George E. Guyberson
July 1, 1867-June 15, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 15, 1938, Page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

G.E. GUYBERSON, EX-RAILMAN, DIES

Funeral Service Friday for Former Telegraph Operator.

George E. Guyberson, former Michigan Central railroad telegraph operator in Buchanan, died at 1:30 o'clock this morning in Pawating hospital. He had been ill since Saturday of pneumonia.

Mr. Guyberson was a lifelong resident of Berrien county. He was born in Buchanan and lived there until 1921 when he moved to Niles. The Guyberson home is at 74 North St. Joseph avenue.

Mr. Guyberson was a member of the Buchanan Masonic Lodge and the Niles lodge, Modern Woodmen of America.

He leaves his wife, Allie, and one daughter, Mrs. Daniel M. van Noppen, Niles; also three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Rutherford Funeral home. The Rev. Guy W. Simon of the First Presbyterian church will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 16, 1938, Page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Guyberson Rites

The Rev. Guy W. Simon will conduct funeral services at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home for George E. Guyberson.  Earl Bristol, Frank Chubb, Bryan Treat, Fred Schwartz, Hugh Anderson, Buchanan, and Louis Vandercar, Niles, will serve as pallbearers.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.  Mr. Guyberson died Wednesday morning in Pawating hospital following a brief illness.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 21, 1938, Page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Attend Funeral

Among those who have returned to their homes after coming to Niles to attend service for George Guyberson in the Rutherford funeral home Friday afternoon are Mr. and Mrs. William LeRoy, Walkerton, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Guyberson, Mr. and Mrs. O. Riggle and Mrs. F.A. Funston, South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woodruff, Grand Rapids; Mrs. Elmer Cheney and Miss Elizabeth Cheney, Hillsdale, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Miller, Mrs. George Burnham and Mrs. Jack Burnham, Elkhart, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schwartz, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chubb, Mr. and Mrs. Ealr Bristol, Mrs. Ada Schwartz and Hugh Anderson, Buchanan; Mrs. Ina Meyring, Flint,Mich.; and Mrs. Frayne Robyns, Chicago.

NOTE--THERE IS NO RECORD OF THIS BURIAL IN SILVERBROOK RECORD. PER FINDAGRAVE AND OAK RIDGE CEMETERY RECORD, HE IS BURIED WITH WIFE ALLIE IN BUCHANAN.

Harvey Platt
April 24, 1888-June 17, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 17, 1938, Page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Harvey Platt, 56, Ill Three Months, Dies at B. Center

Harvey Platt, 56, a resident of Niles for 27 years, died at 12:15 o'clock this morning in the Berrien County hospital. He had been in ill health for three months, and had been in the hospital for the last six weeks.

Prior to his illness he had been employed as a clerk in the Tuttle grocery store. He had lived at 902 East Main street.

Mr. Platt was never married. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Charles Tuttle, Niles, and Mrs. O.N. Hayden, Modesto, Calif., also a brother, Harry E. Platt, Niles.

The Rev. Guy W. Simon of the First Presbyterian church will conduct funeral services at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 18, 1938, Page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Platt Services

Funeral services for Harvey Platt, 56, will be at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home. The Rev. Guy W. Simon will conduct the service, followed by burial in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Platt died Friday morning in Berrien county hospital after a long illness.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 20, 1938, Page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Serve as Pallbearers

Richard Sutton, John Forler, William Acker and William Crum served as pallbearers at 3 o'clock this afternoon for the funeral of Harvey Platt, 56.  Rites were in the Rutherford funeral home with the Rev. Guy W. Simon officiating. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Omer R. Pollock
1887-June 15, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 16, 1938, Page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

SON DIES

Mr. and Mrs. William Pollock and their grandson, Petro, 409 West Main street, received word this morning of the death of Omer Pollock, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pollock in Ludington, Mich., Wednesday night. He was a resident of Hart, Mich., and was visiting in Ludington. The body will arrive in Niles today after which funeral arrangements will be completed.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 17, 1938, Page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Services Saturday for Omer R. Pollock, Niles Ex-Resident

Funeral services for Omer Raymond Pollock, Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pollock, Niles, will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Price and Kiger funeral home.

