Mary Moore Beals
1832-1907

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 22, 1907, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

The remains of Mrs. Jerome Beals will arrive here tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. from St. Louis, Mo., and will be taken directly to Silver Brook cemetery, where Rev. C.J. DeCoux will offer prayer at the graveside.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 23, 1907, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

The remains of Mrs. Mary Moore Beals arrived here at 10:30 this morning, and were taken directly to Silver Brook cemetery, where a short service was read by Rev. C. Decoux, of Trinity church, after which the body was laid to rest beside that of her husband, who died here many years ago. Mrs. Beal,s [sic] death occurred Sunday night at St. Louis, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Curtice, and was caused by paralysis, with which she had suffered for 12 years. She was 74 years old at the time of her death.  Her husband, Jerome Beals, was at one time in the grocery business here, in partnership with Dr. J.H. Richardson. The remains were accompanied here by Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Curtice of St. Louis.

Buchanan Record, Tuesday, April 23, 1907, page 3, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Mary Moore Beals, who is reported dead in St. Louis, Mo., is the mother of Mrs. F.S. Bonine, wife of the well known oculist of Niles, and also has a relative near that city of the name of S.S. Beals.

Paul Leslie Allen
May 14, 1910-Feb. 12, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 13, 1974, page 2, col. 7-8, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Paul Leslie Allen, 63, of 1733 Howard St., died at 1:05 p.m. Tuesday in Pawating Hospital.

He was born May 14, 1910, in Binghamtown, N.Y., and had lived her for 26 years, coming from Kingston, Tenn. On Feb. 7, 1945, in Jeffersonville, Ind., he married the former Esther Louise West, who survives.

Mr. Allen was a member of the Veterans of Foreign War of Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Paul R. (Dorothy Jean) Ostuni of Manchester, Conn.; a brother, Orville L. Allen of Hunlock Creek, Pa.; a sister, Mrs. Garel Perham of Indian Lake, and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m Thursday in the First Church of Christ (Christian), with the Rev. Joe R. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home.

Memorials may be given to the First Church of Christ (Christian).

Bessie Brockhaus
April 24, 1881-Feb. 6, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 7, 1974, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Bessie Brockhaus, 92, of Benton Harbor, a Niles native, died at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday in Mercy Hospital, Benton Harbor, after an illness of one week.

Born April 24, 1881, in Niles, Mrs. Brockhaus moved to Benton Harbor 39 years ago. Her husband, Frank, died in 1912.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Veronica B. Mason of Benton Harbor and Mrs. Annetta Zehner of Oakland, Calif., and one granddaughter.

Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with the Rev. Donald A. Cozadd of Grace United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Leroy B. Havener
Dec. 9, 1919-Jan. 23, 1982

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 25, 1982, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Leroy B. Havener, 62, 610 North Seventh St., died late Friday at Pawating Hospital after an extended illness.

A lifetime area resident, he was a 35 year employee of Garden City Fan Co., and was a veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Niadah T.; two sons, Dale Myer of Niles and Gregg Myer of Buchanan; a daughter, Denice Myer of Niles; two brothers, Claude Havener of Niles and Elmer Havener of Grand Rapids; two sisters, Hazel Goss of Bangor and Florence Reid of Niles, and 11 grandchildren.

Services for Mr. Havener will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Halbritter Funeral Home. Elder Jack E. VanArsdall of the Fairland Christian Church will officiate with burial at the Silverbrook Cemetery's veterans section. Friends may call after 2 p.m. at the funeral home.

Lillian A. Havener
Aug. 25, 1904-Jan. 29, 1966

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 31, 1966, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian A. Havener, 61, of 131 Ontario St., will be conducted at 2 pm. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home. Maj. Alvan Parker, commander of the Niles Salvation Army Citadel, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

She died at 3:42 p.m., Saturday in Berrien General Hospital, Berrien Center, where she had been a patient eight days.

Mrs. Havener was born Aug. 25, 1904, in Lansing, and came to Niles from that city 33 years ago.

Surviving are her husband, Albert; and a son, Robert, at home.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Otis Grant Havener
Feb. 10, 1909-Aug. 26, 1935

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 26, 1935, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

O.G. HAVENER DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Services to Be Held Tuesday for Victim of Lung Ailments

Grant Havener, 26, died early this morning of abscess of the lungs from which he had been suffering for two years.  His death occurred at his home 1542 Maple street.

Mr. Havene    Otis r was born at Eau Claire, Feb. 10, 1909. He came here from Bangor six years ago, and until his illness was employed as a garage mechanic.

Surviving are his wie, Mrs. Florence Havener; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Havener; five brothers, Albert, Ernest and Leroy, of Niles, Claude, of Traverse City, and Helmer, of Grand Rapids; and three sisters, Mrs. Orville Carpenter, Niles; Mrs. Boyd Goss, Osceola, Ind., and Gorden Carpenter, Mishawaka, Ind.

He was married Oct. 24, 1929, at South Bend to Miss Florence Ittes by the Rev. Covert, of the South Bend Baptist church.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Rutherford Funeral home where friends may call up to noon Tuesday.

Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 27, 1935, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

HAVENER RITES TODAY

Funeral services for Otis Grant Havener, 26, who died early Monday morning after two years' illness of an lung ailment, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home. Arthur Zimmerman officiated and burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Pallbearers were Joseph Van Dusen, Boyd Goss, Gordon Carpenter, Orville Carpenter, Albert Tuttle and Frank Jones.