Father: Casper Hefte b. Canton Florus, Switzerland
Mother: Mariam Peltier Hefte b. Lodringen, Alsace Loraine
Married: Oct 30, 1888, Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
Mrs. Emma Bard, widow of Edmund F. Bard, and well-known resident of Benton township. died Saturday at 5:30 p. m. at the Bard home on Highland avenue, after an illness of nearly four years. A heart ailment and complications brought. on her demise.
A leader in civic enterprises, Mrs. Bard was especially interested in school work and the education and welfare of the children residing in the section east of Benton Harbor. She was a member of the Hull school board many years ago, and when it was decided to split up the district and have another school, the new building was named in her honor. The Bard family contributed the original lots for the Bard school, and later provided additional land for playground purposes.
Mrs. Bard was born February 5, 1870 in New York City, Her father was Caspar Hefte, a native of Switzerland, and her mother was the former Marianne Peltier, of Alsace Lorraine, France. Mrs. Bard
was married to E. F. Bard in Octo- ber, 1888 in New York City where he was assistant general ticket agent of the elevated railroad. They moved to Chicago in 1892 where Mr. Bard was auditor for the Chicago Elevated Railroad. It was in connection with public accountant work that they moved to Benton Harbor in 1902, first residing at the corner of Main and McCord streets, then the city limits, and six years later moving to the present homesite. Mr. Bard died June 22, 1939.
Mrs. Bard was a member of the Ossoli club 40 years and served in all its offices. She was the first president of the Morton Hill P. T. A. and also served as county presi- dent of the P. T. A. for a number of years. She was on the civic committee in planning and laying out Morton and Hall park.
Mrs. Bard was one of the first to instigate a drive for funds with which to enlarge Mercy hospital, following the death of her son, Edmund, when he was 12 years of age. Others took up the drive and made a community plan for its enlargement. In her connection with the Bard P. T. A. the school was given additional branches of study, especially music in which the deceased was interested. In 1928 she was appointed chairman of the ways and means committee of Fourth Congressional district, and was one of the Republican committeemen of Berrien county. She was a member of the Methodist Peace Temple.
Surviving Mrs. Bard are two daughters, Edith and Marianne Bard, teachers in the Detroit schools; a son, Calvin Bard, in California, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the Slaughter & Hill funeral home, the Rev. Glenn M. Frye, pas-tor of the Benton Harbor Methodist Peace Temple, officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in Morton Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, where the body will lie in state until the hour of the funeral.
Published in The Herald-Press
Saint Joseph, Michigan
Monday, May 4, 1942
Mother: Mariam Peltier Hefte b. Lodringen, Alsace Loraine
Married: Oct 30, 1888, Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
Mrs. Emma Bard, widow of Edmund F. Bard, and well-known resident of Benton township. died Saturday at 5:30 p. m. at the Bard home on Highland avenue, after an illness of nearly four years. A heart ailment and complications brought. on her demise.
A leader in civic enterprises, Mrs. Bard was especially interested in school work and the education and welfare of the children residing in the section east of Benton Harbor. She was a member of the Hull school board many years ago, and when it was decided to split up the district and have another school, the new building was named in her honor. The Bard family contributed the original lots for the Bard school, and later provided additional land for playground purposes.
Mrs. Bard was born February 5, 1870 in New York City, Her father was Caspar Hefte, a native of Switzerland, and her mother was the former Marianne Peltier, of Alsace Lorraine, France. Mrs. Bard
was married to E. F. Bard in Octo- ber, 1888 in New York City where he was assistant general ticket agent of the elevated railroad. They moved to Chicago in 1892 where Mr. Bard was auditor for the Chicago Elevated Railroad. It was in connection with public accountant work that they moved to Benton Harbor in 1902, first residing at the corner of Main and McCord streets, then the city limits, and six years later moving to the present homesite. Mr. Bard died June 22, 1939.
Mrs. Bard was a member of the Ossoli club 40 years and served in all its offices. She was the first president of the Morton Hill P. T. A. and also served as county presi- dent of the P. T. A. for a number of years. She was on the civic committee in planning and laying out Morton and Hall park.
Mrs. Bard was one of the first to instigate a drive for funds with which to enlarge Mercy hospital, following the death of her son, Edmund, when he was 12 years of age. Others took up the drive and made a community plan for its enlargement. In her connection with the Bard P. T. A. the school was given additional branches of study, especially music in which the deceased was interested. In 1928 she was appointed chairman of the ways and means committee of Fourth Congressional district, and was one of the Republican committeemen of Berrien county. She was a member of the Methodist Peace Temple.
Surviving Mrs. Bard are two daughters, Edith and Marianne Bard, teachers in the Detroit schools; a son, Calvin Bard, in California, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the Slaughter & Hill funeral home, the Rev. Glenn M. Frye, pas-tor of the Benton Harbor Methodist Peace Temple, officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in Morton Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, where the body will lie in state until the hour of the funeral.
