Edward (Budgie) Niswander

Male 1916 - 1988  (72 years)


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  • Name Edward (Budgie) Niswander 
    Born 22 Mar 1916  Coopers, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 05 Dec 1988  Salem, Roanoke Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • OBITUARY

      Edward L. Budgie Niswander, 72, of Box 215, Bramwell, died Sunday, December 5, 1988 in Salem, Virginia.

      Born March 22, 1916 in Coopers, he was a son of the late Thomas A. and Jennie Murrell Niswander.

      He was a lifelong resident of Bramwell and a member of Elizabeth Bowen Jones Memorial Methodist Church, where he served as chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was a member of Royal Order of Jesters, Bramwell Lodge No. 45, Bluefield Shrine Patrol, Bluefield Commandery No 19 K. T. and Beni Kedem Temple in Charleston. He was a member of Bluefield Shrine Club, Bluefield Chapeter No. 20 R.A.M. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. Disabled American Veterans.

      He was preceded in death by one daughter, Sherrie Ann Niswander, one sister Audrey Shrader and two brothers, Denny Niswander and Hughie Niswander.

      Survivors: wife Athaline Miller Niswander; sisters Mrs. Helen Farris of Muncie, In., and Mrs. Virginia Peters of Bluefield; brothers, Walter ?Babe' Niswander of Honoraville, Al and Woodrow Niswander of Jacksonville, N.C.
      The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ray Conrad officiating and burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

      Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
      Bramwell Masonic Lodge No. 45 will conduct graveside rites.
      Published December 5, 1988 in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
    Person ID I14134  Master File
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2012 

    Father Thomas Andrew Niswander,   b. 21 Jul 1879, Bland Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1962, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Jennie Evelyn Murrell,   b. 17 Jan 1884, Falls Mills, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1949, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F7770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thelma Atheline Millier,   b. 16 Nov 1919, Spanishburg, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 2009, Bramwell, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sherrie Ann Niswander,   b. 31 Jul 1943, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Dec 1961, Bramwell, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2012 
    Family ID F7772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart