Otto A. Koloff
April 23, 1864-May 29, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 31, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Otto A. Koloff, 80, father of Henry Koloff, Niles, who died in this home west of Galien Monday will be conducted Thursday afternoon with a prayer at the home at 1:30, and a service at 2 at the Latter Day Saints church in Galien, with Elder J.W. McKnight, officiating.  Pallbearers will be Walter and Albert Doehrer, Martin and Paul Luther, Carl Benson and Emil Smaltz.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles.

Fred C. Luther
May 1, 1860-May 18, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 19, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Fred Luther, 84, Niles  Ex-Resident, Dies Near Galien

GALIEN, May 19—Fred C. Luther, 84, a retired farmer, whose daughters, Miss Agnes Luther and Mrs. Charles Loose, live in Niles, died Thursday night at 11 in this farm home at the edge of Galien. He had been in ill health the last few years.

He was born in Germany May 1, 1860, and left Niles for Galien 33 years ago, where he had lived since on a small farm.

Surviving are two other daughters, Miss Lena Luther, South Bend, and Mrs. Bodie Foster, Galien; a son, Frank Luther at home and six grandchildren.

Friends may call at the R.J. Kenney funeral home in Galien, where services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. Emerson Minor, Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 23, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

LUTHER FUNERAL

Services for Fred C. Luther, 84, retired farmer of Galien who died Thursday night were conducted in the Kenney funeral home in Galien Monday afternoon.  Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery here.  Survivors include two daughters from Niles—Miss Agnes Luther and Mrs. Charles Loose.

Paul E. Maxant
July 3, 1877-May 18, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 19, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

PAUL MAXANT, 66, TAKEN BY DEATH

Paul E. Maxant, 66, was stricken with a heart attack and died suddenly in his home at 12 Marmont street Thursday afternoon at 6. He had been in poor health the last two years.

He was born in Paris, France, July 3, 1877, and came to Niles from Chicago 20 years ago. He was employed in the window department of The Kawneer Company prior to his death.

He married Miss Amanda Ledue in Chicago in 1904.

Surviving are the wife, a daughter, Mrs. Fred A. Wait, Kalamazoo, and three grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home, where services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the First Methodist church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Rose Ann McBain
Jan. 20, 1944-March 25, 1944

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

McBain Baby Dies; Burial Rite Monday

Rose Ann McBain, two-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett McBain, Route 1, died in Pawating hospital this morning at 7:35.

She was born Jan. 20 in Howard township, Cass county.

Besides her parents, she is survived by five sisters, Marian, Mary, Evelyn, Doris and Norma Jean, and three brothers, George, James and Charles.

A committal service will be conducted at the grave Monday afternoon at 3:30 by the Rev. J.W. Hyink, pastor of the Bertrand community church. Burial will be in the Truitt chapel cemetery, Route 4. Friends may call at the Price and Kiger chapel.

Note: Although obituary says that burial was in Truitt chapel cemetery, this burial appears in the Silverbrook records.

Ada Messner
Aug. 22, 1878-May 29, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 29, 1944, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

ADA MESSNER, 85, TAKEN BY DEATH

Mrs. Ada Messner, 65, 618 North Eleventh street, died in the Berrien county hospital at 7:45 this morning.

She was born Aug. 22, 1878.

Surviving are two sons, Louis and Mark Messner, Niles, and three sisters.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home where funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 by the Rev. G.A.Steeby, pastor of the First Evangelical church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 31, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

FUNERAL TODAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Messner, 618 North Eleventh street, who died Monday, were conducted in the Rutherford funeral home this afternoon at 3 by the Rev. G.A. Steeby, pastor of the First Evangelical church.  Pallbearers  were Roscoe Clark, Milo Loomis, Earl Clark, Clifford Strong, Cecil Rupple and Charles Pinkerton. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Jon Scott Nelson
Sept. 2, 1836-April 9, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April  10, 1944, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

MENINGITIS KILLS BOY; RAILMAN ILL

One five-year-old boy is dead here and a Howard township man is reported seriously ill today of spinal meningitis.

Dead is John Scott Niles, 5, South Bend, who died in Pawating hospital at 6:30 Sunday night after what was described as a few hours' illness.

Ned Watkins, a fireman for the New York Central railroad, was taken to Epworth hospital in South Bend late this morning after his two-day illness was diagnosed as spinal meningitis.

Watkins first complained of feeling ill early yesterday, shortly after finishing his 4 to midnight shift at the terminal here. His ailment was diagnosed Sunday as spinal meningitis.

Only Case

Dr. James Ames, Niles health officer said this afternoon that only the one case had been reported in Niles.

The boy, taken ill while visiting here, was born Sept. 2, 1936, in University of Baltimore hospital.

Surviving are the father, Arthur Nelson, Jr., of California, the mother, Mrs. Betty Campbell, South Bend, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Wainscott, Niles, and Mr and Mrs. Arthur Nelson, Sr., Niles.

Private rites will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 in the Pifer funeral home by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April  11, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Nelson Boy's Death Blamed on Uremia; Funeral Ban Lifted

Plan for a private funeral for Jon Scott Nelson, 5, who died Sunday night at 6:30 in Pawating hospital after an illness of only a few hours, were abandoned today after an autopsy disclosed that the boy died of uremic poisoning rather than spinal meningitis, according to the original diagnosis.

Services which all the relatives and friends of the family may attend will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster in the Pifer funeral home.

The grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nelson, Sr., 551 First court, left Friday for California to visit their son, Arthur Nelson, Jr., father of the boy, who lives in Ventura, Calif., and their daughter, Miss Audrey Nelson, who is stationed in Oakland, Calif., with the WAVES. The grandparents arrived in California Monday.