Maxine E. Abermann
April 22, 1902-Sept. 4, 1962

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Saturday, September 29, 1962, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Theodore (Maxine E.) Abermann, 60, of 925 Cherry St., died Friday at 1:40 p.m. in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient since Sept. 4.  She had been ill one year.

Mrs. Abermann was born April 22, 1902, in Niles, and was a life-time resident of this city.

Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Margaret Roach, Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Rowland Jackson, San Bernardino, Calif., and Mrs. William Frank, Dearborn; and three grandchildren.

She was a member of the American Association of University Women, the First Methodist Church, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Beta Gamma Epsilon. She was a member of the Wesleyan Guild and was a graduate of of the University of Michigan. Mrs. Abermann taught one year of English in Puerto Rico.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Pifer Funeral Home, with Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of her church, officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Mr. Abermann announced that, due to Mrs. Abermann's death, the Club 66 will be closed at 11 day[sic] Monday.

Herman Blackburn
Jan 13, 1899-Sept. 19, 1962

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Thursday, September 20, 1962, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Herman Blackburn, 63, 1806 Niles-Buchanan Road, died Wednesday at 9:42 a.m. at Pawating Hospital, where he had been a patient six weeks. He had been ill three years.

Mrs.[sic] Blackburn, a retired interior decorator, was born Jan. 13, 1899, in Coffee County, Tenn. He came to Niles in 1916.

Survivors include his wife, Thelma; three sons, Kenneth and Eldon, both of Niles, and Dwain, Kalamazoo; three sisters, Mrs. Walter McLaughlin and Mrs. Mann Bonner, both of Niles, and Mrs. Grover Bennett, Cooksville, Tenn.; and nine grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Earl J. Wickstrom, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Thomas G. Childress
Jan. 6, 1870-Sept. 22, 1962

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Monday, September 24, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Thomas G. Childress, 92, route one, Pokagon, who died Saturday at 5:40 p.m. at his home, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Kiger Funeral Home. The Rev. Moses Dickinson of Chicago will officiate with burial in Silverbrook Cemetery.

He had been ill one year.

Mr. Childress was born Jan. 6, 1879[sic], in South Carolina. He married Jennie Johnson on May 14, 1895 in Pine Bluff, Ark. Following his retirement from the Department of Interior, Indian Affairs, in 1938, he came here from Chicago in 1939, and spent the remainder of his life.

Survivors include his widow; two daughters, Mrs. William I. Gough and Mrs. Marie Lewis, both of Chicago; five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Note: Both Death Record and cemetery record show date of birth as 1870 which is consistent with age 92 as stated in obit.  Therefore, it is assumed that the year of birth stated by newspaper in obit is typo.

Howard N. Hiatt
brDec. 23, 1889-July 23, 1955

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Monday, July 25, 1955, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles

Howard N. Hiatt, 65, of 525 Huron Street, died at 9:55 p.m. July 23, at his residence after a four months illness.

Mr. Hiatt was born in Richmond, Ind., on December 30, 1889. He came to Niles from Pittsburgh, Pa., about 10 years ago, working as a store clerk for the New York Central Railroad. Mr. Hiatt was a veteran of World War I.

Survivors include his wife, Aletha, a sister, Mrs. Georgia Anderson, Cincinnati, O., and two brothers, Francis, of South Bend, and Willard of Cleveland.

Funeral services will be held at the Kiger Funeral Home on Tuesday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Mr. Richard Alexander officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Frank J. Neuens
1899-Sept. 13, 1962

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Friday, September 14, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Frank J. Neuens, 63, 114 S. 4^th St., who died Thursday, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Pifer Funeral Home, with Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana), Friday, September 14, 1962, page 5.

NILES—Frank J. Neuens, 63, of 114 S. 5^th St., died at 6 a.m Thursday in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center. He is survived by his widow, Ruth; a son, Gordon, Kalamazoo; and two daughters, Alice and Penney Sue, both at home; his mother, Mrs. Treas Neuens, Homewood, Ill.; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Swanson, Homewood; Mrs. Agnes Carlson, Chicago, Mrs. William Downey, Homewood, and Sister Pirrie, Milwaukee; and by three brothers, Anthony, Flint, Mich., Michael, Homewood, and Theodore, Tampa, Fla. He was born June 16, 1899, in Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday n the Pifer Funeral Home with Rev. Maurice McKean, D.D., pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Carroll J. Piper
July 8, 1904-Sept 18, 1962

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Wednesday, September 19, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

BENTON HARBOR―Carroll J. Piper, 58, of 1230 Jennings St., died Tuesday at 7:05 a.m. In Mercy Hospital. He had been ill two weeks.

Mr. Piper was born July 8, 1904, in Lima, Ohio. He later moved here and lived most of his life in this area.

Survivors include two sons, Stewart and Dennis, both of Seattle, Wash.; a brother, Varus, Niles; and two grandchildren.

He was retired from the Bendix Corp. Lake Shore Division, St. Joseph, and was a member of Elks Lodge No. 544 here.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Pifer Funeral Home, Niles, with Dr. Maurice D. McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends are being received at the funeral home.