Fern R. Tyson
Oct. 11, 1893-May 13, 1964

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 14, 1964, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Fern R. Tyson, 70, of 62 Marmont St., died at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient since April 21.

She was born Oct. 11, 1893 in Buchanan Township and came to Niles from Benton Harbor in 1937.  He was married to George Tyson, who died May 16 1961.

She is survived by two children, Mrs. Richard Anderson, Kalamazoo, and Maurice Shepardson, Benton Harbor; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; a brother, Charles Conrad, Niles, and two sisters, Mrs. Rita Kaiser and Mrs. Gertrude Munroe, both of Niles.

She was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church and the Golden Age Club.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at her church.  The Rv. John G. Carlton, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Phillip Unruh
1863-July 18, 1933

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, July 19, 1933, page 3, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

UNRUH FUNERAL THURSDAY

Funeral services for Phillip Unruh, 25 North State street, who dropped dead Tuesday morning in the yard at his home, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Troost & Turner funeral chapel. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Elmer Unruh, son of the deceased, accompanied by his wife and her father, William Brown, Muncie, Ind., arrived in Niles Tuesday afternoon. Friends may view the body at the chapel.

Norma Utter
Aug. 12, 1903-Feb. 26, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 27, 1974, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Mrs. Norma M. Utter, 70, of 2887 Detroit Rd., died at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday in the Cardinal Nursing Home, South Bend, after an illness of several months.

A retired employe of Simplicity Pattern Co., Mrs. Utter was born Aug. 12, 1903, in Lawrence, and had lived here since 1929, coming from Benton Harbor. On Nov. 17, 1922, in St. Joseph, she married Jack L. Utter, who died in 1947.

Surviving are two sons, William of Niles and Charles of Dowagiac; a daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline Wheeler of Niles; two brothers, Lee and Lester Nower of St. Joseph; five sisters, Mrs. Donna Eiserman of Florida, Mrs. Ruth Day, Mrs. Virginia Agens, Mrs. June Dreeves and Mrs. Shirley Hosner, all of Benton Harbor, and one grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ralph Pletcher of Coulter's Chapel officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call beginning Thursday at the funeral home.

Lena B. Vandenburg
Feb. 26, 1889-Oct. 30, 1976

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 1, 1976, page 8, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Miss Lena B. Vandenburg, 87, of 41 S. Third St., died at 6:10 a.m. Saturday at Unity Hospital, Buchanan after an extended illness.

A former clerk at the Fair Stor[sic] of Niles, she was born Feb. 26, 1889 in Berrien township and had lived in the area her lifetime.

She is survived by two brothers, Lester and Henry, both of Niles.

Funeral services will be at  2 p.m. today at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. David L. Litchfield of the Grace United Methodist Church officiating. Burial was to follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church.

Lawrence Glenn Warburton
Sept. 8, 1895-June 15, 1964

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 15, 1964, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Lawrence Glenn Warburton, 68, of 1217 Barron Lake Road, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Theodore Laesch, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, with pallbears[sic] from American Legion Post No. 26, who will fold the flag.

He died at 1:05 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital, where he had been a patient two days.

Mr. Warburton, a retired grocery store owner and former employe of the Simplicity Pattern Company, was born Sept. 8, 1895, in Canton, Penn. He came to Niles from Chicago in 1936.

Survivors include his widow, Evelyn; a daughter, Mrs. Grace Phillips, Dowagiac; two sons, Richard K., Niles, and Dr. Robert G., Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Gomery, Norristown, Pa., and Mrs. Lillian McIlwain, Jersey Shore, Pa., nine grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

He was a veteran of World War I.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Hattie Ward
Feb. 4, 1905-June 24, 1964

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 24, 1964, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Hattie Ward, 59, of 1228 N. 10th St., died at 6:30 a.m. today in St. Joseph Hospital, South Bend, following an illness of several years.

Mrs. Ward was born Feb. 4, 1905, in Nachitoches, La. She came to Niles in 1948 from San Diego, Calif.

Survivors include her husband, William; a daughter, Mrs. Curtis Daily, Compton, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Ollie Jones, Nachitoches; a brother, John Huston, Leesville, La.; and a grandson.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Mount Calvary Baptist Church, where she was a member. The Rev. Theodis Hadley, pastor, will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Kiger funeral home.