at 1 o’clock this morning at the Municipal hospital of Miss Mary Nilles, 63,
member of a pioneer Two Rivers family. She had been a patient at the hospital
for the past two weeks.
Miss Nilles kept house for her brother, the Rev. Peter J. Nilles, pastor of
St. Mark’s Catholic church, for 30 years.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o’clock with a solemn requiem
high mass in St. Luke’s Catholic church. The Rev. Father Nilles will be celebrant,
and the deceased’s two cousins, the Rev. George Beth of Crandon and the Rev.
Joseph Glueckstein of New Holstein, will be deacon and subdeacon, respectively.
Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Beduhn
funeral home from 3 p.m. Friday until the hour of services.
Miss Nilles was born in Two Rivers, Jan, 13, 18__, a daughter of Peter Hubert
and Anna Beth Nilles, natives of Germany. The Nilles family immigrated to this
country and settled here in the early sixties. Her father was one of the city’s
pioneer undertakers and also operated a furniture store on 18th street, just
east of Washington street. In his earlier days he was a general contractor.
Surviving are a sister, Miss Kate Nilles of this city, and three brothers, the
Rev. Peter J., Henry J., and Ben Nilles, also all of this city.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 11, 1937 P.11


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  • Added: Jul 8, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148869059/mary-nilles: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Nilles (13 Jan 1873–11 Feb 1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 148869059, citing Calvary Cemetery, Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Aavedt (contributor 47229161).