Robert ANTON

21 MAR 1903 - 21 NOV 1999

• BIRTH: 21 MAR 1903, Prague, Okres Praha, Czech Republic
• DEATH: 21 NOV 1999, Niles, Berrien, Michigan

• MARRIAGE: 30 JUN 1927, Chicago, Cook, IL

1. +Robert Gerald ANTON

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[N21369] Robert Anton

Birth 21 Mar 1903
Prague, Okres Praha, Czech Republic

Death 21 Nov 1999 (aged 96)
Niles, Berrien County, Michigan

Burial
Silverbrook Cemetery
Niles, Berrien County, Michigan
Plot GM-L,202,2
Memorial ID 58430056

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Robert Anton
March 21, 1903 - Nov. 21, 1999

Robert Anton, 96, passed away of natural causes on Sunday, Nov. 21, while at the Silverbrook Nursing Home. He was born on March 21, 1903, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. In 1920 he immigrated to Chicago, Ill. There he met and married the former Bessie Klapp on July 30, 1927. Theirs was a love match that lasted over 73 years. In 1937 the Antons moved to Cassopolis, Mich., where he farmed and operated a barber shop. He had made his home in Niles, Mich., since retiring in 1976. He is survived by his wife, Bessie; a son, Robert G. Anton; a grandson, Gerald R. Anton; and by three great-grandchildren, Amy, Robert and Patty Anton of Niles; and by a granddaughter, Julie Anton Wiggins of Half Moon Bay, Calif. Services will be at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24, at the First Baptist Church, 1446 E. Main Street, Niles. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m., prior to the services. Interment will be at Silverbrook Cemetery. The Pifer-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Niles.
Submitted by family member; publication details unknown.
Obit obtained from Friends of Silverbrook website.