George Calder
July 20, 1899-Nov. 14, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, November 16, 1944, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Hold Rites Friday for George Calder

Funeral services for George Calder, 45, of 403 West Main street, will be conducted by Dr. Guy W. Simon in the Pifer funeral home at 2 p.m. Friday. The Elks lodge, of which Calder was a member, will have charge of committal services in Silverbrook.

Calder died Tuesday at 11:05 a.m. In Pawating hospital following a stroke.

He was born in Washburn, Wis., July 20, 1899, and came to Niles from Milwaukee 24 years ago.  He was employed by the railway.

Survivors are the mother, Mrs. Eva Calder, South Milwaukee,and four brothers, Roy Calder, South Milwaukee; Marvin and Donald Calder, Detroit and Pfc. Lyman Calder, Camp Rouge Park, Detroit.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, November 17, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

CALDER SERVICES

Funeral services for George Calder, 45, of 403 West Main street, who died Tuesday were conducted in the Pifer funeral home this afternoon by Dr. Guy W. Simon.  The Elks lodge, of which Calder was a member, furnished pallbearers and had charge of committal services.

Jo Ellen Clark
Dec. 18, 1944-Dec. 18, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 18, 1944, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Hold Rites Tuesday for Clark Infant

Jo Ellen Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Clark, 1420 East Main street, was still born in Pawating hospital at 3 a.m. Today.

Survivors include two sisters, Juanita Mae and Mary Etta Clark, all of Niles.

Prayer services will be conducted in the Pifer funeral home Tuesday at 10 a.m. by Dr. Guy Simons, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Jacob Lewis Clevenger
Jan. 31, 1875-Dec. 22, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 23, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

RESIDENT HERE 50 YEARS DIES FRIDAY

Jacob Lewis Clevenger, 69 of 506 Cherry street, for 50 years a resident of Niles and railway carpenter in the bridge department of Michigan Central for 30 years, died at 5 pm.  Friday in the Kalamazoo hospital where he had been ill six months.

He was born in North Manchester, Ind., Jan. 31, 1875. His wife, Edith, died in 1940.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. James Shipperley, Niles; a son, John Clevenger, Niles; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Hefling, Mendon, and Mrs. Audrey Weidelman, Toledo, O., and a brother, William Clevenger, North Manchester, Ind.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral chapel where Dr. Guy W. Simon will officiate at services at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be made in Silverbrook cemetery.

Charles S. Quimby
Jan. 11, 1871-Oct. 31, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, October 31, 1944, page 1, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

CHARLES S. QUIMBY, 73, DIED TODAY

Charles S. Quimby, 73, the oldest past commander of the Knights Templar of Niles and for many years operator of a drygoods store, died in his home at 621 East Main street at 3 a.m. today after several months of failing health.

The Quimby Drygoods store, located where the Mutual Drug store now stands, was closed about 18 years ago. Mr. Quimby was widely known and had a host of friends throughout the community. He was active in both business and fraternal circles.

He was past master of the St. Joseph Valley lodge No. 4, F & AM, and a member of the St. Joseph Valley chapter No. 2, RAM, the Niles council No. 19, R & SM, the Knights Templar and of the Trinity Episcopal church.

A son of Capt. H.B. Quimby and Jennie Smith Quimby, he was born Jan. 11, 1871 in Fort Davis, Tex.

Quimby is survived by a sister, Miss Alice H. Quimby, who is now staying with Mrs. E.F. Burke, north of Niles.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, November 1, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

QUIMBY RITES

Funeral services for Charles S. Quimby, 73, of 621 East main street, will be conducted in the Rutherford funeral chapel Thursday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, pastor of the Trinity Episcopal church.  Private burial will be made in Silverbrook cemetery later.

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

QUIMBY RITES

Funeral services for Charles B. Quimby, 73, of 621 East Main street were conducted this afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson.

Joseph Goodman
March 24, 1904-Oct. 26, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 27, 1944, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles Truck Driver Dies in Crash

Joseph Goodman, 40, of 615 South St. Joseph avenue, died Thursday afternoon in Roseland hospital, Chicago, where he was taken unconscious after the Drewry Brewing Company semi-trailer which he was driving tipped over, skidding into a light pole.

The accident occurred shortly after 3 Thursday at 130th and Stoney Island streets, Chicago. A coroner's inquest was set for 10 this morning.

Goodman had been driving for the Drewery Brewing company, South Bend, throughout Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois for about a year, officials said today.

Born in Nappanee, Ind., March 24, 1904, Goodman came to Niles 30 years ago.

Surviving are the widow, Alice, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zellard Goodman, Niles; three children, Clarence, Thelma and Virginia Goodman; six brothers, Herbert Goodman, Benton Harbor; Home Goodman, in Texas; Gaylord Goodman, in the navy, and Clifford, George and Kenneth Goodman, Niles, and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph True, Niles, and Mrs. Glenn Ellison, Dowagiac.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home.

Donna May Merdith
May 25, 1895-Dec. 20, 1944

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

Funeral Friday for Vandalia Woman, 49

Funeral services for Miss Donna May Merdith, 49, of Vandalia, who died at 7 a.m. Wednesday in the Cass county hospital, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Rutherford funeral home. Miss Merdith had been ill four months with heart trouble.

The Rev. G.A. Steeby, pastor of the First Evangelical church, will officiate at the services and at burial in Silverbrook cemetery.  Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home prior to the funeral.

Miss Merdith was born in Bluffton, Ind., May 25, 1895, and had . . .[illegible] . . all her life.  An aunt, Mrs. Harley Hayes, survives.