Fred William Roebeck
Oct. 15, 1871-May 3, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 4, 1944, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

FRED ROEBECK, 72, BARRON LAKE, DIES

Fred William Roebeck, 72, retired farmer, Barron lake, died Wednesday night at 6 in Pawating hospital after being ill just one day.

He was born Oct. 15, 1871, in Michigan City, Ind., and came here from Vandalia more than 50 years ago. He married Miss Hulda Reum in 1924 in South Bend.

Surviving are: the wife; five children, Louis, Merrill, Almedia Louise, Shirley Jean and Harry John Roebeck, all living at home, and five sisters, Miss Emma Roebeck, Mrs. Kathryn Olson, Mrs. William Reum and Mrs. Yust Reum, all of Niles, and Mrs. Emil Schinke, South Bend.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted  Saturday afternoon at 2:30 by the Rev. Theodore Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

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

ROEBECK RITES

Funeral services for Fred William Roebeck, 72, Barron lake, who died Wednesday night, were conducted this afternoon at 2:30 in the Pifer funeral home by the Rev. Theodore Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church.  Pallbearers were Burgette Weller, Frank Reum, Fred Reum, Lute Ranft, Robert Roebeck and Kenneth Geideman. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Roy Schleicher
Infant, Died April 1944

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 11, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

To Bury Here

Body of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. K.E. Schleicher, Grand Rapids, will be brought to Niles Wednesday for burial in Silverbrook cemetery.  Mr. Schleicher is a brother of Mrs. Rose Forrest, 402 Hill St.

John D. Schnoor
Sept. 26, 1875-May 6, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 6, 1944, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

JOHN SCHNOOR, 68, FLORIST, STRICKEN

John D. Schnoor, 68, of 1130 North Fifth street, for 50 years a florist here and a lifetime resident of Niles, died in Pawating hospital at 3:30 this morning after an illness of one week.

He was born in Niles Sept. 26, 1875, and started working with flowers when he was 12 years old, rigging his own small greenhouse and heating it with a lantern.

He married Miss Ilah D. Hart in 1923 at LaPorte, Ind.

Four Daughters

Surviving are the wife, four daughters—Charnies, Bonnie, and Jay Der Schnoor, at home, and Mrs. Lloyd Phillips, Fennville; a daughter by a former marriage; a granddaughter, Nancy Sharon Phillips; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Treiber, Niles, Mrs. Herman Fox, Lansing, and Mrs. Anna Garges, New Rochelle, N.Y., and a brother, Fred Schnoor, Jackson.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral chapel. Services will be conducted in the First Presbyterian church Monday afternoon at 2:30 by Dr. Guy W. Simon,  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Schnoor was a member of the First Presbyterian church and the Knights of Pythias lodge. The Knights of Pythias lodge are furnishing the pallbearers.

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Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 8, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Schnoor Funeral Conducted Today

Funeral services for John D. Schnoor, 68, 1124 North Fifth street, for 50 years a florist here and a lifetime resident of Niles, were conducted in the First Presbyterian church this afternoon at 2:30 by Dr. Guy W. Simon.

Pallbearers were George Forler, William DePoy, Leon Washburn, Don Dennison, George White and Lawrence Elder.  Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Schnoor died Saturday morning.

Sarah Fowler Selfridge
June 5, 1856-May 16, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 16, 1944, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

SARAH SELFRIDGE, 87, STRICKEN TODAY

One of Niles' oldest residents, Mrs. Sarah Fowler Selfridge, of 706 Hickory street, died in the Berrien county hospital at 9:30 this morning after an extended illness. She was 87 years old.

Born in Vermont June 5, 1856, she was married in Niles to George A. Selfridge, who conducted a hardware store for many years in the location now occupied by Reynold's hardware, and, who died several years ago. She has no surviving relatives.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger chapel where funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 Thursday by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the First Methodist church of which she was a member.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Matilda T. Steinbauer
Sept. 14, 1867-April 25, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 26, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

MRS. STEINBAUER, 78, DIES IN HOME.

Mrs. Matilda T. Steinbauer, 76, of 319 South Fifth street, a lifelong resident of Niles, died Tuesday afternoon at 2 in her home after an illness of for months.

She was born in Dark County, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1867, came to Niles in 1885 and had lived here since then. She was married Feb. 23, 1887, to Henry G. Steinbauer, who died in 1926.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Richard Morris, Niles; a son, Alger Steinbauer, who lived with his mother at home; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. James Webster, Niles, and Mrs. Edwin Jones, Berrien Springs; three brothers, Charles E. Weaver, Niles; Henry Weaver, Berrien Springs, and Jesse Weaver, Niles.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home where services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 28, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Steinbauer Funeral Conducted Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda T. Steinbauer, 76, of 319 South Fifth Street, who died Tuesday afternoon, were conduected this afternoon at 2 in the Rutherford funeral home by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church.

Pallbearers were three grandsons—Richard, Walter and Harold Morris; Milo Webster, Peter Rodgers and Nils Martinsen. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Joseph Turk
Jan. 19, 1888-Jan. 28, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 29, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

JOSEPH TURK, 56, TAKEN BY DEATH

Joseph Turk, 56, of Route 3, died in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leo Brown, Benton Harbor, Friday morning after an illness of  1 ½ years.

Turk, who was born in Calumet, Jan. 19, 1888, was a carpenter and had lived in Niles for 20 years.

He is survived by his wife,Mrs. Mable Turk, and five children, Mrs. Brown, and Miss Dorothy Turk, Joseph Turk, Jr., John W. Turk,and Richard Turk, all of Niles; six grandchildren, and six step-children who are Mrs. Ronald Packer, Lawton; Alma and Louis Markle, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Herbert Bowerman, Niles; Ellsworth and Miss Marilyn Markle, Niles; and two brothers, John Turk, Iron Mountain, and Rudolph Turk, Calumet.

He was a member of St. Joseph's catholic church in Calumet and the carpenters Union, Local N. 1035.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 10 Monday morning in St. Mary's catholic church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.