Myron E. Bidwell
April 6, 1866-Aug. 16, 1935

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, August 17, 1935, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

FORMER DRUGGIST CLAIMED BY DEATH

Myron E. Bidwell Succumbs After Two Years' Illness; Services Sunday

Myron E. Bidwell, former Niles druggist, died Friday afternoon at his home, 122 Silverbrook avenue, after a two years' illness of angina pectoris.

For a number of years Mr. Bidwell conducted the drug store here which was afterward sold to the Dean Drug company and is now known as Dean's No. 2 store.  He purchased the business from E.H. Griffin in 1921 and continued its operation until failing health forced him to retire.

Mr. Bidwell was born in Girard, Mich., April 6, 1866. He was married Nov. 15, 1893, to Elizabeth Y. Ackerman, at Dowagiac, who survives him; also two children, Mrs. Evangeline Fink, of Mishawaka, and Seth Bidwell of Grand Rapids.  He leaves two brothers, Ray Bidwell, Adrian, and Fred Bidwell, Coldwater, and a sister, Mrs. Dora Arthur, of Pasadena, Calif., and three grandchildren, Betty Lou and James Fink, of Mishawaka and Seth Bidwell, Grand Rapids.

He came to Niles from Coldwater and had lived here since 1916.  His business activity covered a period of 40 years in the drug business.  He was a member of the Methodist church.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Price and Kiger funeral chapel. Dr. Robert E. Meader, of the Niles Methodist Church, and the Rev. O.R. Grattan of St. Joseph, will officiate. Burial will be in the mausoleum at Silverbrook cemetery.

Friends of the family may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home until the hour of the service.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 19, 1935, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

BIDWELL RITES SUNDAY

Funeral services for Myron E. Bidwell, 122 Silverbrook avenue, who died at his home Friday, were held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Price and Kiger funeral home. Dr. Robert E. Meader, of the Niles Methodist church, and the Rev. O.R. Grattan of St. Joseph, oficiated[sic]. Burial was in the mausoleum at Silverbrook cemetery.

Floyd I. Boose
April 6, 1908-Jan. 30, 1982

Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 1, 1982, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

Floyd I. Boose, 73, 1213 Thompson Road, died early Saturday morning at the St. Joseph Medical Center in South Bend.

A native of Logansport, Ind., he had resided in the area for many years. He retired from the maintenance department at Tyler Refrigeration Corp. in 1971, and was a member of the Niles Moose Lodge No. 978.

Survivors include his wife, Emma L.; several step-children; a brother, Charles of Niles; two sisters, Dorothy Monte and Irene May, both of Niles, and several step-grandchildren.

Services for Floyd I. Boose will be at 10:30 a.m. today at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. Rev. Donald Hall of the Huntly Memorial Baptist Church will officiate and burial will be in the Silverbrook Cemetery.

Charles Dudley
Dec. 5, 1863-Jan. 21, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 21, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles Dudley Succumbs

Charles Dudley, 84, 519 Superior street, passed away at 7 a.m. today at Pawating hospital after an illness of one week.

He is survived by his widow, Lillian, and two daughters, Cecilia, at home and Beatrice Dudley, Los Angeles, Cal.  Dudley was born on Dec. 5, 1963[sic] in Lexington, Ky., and came here from Elkhart, Ind., 45 years ago. He had been employed for 33 years at the French Paper company.

Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral home Friday evening. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Richard Alexander, of the Second Baptist church, at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Ruth Butts Fisher
March 25, 1907-Nov. 25, 1999

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 29, 1999, page 2, col, 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Graveside services will be held at Silverbrook Cemetery Tuesday at 10 a.m. by the Rev. Alfred Deeds of Bethel Apostolic Tabernacle for Ruth Butts Fisher, 92, of Plant City, Fla. Fisher, who had lived in Niles for over 50 years, died of natural causes Thursday, Nov. 25 at South Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City.

Born in Baroda on March 25, 1907, she was a homemaker.

On August 27, 1947, in Benton Harbor, she married Dr. E.R. Butts who preceded her in death in 1963.

Surviving family includes: two sons, Roy Gaul of Plant City, Fla., and Gerald Gaul of Niles; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Blanche Graham
May 10, 1878-Jan. 28, 1966

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 29, 1966, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Blanche Graham, 87, of 1915 US-31 North, died at 4:35 p.m. Friday in the Quick Convalescent Home.

Mrs. Marham was born May 10, 1878 in Jefferson Township, Cass County, and was a life-time resident of the area.  Her husband, Thomas J., died April 20, 1963.

Surviving are a son, Joseph, Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Fred Vorn, Lansing; two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Leonard Putnam, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends will be received at the funeral home after noon Sunday.

Millicent Harger
Sept. 15, 1898-Jan. 27, 1982

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 28, 1982, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Millicent M. Harger, 83, a former Niles resident, died at 6:10 p.m.  Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Donald (Betty Lou) Zimmerman of 208 E. 9th St., Mishawaka.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 28, 1982, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles for Mrs. Millicent M. Harger, 83, of Mishawaka, who died at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday at the home of her daughter.

She was a retired employee of the Michigan Bell Telephone Company and a member of the Michigan Bell Telephone Pioneer club.

Mrs. Harger was born on Sept. 15, 1898 in Three Oaks.  She married Reginald H. Harger in 1918 in South Bend. He died in 1946.

Survivors include a son, Duane Harger of Mishawaka; a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Betty Lou) Zimmerman of Mishawaka; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Rev. William J. Fuerstenau of the First Presbyterian Church of Niles will officiate at the services on Saturday. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Halbritter Funeral Home.

The family suggests memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.