Frank Eisele
April 14, 1887-Oct. 13, 1940

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 14, 1940, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Frank Eisele, 53, Lifelong Resident of Niles, Expires. 

Frank Eisele, 429 South Ninth Street, a life long resident of Niles died Sunday afternoon, after an illness of two months. He was 53 years old.

Mr. Eisele was born in Niles April 14, 1887, and until a year ago was employed by the National Printing and Engraving Company.  Survivors include a brother, George Eisele and a sister, Mrs. Anna Forrest, both of Niles.

Services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 in the Pifer Funeral Home where friends may call. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John’s Evangelical church will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Eva Eisele (Hattenback)
Sept. 20, 1880-Nov. 29, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 30, 1963, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Eva Eisele, 83, of 435 S. 5th St. died at 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Dwellyn Hall Nursing Home, 512 N. 4th St.

Mrs. Eisele was born Sept. 20, 1880 in Cassopolis. She came to Niles, from Buchanan 50 years ago.  Her husband, George died July 31, 1953.

Surviving are several nieces and nephews.

She was a member of St. John’s United Church of Christ Evangelical and Reformed.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home. the Rev. Richard J. Fraser pastor of her church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends will be received at the funeral home beginning Sunday evening.

Catherine Ehninger (Kneitives)
1825-1930

Mrs. John Ehninger dies in Nebraska

Passed away at home of daughter at Arlington Thursday.

Mrs. Catherine Ehninger, 94, widow of John Ehninger, who resided on a farm four miles west of Niles toward Portage Prairie, for many years prior to Mr. Ehninger’s death, died this morning, April 3, 1930, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Schoettger in Arlington, Neb.

The body will be brought to Niles.  The services will be held on Saturday Afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Troost and Augustine Chapel.  It is expected that the funeral party will reach Niles on Saturday morning. Mrs. Ehninger has resided in Arlington since the death of her son, Frank Ehninger 15 years ago.  She is survived by two sons, Henry Ehninger, Hooper, Neb., and William Ehinger of Lyons, Nev.  And by one daughter, Mrs. Henry Schcoettger of Arlington.  Among the surviving grandchildren are the following, Mrs. Lawrence  Ehninger Knox, wife of Jacob, residing west of Niles, Louis Ehinger and Fred Goldfuss of Niles, Clarence Ehninger of South Bend and Mrs. Irene Lister, wife of Joseph Lister of Detroit, other grandchildren reside in South Bend and other cities.  Mr. and Mrs. Ehinger were pioneer residents of the Portage Prairie section and have spent most of their married life on the farm where Mr. Ehninger died in 1907.

Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Ehinger, widow of John Ehninger, whose body was brought to Niles this morning from Arlington, Nev, where she died on Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Schoetiger, will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon in the Troost and Augustine Chapel. T he Rev. D.O. Young pastor of the Evangelical church in west Niles will officiate. Burial will be made in the family lot in Silverbrook Cemetery. Mrs. Schoettiger and Henry Ehninger; a son, of the deceased of Hooper, Neb., came to Niles with the body. Among other relatives here for the funeral services are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lister of Detroit, and Mrs. Margaret Ehninger and son, Douglas of Michigan City, Mrs. Ehninger was 94 years of age. She was born in Germany.

Roger Allen Egbert
Aug. 4, 1940-Oct. 20, 1994

Roger Allen Egbert, 54, of 1327 Cass St., died at 7 a.m. Thursday Oct. 20, 1994, in his home of natural causes.  He was a baker at Demond's Super Value, Eastgate Shopping Center.  Mr. Egbert was born Aug. 4, 1940, in Blue Island, Ill.  He is survived by three sisters, Edith Crouch of Niles, Tyra Dean of El Paso, Texas, and Elizabeth Eason of McIntosh, Fla.; and a brother, Charles of Niles.

Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Silverbrook Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Pifer-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

James G. Edwards
Sept. 12, 1917-Dec. 25, 1994

James Glyn Edwards, 77, of 1328 Broadway, died at 2:45 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, 1994, in Pawating Hospital following an illness.  Mr. Edwards was a former employee of General Time in Peterborough, Ontario. He retired after 24 years from Montgomery Ward Co. in Niles.

He was born Sept. 12, 1917, in Penrhewceiber, Wales, and had resided in Niles since 1959, coming from Canada to Goshen in 1956. On Jan. 18, 1947, in Peterborough, he married Ada Jane Smith. She survives with a daughter, Linda Anderson of Flemington, N.J.; two grandchildren; and a sister, Catherine Hough of Peterborough.  He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and a member of American Legion Post 26.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Halbritter Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery with a flag presentation. Friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.