Carl B. Barnett
Oct. 30, 1925-Aug. 3,1950

Niles Daily Star, Friday, August 4, 1950; page 2, col. 5, microfilm, Niles District Library

Rites for Carl Bradford Barnett, of rural route one, Buchanan, who died as the result of an automobile accident near South Bend Thursday morning will be held at 2 p.m.

The Rev. Harold W. Hohman, pastor of St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed church will perform the rites in the Pifer funeral home, where the body may be viewed. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery, Veterans of World War II will conduct committal services.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Barnett, of Vardaman, Miss.; his widow, Betty; his son, Ronald, three step-children, Shirley, Sharon and Vicki Jo Barnett, all at home; his sister, Mrs. Sanford Williams, of Buchanan; four brothers, Slater and James Barnett, both in the army and Edgar and Charles Barnett, of Vardaman; and two step-brothers, Jesse, Jr., and Calvert Barnett, of Vardaman.

Barnett was born in Little Rock, Ark., on Oct. 30, 1925, and came here from Vardaman three years ago. He was employed as a laborer by the Sollitt Construction company in South Bend.

Mrs. Alma M. Garrett
Feb. 23, 1878-June 11, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Monday June 12, 1950; page 2, col. 5, microfilm, Niles District Library

Mrs. Alma M. Garrett, 72, of 330 North Fourth street, died at 12:30 a.m. yesterday at the Mary Moss hospital in Kalamazoo after an illness of eight years.

Mrs. Garrett was born Feb. 23, 1878, in Howard township, Cass county, and lived in the Niles area all of her life. She was a member of the Methodist church here.

Surviving are her husband, Charles W.; a daughter, Mrs. Lyle Jones, of Niles; a son, Carl W., of Hermosa Beach, Cal.; and four grandchildren.

The Rev. L. George Beacock will conduct funeral services at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Kiger funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Ford Walter (aka Fred Woodpuff)
Sept. 28, 1877-June 2, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 5, 1950; page 2, Col. 1, microfilm, Niles District Library

Services for Ford Walter, known here under the name Fred Woodpuff, who was identified by a brother, Frank Walter, of Grand Rapids, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Pifer funeral home.

The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate, and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home.

The deceased, who was found dead as the result of a heart attack early Friday morning was identified by his surviving brother, who said he had not seen him in the past 20 years. He had lived under his assumed name since his residence in Niles for the past 25 years. Walter was born Sept. 28, 1877, in St. Joseph, Ind.

William Pifer, coroner, said the brother, Frank, connected a story published in the Grand Rapids paper concerning the death, with his missing brother, and arrived to identify the body.

Minerva E. Boyle
Sept. 4, 1864-June 6, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 7, 1950; page 2, col. 2, microfilm, Niles District Library

Mrs. Minerva E. Boyle died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. V.R. McGowan, Garver lake at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Surviving besides her daughter are five grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Boyle was born in Tippecanoe, Miami county Ohio, on Sept. 4, 1864, and came here from Toledo 14 years ago. She was a member of the First Methodist church.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday. The Rev.J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, of Holland former pastor of the First Methodist church here, will officiate, and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Catherine Stroupe
Jan. 30, 1867-June 5, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 5, 1950; page 2, column 1, microfilm, Niles District Library

Mrs. Catherine Stroupe, 10 North State Street, died early this morning at the Berrien Center (illegible text).

Surviving are her son and daughter, Leroy and Mrs. Laura Ginn, both of Niles. Mrs. Stroupe was born in Snyder county, Pa., on Jan 30,1867, and came here, where she has lived since she was 15 years of age, from Pennsylvania.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, of which Mrs. Stroupe was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

 Note:  Cemetery record and gravemarker spell last name as Stroup.

Mrs. Thelma B. Smith
Oct. 23, 1913-June 16, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 17, 1950; page 2, column 1, microfilm, Niles District Library

Graveside rites will be held in Silverbrook cemetery Monday for Mrs. Thelma Bruner Smith, 36, of Hammond, Ind., a former Niles resident who died at 3:30 a.m. Friday in her home.

Mrs. Smith was born Oct. 23, 1913, in Forest, Ill., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bruner. She moved from Niles to Hammond in 1935.

Surviving, in addition to her parents in Hammond, are a brother, Ralph Bruner, of Los Angeles, Cal., and a sister, Mrs. L. W. Phillips, of South Bend.

Funeral services here will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the cemetery, with the Kiger funeral home in charge of arrangements. Services in Hammond will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Hessville Baptist church. Friends may call at the Borken funeral home, Hammond.