Harry T. Swartz, Sr.
Dec. 1, 1873-Dec. 19, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 19, 1950; page 2, col. 5, microfilm, Niles District Library

Harry T. Swartz, Sr., 216 Eagle (illegible text) a.m. today in (illegible text) an illness of 10 days.

Surviving are his widow, Frances, and their children, Howard, Harry, Jr., Jack, all of Niles, and Lyle, of Andrews, Ind., and 11 grandchildren.  He had no brothers or sisters.

Swartz was born Dec. 1, 1873, in Niles, and had lived here all his life.  He was a building mover.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Rev. L. George Beacock, Methodist pastor. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Charles C. Asmus
Feb. 4, 1876-July 7, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 8, 1954, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles C. Asmus, died at the home of his son, Clarence, 1527 North Twelfth street, at 11:40 p.m.  Wednesday. His wife did in January of 1953.

surviving are three sons, Alfred, DeVerne and Clarence, all of Niles; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, and two brothers, George, of Niles, and John Asmus, of Kalamazoo.

He was born on Feb. 4, 1876, in Niles, and has lived here all his life. He was a maintenance foreman for The Kawneer Company, where he had been employed for 33 years.

Asmus was a member of the 25-Year Club at The Kawneer Company, of the Brotherhood of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church and of the Maccabee Lodge.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be held at 2 p.m Saturday. The . . .[illegible] . .

Michael Lee Anderson
August 16, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 17, 1954, page 2, col. 2-3, microfilm Niles District Library

Michael Lee Anderson was stillborn to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anderson, of Anderson road, Monday morning at Pawating Hospital.

Surviving are his gradnmothers[sic], Mrs. Mio Anderson and Mrs. Fern Tyson, both of Niles; two brothers, David and William, and one sister, Caroline, all at home.

Committal services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at Silverbrook Cemetery, with the Rev. John G. Carlton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, officiating.

Robert L. Bauer
May 23, 1920-Nov. 23, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Friday, November 24, 1950; page 1, col. 2, microfilm, Niles District Library

Robert L. Bauer, 30, 2235 North Fifth street, died at 3:53 a.m. yesterday in Pawating hospital.  He had been ill four days following an auto accident on M-40.

He was injured Sunday morning when the car he was driving missed a curve and struck a tree three miles north of Niles on M-40.  Hospital officials said he suffered fractured ribs and a broken leg in the crash.

Bauer was born in Niles May 23, 1920, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bauer and lived here all of his life.  He was employed as a truck driver.  In 1938 he was married to Doris Hamrick in Rochester, Ind.  He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church.

Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Robert Jr. and Richard Lee, at home; and a brother Donald L. Bauer, of Caro, Mich.

Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Theodore (illegible text) officiating (illegible text).

Erickia Ann Brazo
Sept. 28, 1975-Oct. 21, 1975

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 22, 1975, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES- Erickia Ann Brazo, 23-day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Brazo, 1433 Lawndale, died at 10:25 p.m. Tuesday at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo.

Born Sept. 28, 1975 in Niles, the infant also is survived by her grandparents, Mr.and Mrs. Gilbert Brazo of Niles and Howard Knapp of Sarasota, Fla.; a great-grandfather, Ralph Walters of South Bend; and a sister, Jennifer Lynn, at home.

Graveside rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Silverbrook Cemetery with the Rev. Karen S. Slager of Wesley United Methodist Church officiating.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Stella F. Bucher
Sept. 21, 1888-Aug. 30, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 31, 1954, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs Stella F. Bucher of 968 South Thirteenth street, died at 9:45 p.m. Monday at Pawating Hospital. She had been ill since October, 1953.

She was born in Kentucky Sept. 21, 1888, and lived in Niles 47 years. 

Survivors are her husband, Jacob; a son, Earnest Bucher of Los Angeles, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Frankland, Niles; five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren,; two brothers, Warren Crow, Granger, Ind., Vete Crow, Plymouth, Ind., and two sisters, Mrs. Mark Feighner of Niles and Mrs. Helen Hostetter of Detroit.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Rev. Richard Bonner, Church of Christ, pastor. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.