Henry J. Baker
Oct. 22, 1878-Nov. 8, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, November 9, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

SPANISH WAR VET DIES WEDNESDAY

Henry J. Baker, 66, a Spanish War veteran, died Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the family home at 1160 Lambert street where he had been ill for two months.

A retired government employe, Baker was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Born in Bremen, Ind., Oct. 22, 1878, he came to Niles from New Buffalo in 1930.

Surviving are the Widow, Mina; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Kienzie, Niles; one grandchild; a brother, Andrew Baker, Kenosha, Wis., and three sisters, Mrs. Vern Goodrich, Jackson, Mrs. Mary Smith, Coldwater, and Mrs. Clarence Brooks, Kenosha, Wis.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the Methodist church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 11, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

BAKER RITES

Henry J. Baker, 66, of 1160 Lambert street, was buried this afternoon in Silverbrook cemetery following services in the Pifer funeral home with the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster officiating. Baker died Wednesday morning in his home.  Pallbearers were Arthur Drewer, Joseph Merrick and William Burgoyne, of the Spanish American War Veterans,and Theodore Aberman, George Dayhuff and Floyd Ausmus of the VFW.

Kenneth Melville Barron
Aug. 6, 1899-Dec. 13, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, December 14, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

FORMER NILES MAN DIED IN LANSING

A former Nilesite, Kenneth Melville Barron, 45, died at 2:40 Wednesday morning in Lansing where he had served as secretary and treasurer of the Industrial Welding and Brazing corporation.

Niles survivors include his mother, Mrs. Walter S. Barron; a sister, Mrs. Robert Long, and two brothers, Rex and Frank Barron, He also leaves the widow and two daughters, Verna Jean and Mary Jane Barron, Lansing.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Episcopal church in Lansing. Committal services will be in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Harry Nicholson officiating.

Note:  Date of birth from Michigan Death records.

Henry W. Berg
Feb. 9, 1881-Nov. 24, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 25, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

ENGINEER FOR NYC DIES FRIDAY EVE

A cerebral hemorrhage resulted in death at 6:30 p.m. Friday to Henry w. Berg, 63, of 1223 East Main street, engineer for the New York Central Railway, in the state hospital, Kalamazoo. He had been ill two months.

Born in Whitehall, Mich., Feb. 9, 1881, Berg came to Niles from Michigan City 25 years ago. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church, the St. Joseph Valley lodge No. 4, F and AM, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers.

Surviving are two children, Russell Berg, Minneapolis, and Mrs. Tom Medders, Niles, two brothers, William Berg, Muskegon, and George Berg, Opportunity, Wash., and three sisters, Miss Cora Berg and Mrs. Maude Adamson, Muskegon, and Mrs. Nel McCurry, Detroit.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home after noon Sunday. Dr. Guy W. Simon will officiate at services Tuesday at 2 p.m.  in the First Presbyterian church. Members of the Masonic lodge will have charge of committal services in Silverbrook.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 27, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

BERG RITES

Funeral services for Henry W. Berg, 63, of 1223 East Main street, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian church by Dr. Guy W. Simon. Prior to the services the body will lie in state in the church from 1 to 2. The Masonic lodge, of which he was a member, will officate[sic] at committal services in Silverbrook cemetery.  Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home tonight. Pallbearers will be Glen Heslett, Myron Crawford, Merle Sheeler, A.D. McCormick and Howard and Edward Klute.

Russell Blanchard
July 25, 1889-Nov. 2, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Friday, November 3, 1944, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Russell Blanchard of Cass County Dies Thursday Eve

Russell Blanchard, 55, of Milton township, died Thursday night at 10 in the Cass county hospital after two weeks illness with heart trouble.

He was born in Milton township, July 25, 1889, a son of Edward and Sarah Bickle Blanchard who preceeded him in death.

Surviving are two brothers, George and Burton Blanchard, and a sister, Mrs. May Batzel, all of Route 2.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home where services will be conducted Saturday at 3:30 p.m. by Dr. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Irma E. Britton
Aug. 14, 1899-Sept. 19, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, September 21, 1944, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Thomas Britton, Former Nilesite, Dies in Dowagiac

. . .[Illegible] . .. of Dowagiac, until eight years ago a resident of  Niles, died Tuesday night at 11:30 in Lee Memorial hospital following a stroke.

Surviving is the husband and a brother, Herman Hossfeld, Dowagiac, also formerly  from Niles.

Services will be conducted Friday at 3 in the McLaughlin funeral home, Dowagiac. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mr. Britton was a former railroad employe here and conducted  a coal and ice business for several years prior to moving to Dowagiac.

Note:  Verified firstname info with Michigan Death record.

Mary Ellen Burt
July 25, 1854-Aug. 29, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 30, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

MARY E. BURT, 90, TAKEN BY DEATH

Mrs. Mary Ellen Burt, 90, of 119 Forrest avenue, grandmother of City Clerk Burt Luth, died at 7 Tuesday night in the Quick Convalescent home after several years of illness.

Born in Susquehanna county Pennsylvania, July 25, 1854, Mrs. Burt came to Niles from Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1907.  Her husband, Pierre Burt, whom she married in Manitowoc, Wis., died in 1927.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Laura Luth, Niles; Mrs. J. Hall, Manitowoc, Wis.; Mrs. Edna Atherton, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Bertha Searle, Spokane, Wash.; and Mrs. Martha Hayward, Fond du Lac, Wis.; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home after noon Thursday.  Private services will be conducted there Saturday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster.  Burial will be in the mausoleum in Silverbrook cemetery.