Published in The Herald-Press
Saint Joseph, Michigan
Monday, May 4, 1942
Father: Casper Hefte b. Canton Florus, Switzerland
Mother: Mariam Peltier Hefte b. Lodringen, Alsace Loraine
Married: Oct 30, 1888, Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
Mrs. Emma Bard, widow of Edmund F. Bard, and well-known resident of Benton township. died Saturday at 5:30 p. m. at the Bard home on Highland avenue, after an illness of nearly four years. A heart ailment and complications brought. on her demise.
A leader in civic enterprises, Mrs. Bard was especially interested in school work and the education and welfare of the children residing in the section east of Benton Harbor. She was a member of the Hull school board many years ago, and when it was decided to split up the district and have another school, the new building was named in her honor. The Bard family contributed the original lots for the Bard school, and later provided additional land for playground purposes.
Mrs. Bard was born February 5, 1870 in New York City, Her father was Caspar Hefte, a native of Switzerland, and her mother was the former Marianne Peltier, of Alsace Lorraine, France. Mrs. Bard
was married to E. F. Bard in Octo- ber, 1888 in New York City where he was assistant general ticket agent of the elevated railroad. They moved to Chicago in 1892 where Mr. Bard was auditor for the Chicago Elevated Railroad. It was in connection with public accountant work that they moved to Benton Harbor in 1902, first residing at the corner of Main and McCord streets, then the city limits, and six years later moving to the present homesite. Mr. Bard died June 22, 1939.
Mrs. Bard was a member of the Ossoli club 40 years and served in all its offices. She was the first president of the Morton Hill P. T. A. and also served as county presi- dent of the P. T. A. for a number of years. She was on the civic committee in planning and laying out Morton and Hall park.
Mrs. Bard was one of the first to instigate a drive for funds with which to enlarge Mercy hospital, following the death of her son, Edmund, when he was 12 years of age. Others took up the drive and made a community plan for its enlargement. In her connection with the Bard P. T. A. the school was given additional branches of study, especially music in which the deceased was interested. In 1928 she was appointed chairman of the ways and means committee of Fourth Congressional district, and was one of the Republican committeemen of Berrien county. She was a member of the Methodist Peace Temple.
Surviving Mrs. Bard are two daughters, Edith and Marianne Bard, teachers in the Detroit schools; a son, Calvin Bard, in California, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the Slaughter & Hill funeral home, the Rev. Glenn M. Frye, pas-tor of the Benton Harbor Methodist Peace Temple, officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in Morton Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, where the body will lie in state until the hour of the funeral.
Published in The Herald-Press
Saint Joseph, Michigan
Monday, May 4, 1942
Mother: Mariam Peltier Hefte b. Lodringen, Alsace Loraine
Married: Oct 30, 1888, Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
Mrs. Emma Bard, widow of Edmund F. Bard, and well-known resident of Benton township. died Saturday at 5:30 p. m. at the Bard home on Highland avenue, after an illness of nearly four years. A heart ailment and complications brought. on her demise.
A leader in civic enterprises, Mrs. Bard was especially interested in school work and the education and welfare of the children residing in the section east of Benton Harbor. She was a member of the Hull school board many years ago, and when it was decided to split up the district and have another school, the new building was named in her honor. The Bard family contributed the original lots for the Bard school, and later provided additional land for playground purposes.
Mrs. Bard was born February 5, 1870 in New York City, Her father was Caspar Hefte, a native of Switzerland, and her mother was the former Marianne Peltier, of Alsace Lorraine, France. Mrs. Bard
was married to E. F. Bard in Octo- ber, 1888 in New York City where he was assistant general ticket agent of the elevated railroad. They moved to Chicago in 1892 where Mr. Bard was auditor for the Chicago Elevated Railroad. It was in connection with public accountant work that they moved to Benton Harbor in 1902, first residing at the corner of Main and McCord streets, then the city limits, and six years later moving to the present homesite. Mr. Bard died June 22, 1939.
Mrs. Bard was a member of the Ossoli club 40 years and served in all its offices. She was the first president of the Morton Hill P. T. A. and also served as county presi- dent of the P. T. A. for a number of years. She was on the civic committee in planning and laying out Morton and Hall park.
Mrs. Bard was one of the first to instigate a drive for funds with which to enlarge Mercy hospital, following the death of her son, Edmund, when he was 12 years of age. Others took up the drive and made a community plan for its enlargement. In her connection with the Bard P. T. A. the school was given additional branches of study, especially music in which the deceased was interested. In 1928 she was appointed chairman of the ways and means committee of Fourth Congressional district, and was one of the Republican committeemen of Berrien county. She was a member of the Methodist Peace Temple.
Surviving Mrs. Bard are two daughters, Edith and Marianne Bard, teachers in the Detroit schools; a son, Calvin Bard, in California, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the Slaughter & Hill funeral home, the Rev. Glenn M. Frye, pas-tor of the Benton Harbor Methodist Peace Temple, officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in Morton Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, where the body will lie in state until the hour of the funeral.
Published in The Herald-Press
Saint Joseph, Michigan
Monday, May 4, 1942
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