Michael John Graham
Sept. 4, 1951-Sept. 4, 1951

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 5, 1951; page 2, col. 3, microfilm, Niles District Library

Michael John Graham was stillborn at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pawating hospital.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Bruce Graham 704 North Fourth street, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Graham, of Niles.

Committal services were conducted at the graveside at 4 pm. today by the Rev. Donald C. Ford, retired pastor of the First Church of Christ.  Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Fannie B. Knox 
July 6, 1866-June 2, 1935

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 4, 1935, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

MIS. FANNIE KNOX DIES IN DETROIT

Former Niles Woman Passes Away After Illness Lasting a Year.

Announcement of the death of Mrs. Fannie B. Knox, Detroit, a former Niles resident, reached Niles friends of Mrs. Knox Monday.  She had been ill for the last year.

Mrs. Knox was born in Bertrand township July 6, 1866. She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Badger and is the last of a family of six children.  She spent her early life in Niles and graduated from the Niles high school.

She was married to E. Clifford Knox, July 10, 1899[sic].  Mr. Knox also was a member of a Berrien county pioneer family.  After their married they went to St. Paul, Minn. Where they lived until 1904. They returned that year taking up their residence near the city limits. Mr. Knox died soon after their return to Michigan.  

Mrs. Knox was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church and was a member of the Eastern Star.  

Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. C. J. Cutting, Detroit, with whom she had lived for the last 13 years; a son, James C. Knox, Chicago road, and three grandchildren, Jimmy and Jean Knox and Clifford Cutting.

Funeral services will be held in the Price and Kiger funeral home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Dr. Guy W. Simon officiating.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 5, 1935, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News In Brief: KNOX RITES ANNOUNCED

Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie B. Knox, who died Sunday in Detroit, will be held at the Price and Kiger funeral home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Guy W. Simon officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Note:  DOB and maiden name from Michigan Death records; per Berrien County Marriage records dom was July 10, 1889.

Mary McGinley 
April 21, 1858-Aug. 10, 1935

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 12, 1935, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News In Brief:  MRS. McGINLEY STRICKEN

Mrs. Mary McGinley, 77, died at her home south of Niles on Brandywine creek Saturday afternoon after a long illness.  She leaves her husband, Samuel; one son and one daughter, Frank Clark, Cleveland, and Mrs. Marie Christiansen, Louisville, Ky.; two brothers, Jacob, Miller, Coloma; Harry Miller, Benton Harbor, and two sisters, Mrs. Amelia Edinbrough, Benton Harbor, and Mrs. Minnie Rowell, Milburn, Mich. Services will be held at the Price and Kiger funeral home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.  Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home until the hour of the services.

Note: DOB/Maiden Name from Michigan Death record

Alwin C. Opfel
Dec. 29, 1864-June 2, 1935

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 3, 1935, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

FORMER RESIDENT OF NILES STRICKEN

Alwin C. Opfel, 71, Dies Sunday at Home in South Bend.

Alwin C. Opfel, former resident of Niles and for 27 years a resident of Berrien county, died Sunday night at his home in South Bend.  Mr. Opfel was 71 years old.

He was born in Covert, Mich., Dec. 29, 1864.  As a young man he spent three years n  Fargo, S.D., returning to Michigan in 1886. In 1889 he was married to Miss Cora Palmer, of Watervliet, who survives him.  The family moved to South Bend in 1923.

While in Niles, the family attended the Presbyterian church and was widely known here in church and social circles.

Surviving are Mrs. Opfel, a daughter, Myrtle, at home; two sons, Raymond C. and Roye E. of South Bend, two granddaughters, a sister, Mrs. William Baldwin, St. Louis, MO, and a brother, Burton, Cushing, Okla.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Price and Kiger funeral home and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.  The body will be at the family home in South Bend, 522 East Ewing avenue until the day of the funeral.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 4, 1935, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News In Brief:  OPFEL RITES WEDNESDAY

Funeral services for Alwin C. Opfel, 71, who died at his home in South Bend Sunday, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Price and Kiger funeral home. The Rev. H.L. Ferguson, rector of St. James Episcopal church in South Bend, will officiate.  Mr. Opfel was a former resident of Niels and he and his family were members of Trinity Episcopal church during their residence here.

Kay M. Ramsey 
Oct. 25, 1931-Oct. 17, 1975

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, October 18, 1975, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Mrs. Kay M. Ramsey, 43, 1819 N. Fifth St., was pronounced dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital at 10:40 a.m. Friday. She died suddenly.

She was born on Oct. 25, 1931 in Mitchell, S.D., and had lived in Niles since 1954, coming from Davenport, Iowa.

She is survived by her father, Walter Meeker of Phoenix, Ariz., one son, Robert Ramsey of Niles, one daughter, Mrs. Jeffrey (Barbara) Martin of Mt. Pleasant and one sister, Mrs. Lainey Rodes of Marion, Iowa.

Sevices[sic] for Mrs. Ramsey will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Halbritter Funeral Home with Joel E. Scholefield of the South Bend Unitarian Church officiating.

Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Anna Siefer 
Oct. 23, 1876-Feb. 28, 1951

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 2, 1951; page 2, col.  5, microfilm, Niles District Library (from K. Alton)

Mrs. Anna Siefer, 251 Bond street, died suddenly of a heart attack sometime on Wednesday, Feb. 28.  She was found in her home Thursday morning. (illegible) William Weiser, of Niles.  Mrs. Siefer was born on Oct. 23, 1876, in Niles, and has lived here since returning from California six years ago.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. G.A. Steeby, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.