Ezra Oscar Moore
May 3, 1881—Feb. 18, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 21, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Ezra Oscar Moore, 67, rural route two, Berrien Springs, was found dead about 2 p.m. yesterday at this home where he lived alone. It was thought he died suddenly Wednesday evening.

Last rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pifer funeral home with the Rev. G.A. Steeby officiating. Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Surviving are the following children: Cloyd Moore, Niles; Mrs. Sam Davis, Barron Lake; Mearl Moore, Sumnerville; Raymond Moore, Lakeville; Mrs. Mildred Dean, and Floyd Moore, both of South Bend; and two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Riley, Aurora, Ill., and Mrs. Juestin Masteller, Rochester, Ind.

Moore was born May 3, 1881 in Athens, Ind. He moved to Berrien Springs from Rochester, Ind., in 1928, and has been employed by the Clark Equipment company.

Steven Eugene Pascoe
Jan. 1, 1948-March 30, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 13, 1948, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

INFANT SON DIES

Steven Eugene Pascoe, three-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Pascoe, Buchanan road, died suddenly at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the residence.

He leaves besides his parents, a brother and sister, Richard and Marilyn, both at home; great-grandparents, James Pascoe, Benton Harbor; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wade, Dowagiac; Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Smalley, Hartford, and Mrs. Grace Paige, Fond du Lac, Wis.; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pascoe, Dowagiac, and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Smalley, Niles.

He was born on Jan. 1, 1948, in Pawating hospital. Services will be conducted by the Rev. H.L. Nicholson, pastor of Trinity Episcopal church, at 11 a.m., Thursday in the Kiger funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Garnette Mae Pierce
March 9, 1918-March 16, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 17, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Garnette Mae Pierce, 30, 547 First Court, died Tuesday morning at Doctors hospital, Benton Harbor, just five days after the birth of her son, Dean Bachman, who is still in the hospital.

Mrs. Pierce was born in Niles, March 9, 1918, and had lived here all her life. She was married to Homer Pierce April 25, 1936, in La Grange, Ind.

Surviving, in addition t the widower and the infant son, are her mother, Mrs. Chester Powell; father Emil Bachman; and a son, Don Elden, all of Niles.

Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home where services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m.; the Rev. L. George Beacock, of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Carl G. Schumacher
Jan. 21, 1888-Feb. 1, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, Feb 1, 1948, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Orvis funeral home in South Bend for Carl G. Schumacher, 60, former Niles resident, who was fund dead in his bed Tuesday at his residence in South Bend. Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage, and time of death set at 10 a.m. Sunday

Born Jan. 21, 1888, in Germany, Mrs. Schumacher left Niles 15 years ago to go to South Bend, where he was employed as a night watchman by the Singer Manufacturing company. Surviving are a son, Harold, of California; a brother, August G., of South Bend; and a sister, Mrs. Anna Hoffman, South Bend

The services were conducted by the Rev. Frank E. Davison, pastor of the First Christian church in South Bend, and burial was in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles.

Ora Anna Scofield
1874-March 3, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 4, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Ora Anna Scofield, 74 died at 6:40 p.m., Wednesday in her home at 210 North Tenth street. She had been ill since December 1947. Mrs. Scofild[sic], born in Royalton township in 1874, had resided in Niles most of her life. She had been the wife of the late Edward Scofield. Surviving are five children: Mabel Scofield, St. Joseph; Mrs. Ethel Peace, Buchanan; Laura Scofield, Niles; Mrs. Lottie Mark, Niles, two step-children: Mrs. Carrie Byron, Allegan; Mrs. Jennie Schoenfelder, Stevensville; 21 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; two half-sisters, Mrs. H.R. Ells, Benton Harbor, and Mrs. Earl Elliott, Kalamazoo. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pifer funeral home; the Rev. Clarence K. Graham, Pastor of the First Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Rita Mae Shefsick
Sept. 14, 1947-March 28, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 29, 1948, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

SHEFSICK INFANT DIES

Rita Mae Shefsick, six and one-half month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shefsick, rural route one, died of pneuomina[sic] Sunday afternoon at Pawating hospital.

Surviving, besides the parents, are a brother, Norman, at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Shefsick, Maryville, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. Shepard, Logansport, Ind.

The infant was born on Sept. 14, 1947, in Niles and had been ill since birth. Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Pifer funeral home by the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.