Submitted: Diana Brown
South Bend Tribune
February 14, 1959
Miss Charlotte Brown Peffley, 81 of 1222 Lincoln Way E.,
died at 3:30 a.m. today in the home of her niece, Mrs. Bertram
Leer, with whom she lived, after a three years illness. She
was born in South Bend Sept. 24, 1877, and had been employed as a
nurse at Wilson Bros. for over 30 years. Surviving are a sister,
Mrs. Clara Birner of South Bend, another niece and a nephew.
Friends may call after noon Sunday in the Orvis Funeral
Home where services will be at 2 p.m. Monday. Rev. John D. Wolf,
pastor of St. Pauls Memorial Methodist Church, will
officiate and burial will be in City Cemetery.
Miss Peffley was a member of the church and has taught
Sunday school there for 40 years. She was a member of the Womans
Relief Corps of the Civil War.
February 15, 1959-
Peffley-Pallbearers for the services at 2 p.m. Monday at
Orvis Funeral Home for Miss Charlotte Brown Peffley, 1222 Lincoln
Way E., will be Louis Chreist, Harvey Klockow, William B. Murray,
Hsrry P. Hamilton, Charles L. Shedrick and H.W. Carlton. Burial
will be in City Cemetery.
*Note: Daughter of Simon Peter & Eleanor Brown Peffley