Thad BRELAND

1 MAR 1916 - 23 JUL 1971

• BIRTH: 1 MAR 1916, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
• DEATH: 23 JUL 1971, Berrien County, Michigan

1.  Frieda Marie BRELAND

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[N30843] Thad G. Breland

Birth 1 Mar 1916
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi

Death 23 Jul 1971 (aged 55)
Berrien County, Michigan

Burial
Galien Township Cemetery
Galien, Berrien County, Michigan
Plot Row 75 Plot 903
Memorial ID 24951801

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The Niles Daily star carried the obituary of Thad Breland on 23 Jul 1971: "Thad G. Breland Buchanan-Thad G. Breland, 55, Galien, died Friday at Benton Harbor Mercy Hospital from injuries he suffered Monday … machine overturned on him. He was employed by the Berrien County Road Commission. Mr Breland was born March 1, 1916, in Vicksburg, Miss., and married Margaret Henspeter on July 29, 1937. She survives. Other survivors include a son, Thad Jr., a sister, Mrs. Lyle Smith of South Bend, three daughters, Mrs. Jack Phillippi, Mrs. Ronald Hein and Mary, all of Galien and his mother, Mrs. Phenie Pease of Buchanan. Other survivors are four half-sisters, Mrs. Audry Diamond of Kalamazoo, Mrs. Orville Sprick of Lake City, Minn., Mrs. Helen Tucker of Brayton, Fla. And Mrs. James Will of Niles and six half-brothers, Clarence Pease of Kendalville, Ind., Delorn Pease of Keystone, Ind., Leonard and Clayton Pease, both of Buchanan, and Denver and Burl Pease of Roanoke, Ind. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Swem-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Joseph Polmounter officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Saturday. Burial will be in Galien Cemetery."