Thomas Kay
Dec. 1, 1856-May 29, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 29, 1934, page 1, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Thomas Kay, 78, Dies at Home Here Today

Thomas Kay, 78, 926 North Fifth street, a resident of Niles for 20 years, died at 4 o'clock this morning at his home after an illness of five weeks.

He was born Dec. 1, 1856 at Brighton, Ont.

Surviving are his widow, Maude; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Kuebbeler, Toledo, O.; four sons, James Kay, Niles, John Kay, Walkertown, Ind., and George Kay, Chicago; two sisters, Miss Ellen Kay and Miss Maggie Baughton, Branford, Ont.;  and five brothers, John Kay, Harrisburg, Ont., Archie and David Kay, Ann Arbor, Andrew Kay, St. Louis, Mo., and James Kay, Rockford, Ill.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Troost and Turner funeral home with the Rev. G.W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

The body was to be taken to the home at 4 o'clock this afternoon where it will remain until time for the  services Thursday afternoon.

Earl Overly
Dec. 25, 1889-June 15, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 16, 1934, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

DROWNING VICTIM'S FUNERAL SET MONDAY

Earl Overly to Be Buried in Silverbrook Cemetery; 

Rites at 2 P.M.

Funeral services for Earl Overly, Niles business man who drowned in Barron lake and whose body was found Friday morning, will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Price and Kiger funeral home with Dr. G.W. Simon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating.  Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Overly came to his death as a result of a night boat ride and was not missed until his capsized canoe was found in the weeds near the shoreline off the Hass resort.  The body was found by searchers in eight feet of water about 300 feet from the Sterner resort.

He was last seen alive Thursday night by Lloyd McNeil as the former was walking on the beach in front of his cabin at Shady Shore.

Besides the widow, Mrs. Hannah Overly, the deceased is survived by his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. George Leyser, Deshler, O., three sisters, Mrs. . .[illegible].. O., Mrs. Frank Thompson, Leipsiz, O., and Mrs. Joe Bushong, Deshler; also a half-brother, Kenneth Leyser, Deshler.

The body was removed to the cottage at Barron lake where friends may call until time for the services.

Note: Date of birth from Michigan Death record.

Clara Smith
Feb. 10, 1849*-June 21, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 22, 1934, page 1, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

Clara Smith Dies at Pawating Hospital

Clara Smith, 71, 717 Hickory street, died at the Pawating hospital at 12:10 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Miss Smith had been ill for several months and entered the hospital on April 17. The exact cause of her death is unknown.

Although her home is on Hickory street, Miss Smith had been living at the Powell hotel before being removed to the hospital.  No immediate relatives survive.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Price and Kiger funeral home with the Rev. G.W. Simon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating.  Interment will be held in the Silverbrook cemetery.  Friends of the deceased may view the body at the funeral home.

Note:  Date of birth is from Michigan and Berrien County Death records.  It is not consistent with age stated in obituary or age given in 1920 and 1930 census.

Lillie May Williams
April 11, 1883-June 13, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 14, 1934, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Lillie Williams Dies Wednesday Night

Mrs. Lillie May Williams, 51, 640 North Thirteenth street, a lifelong resident of Niles, died at her home at 10 o'clock Wednesday night following several months of ill health.

She was born in Niles, April 11, 1883. Surviving are her husband, Filbert Williams; and three sons, Milford, Harold, and LaVern, all of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Pentecostal church on North Eleventh street with the Rev. Harry Barnett, pastor, officiating. The body may be viewed at the home until time for the services.  Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 15, 1934, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

WILLIAMS RITES SATURDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie May Williams, who died Wednesday night at her home, 640 North Thirteenth street, will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Pentecostal church.  The services will be in charge of the Rev. Harry Barnett, with interment in the Silverbrook cemetery.