Rites will be conducted by the Rev. D.G. Foote, Bad Axe.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mr. Pollock was a former Niles resident. He died Wednesday in a Ludington hospital after an illness of one week.

Besides his parents he leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Metzger, whom he married Jan. 29, 1923; two children, Janet and William and three mrothers[sic], Smyers, Dewey and Theodore, all of Niles.

Mr. Pollock was born in Walkerton, Ind.  He moved to Niles from Gary, and lived here until about three years ago when he moved to Hart.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 18, 1938, Page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

SERVE AS PALLBEARERS

Carl Hill, Clarence Humphrey, John Pfeil, F.J. Vietz, Fred Bauer and Edward Coonrod served as pallbearers at 3 o'clock this afternoon for the funeral of Omer Raymond Pollock. Services were conducted by the Rev. D.G. Foote, Bad Axe, in the Price and Kiger funeral home with burial in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Pollock, a former Niles resident, died Wednesday in a Ludington hospital.

Frank Taylor
July 23, 1869-June 6, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 8, 1938, Page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles Man Stricken in Berrien Center

Funeral services for Frank Taylor, 67, who died Tuesday morning in the Berrien county hospital, will be held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Price and Kiger funeral home.

Rites will be conducted by the Rev. T.O. Lee of the First Methodist Episcopal church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

As far as is known Mr. Taylor has no relatives.  He is said to have been born in Dowagiac.  He had been employed in Niles prior to entering the hospital for treatment.

Joseph Francis Flint
Sept. 2, 1892-June 11, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 11, 1938, Page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

DIES IN HOSPITAL

Late reports from Pawating hospital this afternoon told of the death of Joseph Flint, 1212 North Ninth street, in the hospital at 12:40 o'clock., after a long illness of pneumonia. Mr. Flint is survived by his wife, Mrs. Leona Flint, and three daughters, Marjorie, Joan and Patricia. The body was taken to the Rutherford Funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 13, 1938, Page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Service Tuesday for J.F. Flint, 46, Railway Employe

Funeral services for Joseph Francis Flint, 46, will be at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home.  The Rev. J.W. Walker of the A.M.E. church will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Essex Williams, Eugene Liggans, Hobart Riggs, William Wortham, Fred Shepard and Thomas Travik will serve as pallbearers.

A resident of Niles for 21 years, Mr. Flint died Saturday afternoon in Pawating hospital. He had been ill for three and a half weeks of pneumonia.

He leaves his wife, Leona, whom he married in St. Joseph, Oct. 5, 1913; three daughters, Marjorie, Jean and Patricia, Niles; his father, Harrison Flint, Chicago, and three brothers, Fred, Otie and Ernest Flint. Niles.

Mr. Flint was born in Huntsville, Ala. He moved to Niles from Chicago. Prior to his illness he had been employed as a locomotive oiler by the Michigan Central Railroad.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 14, 1938, Page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

FLINT RITES

The Rev. J.W. Walker conducted services at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home for Joseph Francis Flint, 46, veteran railroad man. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Flint died Saturday in Pawating hospital.

Thomas H. Thompson
Oct. 7, 1864-Sept. 20, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Monday, September 20, 1954, Page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Thomas H. Thompson of 911 Margaret street, died this morning at 9 o'clock.

His wife, Nancy, died May 17.

Removal was made to the Kiger Funeral Home. Arrangements are incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 21, 1954, Page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

THOMPSON SERVICES SET

Friends of Thomas H. Thompson, 89, of 911 Margaret street, who died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Wogoman, Edwardsburg, may call at the Kiger Funeral Home.

Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Thusday by Brother John Kinner. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

A resident of Niles since 1922, Thompson was a retired New York Central Railroad employe. He was born at Troy, O., Oct. 7, 1864, and came to Niles from Jonesboro, Ind.

Beside Mrs. Wogoman he is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. George Howell, Jonesboro, and Mrs. William Shaw, Galesburg; three sons, Glen, William and Perley Thompson, all of Niles, 17 grandchildren, [illegible] greatgrandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren