Duane C. Harger
Oct. 9, 1923-March 5, 2003

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 6, 2003 page 2, col. 2

Funeral services for Duane C. Harger, 79, of 20531 Darden Road in South Bend, Ind., formerly of Niles, are Saturday, March 8 at 11 a.m. at Halbritter Funeral Home with Rev. Carl W. Bassett of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church officiating.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Harger died on Wednesday at 1:40 p.m. at Healthwin Specialized Care Facility in South Bend, Ind.

He was born on October 9, 1923 in Buchanan.  He was a lifetime area resident and a member of First Presbyterian Church.

He is survived by several nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by a sister on Jan. 1, 1991.

Visitation will be an hour prior to services.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Abraham Sharpe Hargreaves
July 3, 1868-Feb. 6, 1945

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 6, 1945, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

A.S. HARGREAVES DIES EARLY TODAY

A retired National Standard employe, Abraham Sharpe Hargreaves, 76, of 415 North Eighth street, died at 8:30 this morning in Pawating hospital. He had been ill for two years.

Hargreaves came to Niles in 1906 from Leeds, England, where he was born July 3, 1868.  His wife, Harriet, died in 1930.

Surviving are two sons, James and John Hargreaves, Niles; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank Bowles and Mrs. Sarah Johnson, both of Niles.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home. Funeral services will be conducted in the Trinity Episcopal church of which he was a member by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson.  Time of the funeral has not been set.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 8, 1945, page 2, col 2, microfilm Niles District Library

HARGREAVE[sic] RITES

Funeral services for Abraham Sharpe Hargreaves, 76, of 415 North Eight[sic] street, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Trinity Episcopal church, followed by burial in Silverbrook cemetery.

Hargreaves died Tuesday morning in Pawating hospital. Pallbearers will be Roy Brewster, Charles Richardson, Walter Egmer, Roy Parker, George Eisele and H.B. Wideman.

Nora Harker
Dec. 15, 1895-March 28, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 28, 1974, page 2, col. 5, Niles District Library

NILES--Mrs. Nora Harker, 78, of 16 Marmont St., died at 2:45 a.m. today at Pawating Hospital, where she was admitted Wednesday.

Born Dec. 15, 1895, at Wakarusa, Ind., Mrs. Harker had lived at Niles most of her life. Her husband, Samuel, died a year ago this month.

Surviving are four sons, Richard and William of Niles, Don of Jackson and Jack of Walhalla, Mich.; four brothers, John Dell of Granger, Ind., Ira Dell of Peru, Ind., Jacob Dell of Hollywood, Fla., and Charles Dell of Phoenix, Ariz.; four sisters, Grace Lake of Niles, Rosa Hall of Dowagiac, Dorothy Gonzaliz of Van Nuys, Calif., and Mrs. Alma Pence of Anaheim, Calif. six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 am. Saturday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home. The Rev. Harold Boland, pastor of the First Assembly of God Church, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral chapel after 10 a.m. Friday.

Mattie L. Haslett
Sept. 10, 1891-March 4, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 4, 1974, page 2, col. 2, Niles District Library

NILES--Mrs. Mattie L. Haslett, 82, of 2030 Portage Rd., died at 10:35 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 5, 1974, page 2, col. 1, Niles District Library

NILES--Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie L. Haslett, 82, of 2030 Portage Rd., who died Monday in Pawating Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Officiating will be the Rev. John Wyngarden, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Slverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Haslett was born Sept. 10, 1891, in Alma Center, Wis., and had lived here since 1898. On Dec. 5, 1909,in Buchanan, she married Claude L. Haslett, who survives. She was a member of the Advent Christian Church.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Haslett is survived by two sons, Donald C. of Stevensivlle[sic] and Hubert H. of Niles; a sister, Mrs. Theoda Warren of Indianapolis, Ind., nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Margaret L. Heide
Dec. 29, 1895-May 16, 1983

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 17, 1983, page 2, col. 5

Margaret L. Heide, 87, of 1736 Ferry St., Niles, died Monday at 1:12 a.m. at Pawating Hospital after a  year’s illness.

She was born Dec. 29, 1895 in Berlin, Germany.  She lived in the Niles area for the last 50 years, coming from Chicago.  She was a noted Niles artist.  She was a member of the Niles Art Guild and the First Baptist Church.

She married Fred Heide, who preceded her in death in November 1969.

Survivors include: a daughter, Mrs . Betty Hydorn, of Niles;  three sons Vic Hyde of Hawthorne, Fl., Eric Heide of Ft. Lauderdale, Fl and Robert Heide of South Bend; a sister, Mrs. Helen Fippenger of Chicago, a brother Herbert Hohensee of Chicago; twenty grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held Thursday, May 19 at 1:30 p.m. at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home.  The Rev. Ray Cunningham of the First Baptist Church will officiate.  Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Fred W. Heide
Apr. 5, 1890-Nov. 26, 1969

Niles Daily Star, Friday,  Nov 28, 1969, pg 2,

Fred W. Heide, 79, of 1307 Grant St., a colorful Niles personality, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday in Pawating Hospital.

Born April 6, 1890 in Germany, the retired coal dealer and musician had lived here since 1928.  He married the former Margaret Hohensee, who survives on Aug. 17, 1912 in Forest Park, Ill.

Arriving in Niles in 1928, Mr. Heide bought a 105 acre farm on the St. Joseph River, between Niles and Buchanan.  In 1935, he started a steam-operated flour mill on North Second Street in Niles.

In 1940, Mr. Heide became a coal dealer, using the depression slogan “Don’t Go In The Hole –Buy Heide’s Coal.”

He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Gideons.

An extremely musically-inclined person, Mr. Heide taught all his children to play an instrument.  For 10 years, Mr. Heide’s band played for affairs in and around Niles.  His eldest son, Victor, became a world renowned professional.

The Heide property on Grant Street is a famous local landmark, with yards full of colorful steam traction engines.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Heide is survived by three sons, Victor, Eric Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Robert, South Bend; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Hydorn, Niles; two brothers, Victor and Ernest, both in Germany; two sisters, Mrs. William Rekatzky, Philadelphia, Pa.; and Mrs. Joana Trunderburg, Germany; 22 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ray Cunningham officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Gideons.