Catherine Geiger Asmus
Sept. 6, 1854-Jan. 26, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 27, 1934, page 1, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Catherine Asmus Dies; Funeral Monday

Mrs. Catherine Geiger Asmus, 80, 1708 North Eleventh street, died at 5 o'clcok Friday afternoon at the home.

The deceasd is survived by five children: Mrs. Rose Evick, Mrs. Delia Punderson, Charles Asmus, all of Niles; and John Asmus, Kalamazoo; a sister, Mrs. Rose Fowler, Niles; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Two children preceded her in death.

Mrs. Asmus was born Sept. 16, 1854, at Jersery City, N.Y. She was married to August Asmus at Three Rivers on May 13, 1875.

A short funeral service will be held for the children at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, followed by services at 2:30 o'clock in the St.John's Evangelical church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Members of the Ladies' Aid society of St. John's church will attend the funeral in a body.

*This is in grave search both as Katherine Asmus per photo and Catherine Ausmus per cemetery record.  Death certificate says Catherine Geiger Asmus.

Stella Bishop
Aug. 4, 1863-Dec. 19, 1933

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, December 20, 1933, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Stella Bishop Dies After Illness

Mrs. Stella Bishop, 70, died at the Berrien county infirmary at 1:25 Tuesday afternoon following a seven months illness of cancer. She was removed to the infirmary from Niles Dec. 12. The deceased was born August 4, 1863 in Niles and was the widow of Manley Bishop who died about two years ago.

Mrs. Bishop is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Blimpka and Mrs. Dinah George, Niles, a stepbrother, Roy Ervan, River Bluff, and a grandson, Carl Moore, Niles.

The body was brought to the Price and Kiger funeral home where funeral ...[illegible]. .Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Robert E. Meader officiating.  Burial will follow in Silverbrook cemetery.

Kate Sherrill Boardman
Nov. 25, 1865-Jan. 27, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 27, 1934, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Kate Boardman Dies From Pneumonia

BUCHANAN, Jan. 27—Mrs. Kate Sherrill Boardman, 68, wife of D.L. Boardman, a Buchanan pioneer merchant, died at 3 o'clock this morning following a few days' illness from pneumonia.  Mrs. Boardman contracted a cold which beginning last Sunday and became seriously ill shortly after.

The deceased was born Nov. 25, 1865 in Three Oaks and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sherrill, pioneers there.  She was married to Mr. Boardman on Oct. 2, 1889, in Niles where she taught music in the Niles high school. She was a Three Oaks high school graduate and completed her musical education at the Michigan State Normal school at Ypsilanti and Kalamazoo college.

Mrs. Boardman was a prominent member of the Niles Garden club and the Thirty Literary club of Buchanan.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian church here.

She is survived by five nephews and one niece, Mrs. Ruth Ellsworth, Grand Rapids, whom she raised to womanhood.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Dortha Lucas
Feb. 20, 1908-Oct. 15, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 16, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Dortha Lucas Dies at South Bend

Daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Scofield, 515 Howard street, Mrs. Dortha Welch Lucas, 36, of Osceola, Ind., died suddenly Sunday evening at 6:20 in St. Joseph hospital, South Bend, four days after giving birth to a son, John Mason Lucas.

Born in Toledo, Ill, Feb. 20, 1908, Mrs. Lucas lived in Osceola for seven years.

Surviving are the son, the husband, Thomas; her mother, Mrs. Anna Welch, a brother, Fred L. Welch, and a sister, Mrs. Yvonne Gise, all of Washington, D.C., and her father, Edward Welch, Mattoon, Ill.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home.

Emma Helen Martin
March 18, 1910-July 1, 1971

Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 2, 1971, page 2, col. 2-3, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Mrs. Emma Helen Martin, 61, of 548 W. Main St., died at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday in Pawating Hospital after an extended illness.

Born March 18, 1910, in Fulton County, Ind., Mrs. Martin had lived here for 51 years, coming from Rochester, Ind.  She married Kenneth Martin, who survives, on Nov. 12, 1939, in South bend.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Martin is survived by a son, Jack of Niles; a brother, John Dale Wolf of Buchanan, and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. William O'Leary of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Dowagiac,  officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Trinity Episcopal Church of Niles.

Fanny McBain
Sept. 30, 1859-Dec. 26, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 26, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. McBain, 85, Dies After Being Ill Two Months

Mrs. Fanny McBain, 85, died at 3:45 am. today at her home at 8 North St. Joseph avenue where she had been ill two months.

She was born in Whitewater, Wis., Sept. 30, 1859, and came to Niles from Coldwater, Mich. She lived here since she was seven years old.

Surviving are five grandchildren, Mrs. Donna Walis, and Barbara, Jacqueline, Keith and Hardy Langston,Jr., all of Niles. Her husband, Charles McBain, died Dec. 23, 1925.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Rev. Harry Nicholson. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, December 28, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

McBain Rites

Funeral services for Mrs. Fanny McBain, 85 of 8 North St. Joseph avenue were conducted this afternoon in the Pifer funeral home by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson. Mrs. McBain, died early Tuesday morning. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.