August Trockenbrod
Aug. 12, 1868-March 19, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 20, 1963, page 2, col. 5-6, microfilm Niles District Library

August Trockenbord, 94, of 925 N. 5^th St., died at 7:35 p.m. Tuesday in the Parker Rest Home, Berrien Springs. He had been ill three years.

Mr. Trockenbord was born Aug. 12, 1868, in Detroit. He came to Niles from that city when he was 15 years old and served as an alder man for the City of Niles from 1911 to 1916. He retired from service as a switchman with the New York Central Railroad in 1936.

Survivors include his widow, Henrietta, and two brothers, William, Elkhart, Ind.; and Charles, Reeder, N.D.

He was a life member of the Elks Lodge and St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed.)

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Richard Fraser, pastor of his church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Note: Name is spelled Trockenbord in obituary but is Trockenbrod in cemetery records and grave marker

William H. Vetter
April 1, 1862-Aug. 19, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Friday, August 20, 1943, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

WILLIAM VETTER, 81, ILL YEAR, DIES

William H. Vetter, 81, Route 3, a lifelong resident of the near Niles community, died Thursday night at 6:15 in Pawating hospital after a year's illness.

Born in Bertrand township April 1, 1862, he had spent his life farming. He was a member of Modern Woodmen of America.

Surviving are four children, Mrs. Minnie Bessemer, Mrs. Robert Moody and Edward W. Vetter, all of Niles, and Fred Vetter, Sodus, a member of the Berrien county sheriff's department.

He also leaves a brother, Frank Vetter, and a half-sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Schambacher, both of Niles, and eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Friends may call in the Price and Kiger chapel where services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Marian F. Wood
Aug. 16, 1883-June 12, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 13, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Marian F. Wood, 69, of 725 South Third street, lifetime resident of this city, died at 10:18 p.m. Friday in Pawating Hospital following an illness of five years.

Mrs. Wood was born Aug. 16, 1883, in Niles, and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Seepewa Reading Club and a former member of the Niles Club of Home Gardens and Order of Eastern Star.

She was married May 31, 1906, in the Presbyterian Church here to Floyd J. Wood, who survives. Also surviving are: two sons, Lucian F. Wood of Burlingame, Calif., and Roger J. Wood of Demarest, N.J., and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home.

William F. Walker
July 1, 1869-Aug. 30, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 31, 1943, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library.

WILLIAM WALKER TAKEN BY DEATH

William F. Walker, 74, native of Niles and step-father of George Masten, Niles, died Monday night at 8:15 in his farm home southeast of South Bend. He had been ill four weeks.

Born in Niles July 1, 1869, Mr. Walker had . . [Illegible] . . all his life.

Surviving with his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Walker, are two stepchildren, Mrs. Gladys Batey, South Bend, and Mr. Masten, Niles; two brothers, Louis Walker, South Bend and Fred Walker, Watervliet, and a sister, Miss Elizabeth Walker, Watervliet. He also leaves seven grandchildren.

Friends may call in the Pifer funeral home where services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 1, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library.

Walker Funeral

Funeral services for William F. Walker, 74, were conducted this afternoon at 2 in the Pifer funeral home by the Rev. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Walker, a native of Niles, died Monday night in his farm home near South Bend.

Mae Weiser
Dec. 22, 1886-July 15, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 16, 1963, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Mae Weiser, 76, of 36 S. 5^th St., died at 10:20 a.m Wednesday in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient since July 4.

Mrs. Weiser was born Dec. 22, 1886, in Kalamazoo. She came to Niles from that city 45 years ago. Her husband, Edward, died in 1953.

Survivors include a son, Dwayne Clevering, and a daughter, Berylle Clevering, both of Niles; another daughter, Mrs. R. Whitney Jones, Dallas, Tex.; a brother, William H. Reifsnyder, Kalamazoo; a granddaughter, and a niece and two nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. John MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

William Weiser
March 31, 1875-Aug. 6, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, August 7, 1943, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

WILLIAM WEISER STRICKEN FRIDAY

William M. Weiser, 68 of 578 Union street, died Friday afternoon at 4:00 in Pawating hospital after an illness of six months of a heart ailment. A lifelong resident of Niles, he was active for years in contracting and carpenter work.

He was born March 31, 1875. Surviving is his widow, the former Katherine Ruttschow, to whom he was married in 1901 in St. John's Evangelical church.

He also leaves two children, Mrs. Frank Martin and Homer Weiser, both of Niles; two brothers, Edward and Jacob Weiser, Niles; a sister, Mrs. James Haskill, Chicago Heights, and three grandchildren, Wyatt, Joyce and Ronald Martin.

Friends may call in the Pifer funeral home until 7 tonight when the body will be taken to the Weiser residence. At 1 Monday afternoon it will be removed to the First Evangelical church, of which he was a member, where rites will be conducted at 2:30 by the Rev. A.C. DeVries. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 10, 1943, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Weiser Services Attract Many From Outside Niles

Many out-of-town persons attended the funeral Monday afternoon at 2:30 in the First Evangelical church for William H. Weiser, 68, of 578 Union street, who died Friday afternoon in Pawating hospital after an illness of six months of a heart ailment.

From away were: Mrs. Harry Carlson, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. George Geishirt, Kalamazoo; Mr. and Mrs. William Geishirt and daughter and John Geishirt, Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barker, Bellevue, Ohio; Harold Ruttschow, Freemont, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dipert, Wakerton; Mrs. George Staffel and daughter, Michigan City.

Floyd Goodsell, Dowagiac; the Rev. and Mrs. A.R. Kuehn, Ionia; Mrs. Gladys Palo and daughter, Mrs. Harry Hamilton, Mrs. Clara Fox, Mrs. Anna Heintzleman, South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Frank McLaughlin and family, Benton Harbor; Mrs. James Haskell, Chicago Heights; Frank Wilkinson and son, New Carlisle; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith, Buchanan; and Aviation Cadet Wyatt Martin, Delaware, Ohio.