Louis Kovasics
Sept. 12, 1911-March 1, 2001

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 3, 2001 pg 2, col 5

Louis Kovasics, 89, of 1731 Oak Street, Niles, died Thursday at Silverbrook Manor Nursing Home of natural causes.

Cremation will take place and their (sic) will be no funeral services.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Kovasics was born Sept. 12, 1911, in South Bend, Ind.

On June 22, 1935, in St. Joseph, he married Rose Balos, who survives him in death.

Kovasics was a tool and die maker for Rohr Aircraft Corp.  He served in the U. S. Army.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Steve Kovas and Marchmont Kovas.

In addition to his wife, survivors include: a sister, Irma Bingaman of Mishawaka, Ind. and a brother, Gene Kovas of New Carlisle, Ind.

Peter J. Mack
April 27, 1900-May 31, 1982

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 1, 1982 pg 2 col 6

Peter J. Mack, 82, of 3082 Pine Lake Rd, Niles, died at 5:37 p.m. Monday in South Bend following a brief illness.

A retired employee of the Studebaker Corporation, Mr. Mack was born April 27, 1900 in Lithuania and had lived here since 1925.

He married Elizabeth Nettie Horner on April 12, 1930.  She died on Feb. 25, 1982.

Survivors include several nieces and nephews in this area.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.  Rev. Robert L. Livingston of St. John’s United Church will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Elsie P. Mitchell
April 30, 1824-March 24, 1903

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 25, 1903, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

MRS. E.P. MITCHELL

Sketch of the Life of Deceased Pioneer Resident of Niles

Mrs. E.P. Mitchell, notice of whose demise appeared in yesterday's edition of the STAR, was born in Lackawac, Ulster county, N.Y. April 30, 1824. Feb. 27, 1845, she was married to Joseph Mitchell and moved to Michigan in 1846, settling at Ann Arbor, then removed to Lansing, which was then but a forest. A year later they removed to Bennington, Shiawassa[sic] county, then to Detroit in 1871, and to Niles in 1885. Mr. Mitchell died in this city in December, 1877.  The following eight years Mrs. Mitchell resided in Detroit and Grand Rapids. Since 1885 her home has been in Niles, at the old homestead, corner of Ninth and Cherry streets.  She had for a number of years spent a few months of her time with her children in Chicago and Milwaukee.  It was on one of the visits that she was taken with her final illness.

She leaves five children, Mrs. E.F. McFarlin of Chicago, I.N. Mitchell of Milwaukee, Mrs. J.M. Carr of Niles, Mrs. R.C. Notbohm of Milwaukee, and Chas, W. Mitchell, of the United States Naval station at Oakland, Cal.

The remains will arrive here this evening.  Funeral services will take place from the old home, corner of Ninth and Cherry streets, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Rev. A.T. Ferguson of the Methodist church will conduct the services. Interment at Silver Brook cemetery.

Frank W. Pugh
April 28, 1900-June 1, 1972

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 1, 1972, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Frank W. Pugh, 72, of 1060 Kish Rd., died at 12:20 a.m. today in Buchanan Community Hospital after an extended illness.

A retired farmer, Mr. Pugh was born April 28, 1900, in Missouri, and had lived in this area for the past 15 years. His wife, Angie, survives.

Mr. Pugh was a World War I veteran.

Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Billy of Niles and Frank Jr. of Grand Rapids; three brothers, Louis of St. Louis, Miss., Leo of Dexter, Miss., and Elvis of Pontiac; three sisters, Mrs. Ethyl Dye of Kennett, Mo. Mrs. Lillie Ford also of Kennett, and Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman of Garden City, Fla., 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert Trenery of the Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home.

Dorothy Pauline Sheperis
August 12, 1915-July 8, 2002

Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 12, 2002 pg 2

Mrs. Dorothy Pauline “Polly” Sheperis, 86, of Wells Street, Niles, died at 1 p.m.   Monday, July 8 at Riveridge Manor in Niles, following a brief illness.

Sheperis was born Aug. 23, 1915 in Marshall County, Ind. to Welcome and Hazel Loretta (Lee) Barts.  On July 1, 1933, she married John Robert Sheperis in Plymouth, Ind.  He preceded her in death on March 10, 1979.  Mr. and Mrs. Sheperis came to Niles in 1945 and were among the first residents of the Oak Manor neighborhood.

Mrs. Sheperis was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Niles.

She was one of the original residents of the Four Flags Plaza on Seventh Street in Niles.  She had always enjoyed caring for family and friends and was very active in doing so at the Four Flags Plaza.

Survivors include; three daughters, Barbara Ann Kane of Niles, Marilyn “Jo” Miller of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Dorothy Roberta Sheperis of Clearwater; 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by two brothers, Welcome Lee and Robert Kenneth Barts.

Graveside funeral services will be Monday, July 15 at 10 a.m. at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.  The Rev. Dr. Ronald H. Wakeman of First Presbyterian Church will be officiating.  Interment will follow.

The family is gathering privately at Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.

Memorial contributions in memory of Mrs. Sheperis may be made to the American Heart Association of Michigan, the American Lung Association of Michigan, or the American Diabetes Association-Michigan Affiliate.

Arrangements were made at Halbritter Funeral Home.

Mary A. Thayer
Dec. 2, 1925-Dec. 15, 1992

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, December 16, 1992, page 2, col. 1-2

1925-1992
secretary-treasurer of Thayer’s Jewelers Inc.

Funeral services for Mary Alyce Thayer, 67, 36 N. St. Joseph Ave, Niles are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Niles with the Rev. Steven L. Schuneman, church rector, officiating.

Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

She died at 7:06 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in South Bend following a brief illness.

Born Dec. 2, 1925, in Niles, she was a lifetime resident.

On Nov. 9, 1949, in Niles, she married James A. Thayer, who survives.

She was secretary-treasurer of Thayer’s Jeweler’s Inc.

Thayer was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.  She was past president of Trinity Episcopal Altar Guild.  She was also a member of Trinity Episcopal’s St. Catherine’s Guild, the Seepewa Reading Club and the Niles Service League.  She was a 1944 graduate of Niles High School.

Other survivors include a son, Joseph D. Thayer of Niles; two grandchildren and a brother Robert Radka of South Bend.

Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Halbritter Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church.