Philip B. Friday
July 24, 1878-Oct. 23, 1940

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, October 24, 1940, page 1, col. 2 and continued page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

Death Claims Philip Friday, Civic Leader

Native of Berrien Long Prominent in Business Circles

Philip B. Friday, prominent in Niles business circles since he came here from Coloma in 1917, died Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 in his home on the Niles-Buchanan road.

Although he had been in ill health several months his condition had been serious but three weeks and his death came as a shock to his many business associates throughout the city.

. . . [illegible] . . .built the building at Second and Sycamore streets, now occupied by the Atlantic and Pacific store, for the Ford agency of which he was the manager.

In Real Estate Business

He continued as an automobile dealer for 10 years and since that time he had been in the real estate business. He had assisted in the development of several sections of the city.  

In addition to his business activities he was interested in political and national affairs and in 1926 was a candidate for state senator. Mr. Friday was a charter member of the Rotary club.

A life long resident of Berrien county he was born July 24, 1878 in Coloma the son of the late Jacob and Elizabeth Butzbach Friday. He was married in Buchanan Nov. 26, 1902 by the Rev. W.E. Douglas to Mrs. Cora E. Crossman, who survives him.

Leaves Two Stepsons

Other survivors include two stepsons, L.E. Crossman, Olivet, Mich., and Ward Crossman, Jamestown, N.Y.; three brothers, David Friday, Washington, D.C. And George and Jacob Friday, both of Coloma, and a sister, Mrs. Lydia Kuelbes, Bainbridge.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home where services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 by the Rev. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

William Harvey Andress
Nov. 24, 1922-June 22, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 22, 1934, page 1, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

EXTRA! EXTRA!

BOY DROWNS

William Andress, aged 11, was pulled unconscious and apparently dead from the swimming pool at the P.B. Friday home on Buchanan road, one-half mile west of the city limits, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.

After resuscitation efforts, in which a police pulmotor was used, had failed, the body was taken to Pawating hospital where efforts to revive the boy were continued under direction of Dr. L.M. Rutz.

The boy was pulled from the pool by Homer Cooper, yardman at the Friday home, who had shortly before ordered a group of boys away from the pool. Among the group was the younger brother of the Andress boy, Norman.

The drowned boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Andress, 703 Grant street.

Mr. and Mrs. Friday have appealed to police several times recently to keep boys from trespassing on their home grounds and swimming in the pool.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 23, 1934, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

RITES MONDAY FOR DROWNING VICTIM

Andress Boy One of Group That Swam in Private Pool Despite Warnings.

The funeral services for William Andress, 11, who was drowned Friday afternoon while swimming in the private pool at the P.B. Friday addition, will be held at 2 o'clock, Monday afternoon at the Troost and Turner funeral home.

The pool in which young Andress was swimming is located in the rear of the P.B. Friday estate and is jointly owned by R.D. King, Dr. E. W. Tonkin and P.B. Friday. The pool is strictly private and in the past Mrs. Friday has called on the police in an effort to keep youngsters from trespassing on the property.

This was the case in yesterday's mishap. The caretakers, Homer Cooper and Mr. Brawley had ordered the boys to leave the premises, the boys left for a short time and then returned.

Upon questioning Norman Andress the caretakers learned that William had been seized with cramps and was still in the pool.  Mr. Cooper and Mr. Brawley hunted until they found the boy's body and rushed it to the Pawating hospital. Dr. L.M. Rutz worked over the body using a pulmoter but was unable to revive the lad.

The deceased is survived by his father Harvey Andress, his step-mother and two brothers, Norman and Basil, besides a step-brother Richard Meyers. The funeral services will be conducted by John Keracher, Chicago.  Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 24, 1934, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

ANDRESS RITES HELD

Funeral services for William Andress, 11-year old son of Harvey Andress, 703 Grant street, who drowned Friday afternoon in the swimming pool located in the P.B. Friday addition, were held this afternoon at the Troost and Turner funeral home, with John Keracher, Chicago, officiating.  Interment was held in the Silverbrook cemetery.

*Date of birth from Michigan Death record.