Pauline B. Neese, 88
March 17, 1923 — Dec. 27, 2011
Pauline B. Neese, age 88 years of Dayflower in Niles and longtime resident of Shamrock Drive, Niles, died at 8:28 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2011 following an extended illness.
She was born on March 17, 1923 in Chicago to Guy and Marjorie (McIntosh) Bryant, and graduated from high school in Chicago. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Omaha (Nebraska), and a Masters degree in education from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. She has lived in Michigan since the 1940s and taught special education in Brandywine, Niles, and Berrien Springs.
Pauline was a member of the Michigan Education Association and other professional organizations. She enjoyed sewing, especially making her own clothing, traveling throughout the United States by motorhome, and enjoyed her pets, many of which came as stray cats.
On Feb. 8, 1958 in Flint, Michigan she married Walter Neese, who survives. Also surviving are the children, Robert (& Ginna) Dyche of Basalt, Colorado, Susan (& Terry) Mason of Dowagiac, Michigan and Jerry (& Peggy) Dyche of Buchanan, Michigan; grandchildren Vikie Mason, Angela (& Andy) Hipskind, Robin (& Matthew) Hall, Ryan (& Jami) Mason, and Jeremy Dyche; and great grandchildren, Mason Hall, Gavin Hall, Charlie Hipskind, and Drew Hipskind.
Pauline was preceded in death by her parents, and by her brother, Robert Bryant.
The funeral service for Pauline B. Neese will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the Halbritter Funeral Home with Chaplain Scott Labbe of Hospice at Home officiating. Interment will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
The family will receive relatives and friends beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Contributions in memory of Pauline may be made to pet refuge.
Niles Daily Star, Published online 6:01pm Thursday, December 29, 2011