Juanita Coleman
March 1963-Nov. 18, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 18, 1963, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

8-Month-Old Girl Found Dead in Bed

Juanita Coleman, 8-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coleman, 517 Superior St., was found dead in her bed this morning.

Mrs. Coleman found her about 7:06 a.m. and telephoned Niles city police for help. Police arrived and administered oxygen until the child was moved to Pawating Hospital by private ambulance.

The baby girl was pronounced dead at the hospital at 7:30 a.m. Dr. Russel J. Vastine, Berrien County medical examiner, ruled death was due to natural causes.

Dr. Vastine said the little girl had been suffering from an “overwhelming infection” which he said was the cause of death. The child had been hospitalized about two weeks ago with pneumonia.

John A. Cooke
Oct. 29, 1894-July 8, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, July 9, 1963, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

John A. Cooke, 68, Retired N-S Vice President, Dies

JOHN A. COOKE, 68, of 1600 Niles-Buchanan Road, died shortly after 6 p.m. Monday at Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient for 10 weeks. Mr. Cooke was retired from National-Standard Co., He had served a vice president, treasurer and a director of the firm.

Surviving are his widow, Millicent two daughters, Mrs. John R. Irwin, Lake Forest, Ill., and Mrs. John R. Purdy, Wellesley, Mass., three grandsons, and three sisters, Mrs. Harold Smith, Birmingham, England; Miss Edna Cooke, Blackpool, England, and Miss Anna Cooke, Manchester, England.

Mr. Cooke was born in Hyde, England, Oct. 29, 1894,and attended school in England. He served in the British Expeditionary Force in France for two years during World War I. After the war, he came to the U.S. and in 1921 became associated with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., accountants in Chicago, becoming a partner in 1930.

He came to Niles from Chicago in 1942, joining National-Standard Co.

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Mr. Cooke was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. He had been on the Pawating Hospital Board of Directors, Chamber of Commerce board, United Fund board and was active in community affairs. He was also a member of several civic and social clubs in the area as well as Chicago. Mr. Cooke was also an honorary Kentucky colonel.

He was a director of the First National Bank of Niles, a past president of the National Cost Accountants' Association, a charter member of Beta Apha[sic] Psi, honorary accounting fraternity.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church, with the Rev. John Carlton, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

The family requested that any memorials be made to the Chapel Fund of Pawating Hospital.

Charles O. Cooper
March 20, 1881-Dec. 10, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 11, 1943, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

CHARLES COOPER TAKEN BY DEATH

Charles O. Cooper, Pokagon, died at 8 Friday night in Pawating hospital after an illness of about one year.

Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Zimri Cooper, he was born March 20, 1881, in Niles. He was married Sept. 15, 1917, in Valparaiso, Ind., to Mabel Schwant, who survives. He was employed as an inspector in The Kawneer company.

Surviving besides his wife are one daughter, Iris, at home; one brother, Dr. Harry L. Cooper, South Bend; two sisters, Mrs. Harry C. Schick, Niles, and Mrs. Eloise Brown, Chicago.

The body is in the Price and Kiger chapel where services will be conducted at 2:30 Monday afternoon by Dr. Guy W. Simon. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mrs. Cooper will remain in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Schick, 553 Grant street, until after the services.

Kenneth L. Crawford
July 10, 1917-Sept. 10, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 11, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

BUCHANAN—Kenneth L. Crawford, 48, of 303 Berrien St., died at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. He had been ill for a month. He was born July 10, 1917. He was employed as a welder at the Bryant Manufacturing Co. in Indianapolis.

Mr. Crawford was married July 23, 1960, to Esther Young Haak, who survives. Other survivors include his mother, Mrs. Daisy Korn Crawford, Berrien Springs; a daughter, Mrs. Joy Shafer, Berrien Springs; a son, Terry, Buchanan; a step-daughter, Vickie Haak, at home; a sister, Mrs. Helen Hathcock, Berrien Springs; two brothers, Dean, of Torrance, Calif., and Donald of Denver, Colo., and three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Swem Funeral Home, the Rev. Robert V. Gouwens, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Friday.

Pearl DeRucke
Nov. 1, 1881-Sept. 19, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, September 19, 1963, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Pearl Derucke, 81, formerly of 411 N. 5^th St., died at 8 a.m. today in the Hill Nursing Home. She had been ill two years.

Mrs. Derucke was born Nov. 1, 1881 in Disco, Ind. Before coming to Niles two years ago, she lived in Detroit, where she was employed as a sales clerk. Her husband, John, died in 1955.

Surviving are a son, Harry Powers, Schoolcraft; a brother, Noble Myers, Niles; three grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kiger Funeral Home. The Rev. Earl J. Wickstrom, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being recieved[sic] at the funeral home.

May Delibac
Jan. 9, 1869-Dec. 4, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 6, 1943, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

MAY DELIBAC, 74, STRICKEN SATURDAY

Mrs. May Delibac, 74, died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Salisbury, 745 Maple street, at 9:45 Saturday night after an illness of six months.

She was born Jan. 9, 1869, in Watseka, Ill., and came to Niles from Minnesota 20 years ago. Her first marriage was to Dr. M.M. Turtle. In 1901 she was married to Mose Delibac, who died in 1938.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Salisbury, Niles, and Mrs. George Moon, Tampa, Fla.; a son, Edward Turtle, Tampa, Fla.; two stepsons, Willie Delibac, Buchanan, and Walter Delibac, Chicago Heights, Ill.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home where services will be conducted at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon by the Rev.J. Kenneth Hoffmaster. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 6, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

To Attend Rites

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary are asked to meet at the Rutherford funeral home Tuesday at 3:15 for the service for Mrs. May Delibac, according to Mrs. Roy Gagne, president.

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

Delibac Rites

Funeral services for Mrs. May Delibac, who died Saturday night, were conducted this afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home by the Rev. H.K. Hoffmaster. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Pallbearers were Walter Johnson, Roy Gagne, Frank Wolken, George Dayhuff, Lawrence Atkinson and Gerald Goodnow.