The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-12-20
BrattlebOrO Local
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Charles II. Niles.


.. ,ar as is known, Mrs. Charles IL.
Niles, 81, fell dead upon the moor ~ %
the dining room at her nome at ~
Central street Tuesday morning 9no
and her husband attended a concert IN
,Lo auditorium the night before, anu
nm Tuesday morning Mr.. Niles went 70
hfs ,york before Mrs. Niles arose sue
Laae him good bye and appeared 10
10 "a we'll as usual. About 9.3O CLOCK
hor sister Miss Emma Lundberg VINO,
with her father, lives at IL Neh'sa'
street. went to Mrs, Niles nome loI
her usual morning call and was snoeH ,I
90 end Mrs. Niles on the floor III her
,irbtelotbes. She tried in every way
nassihle 10 minister to her sister Out
Il was apparent that death had taken
,,Iaca some minutes before. An au'
ionsv was performed Wednesday al
tornoon lint the cause of death was not
revealed. Mrs Niles had no organic
heart trouble, but it is thought tha'
deatb NAV have been caused py some
sudden trouble with the heart, ana d
microseopical examination OF that OF
ran * beinp made at the state iaoora'
sorv Whether she felt change come
oycr her and started toward the SIDE
hoord for a stimulant or was gong
through the dining room to the pain
room will never be known Inc sounu
of the fall was heard by the lahlHl
down stairs in the same house. pu'
- was attributed to snow falling from
Tho roof Mrs. Niles had not been
strong for many years, being afflcteu
I'm a disease of the nerves, but for
the mast few months she had been Del
Ter and was unusually happy IN the
thought that she was making progress
toward recovery. ,,. .
Her maiden name was Abbie >:
Impdberg. She was a daughter oil
Gnstavus and Frances (Field) Lund-
hero and was born in Brattleboro
Anil s. 1876. She attended the Brat
tleboro high school, but she was
obliged to leave school on account OF
illness shortly before commencement
Her marriage to Charles II. Niles, VINO
is head clerk in the retail department
at Dunbam Brothers shoe store, TOOK
Mace Oct. II. 1899, and before NOV
inc TO Central street they lived on
prosnect street. She was lover Oh
music and taught violin both petore
and after her marriage. Formerly she
was an active worker in the unlVef'
salist church and Sunday school Every
act Of Mrs. Niles s life was character,
lied bv the deepest sincerity and
frapkness. and through her Iovabie ma
ture she contributed much to the pleas
IRE of her friends. She was member
of the Brattleboro Woman's club. bel
mother died April 5, 1906. Besides
her husband and her father Mrs. Niles
leaves one sister, Miss Emma Lund
berg. who taught school in Springfield
Mass. until her mother S death;
haIf-sister. Mrs. Frank l.. Burnett OF
Brattleboro, and half brother, james
olive of HYDE Park, Mass. The fu
neral will be held at her father S hon,
at l clock today, Rev. Delmar Z
Trout, pastor of the Universalls
church, officiating. Burial will be Il
Meeting House Hill cemetery.
Later-A report of the mieroseop
zeal examination was received TIM
morning. 1t states that the arterie
in the wall of the heart and the man
artery leading from the heart wer
badlv diseased and that the muscle
of the heart also were affected. Thl
NAV have been the cause OF Mrs
Niles s i'll health for so many years