Edward (Budgie) Niswander

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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.

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Edward married Thelma Atheline Millier. Thelma was born 16 Nov 1919, Spanishburg, Mercer Co. WV; died 10 Aug 2009, Bramwell, Mercer Co. WV; was buried , Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

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Died:
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