Alice North
November 25, 1869-December 11, 1962

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, December 12, 1962, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Frank North, 93, of 410 Michigan St., died at 10 p.m. Tuesday, in the Oak Grove Manor Nursing Home.

Mrs. North was born Nov. 25, 1869 in Napoleon. She came to Niles in 1921. Her husband, Frank, operated a grocery on Michigan St., for many years. He died in 1959.

Surviviors[sic] include two daughters, Miss Marjorie North, at home, and Mrs. Roy Heberle, Niles; a grandson, Robert Whitacre, Adrian; and two great-grandchildren.

She was a member of the Progress Club and the WSCS and the Berrien Class of the First Methodist Church.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, in the Pifer Funeral Home.  The Rev. Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of her church, will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

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

Frank L. North
December 13, 1867-May 21,1959

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, May 21, 1959, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Frank L. North, 91, of 410 Michigan Street, retired Niles grocer, died at 2:15 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient since May 10.  He had been in poor health for some time.

Mr. North was born Dec. 13, 1867, in St. Joseph County, Mich., and moved to the city in 1921 from the Bertrand area. He was married on Jan. 7, 1862, at Napoleon, Mich., to Alice Marshall. He was a member of the Methodist Church here and a life member of the Brooklyn Lodge 169, F. and A.M.

Surviving are: his widow; two daughters, Miss Marjorie North and Mrs. Roy Heberle, both of Niles; a granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Whitacre, of Adrian, and one great grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Marjorie Lucil North
November 18, 1895-November 26, 1986

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, November 28, 1986, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Marjorie Lucil North, 91, a resident of the United Methodist Home in Chelsea, died Wednesday at 10:15 a.m.

She was born Nov. 18, 1895 in Brooklyn.  She was a Western Michigan University graduate and taught in Niles for 38 years.  She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, the Fort St. Joseph Historical Association and the Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include a sister, Alice Heberle of Chelsea and a niece, Marjorie Whitaker.

Services are Saturday at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Home Chapel. Rev. James Simmons will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Friends may call from 9 to 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Home. Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Home.          

Arrangements were made by the Burghart and Cole Funeral Home in Chelsea.

Emma V. Renterghem
January 8, 1899-January 14, 1983

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Saturday, January 15, 1983, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Emma V. Renterghem, 84, of 1329 Woodland, Portage, Mich., died Friday, Jan. 14, in Kalamazoo, after a short illness.   

She was a retired employee of Spencer’s Dry Cleaners and was a five-year resident of Kalamazoo, moving there from Niles.

Born Jan. 8, 1899 in Fergus Falls, Minn., she married Joseph Renterghem in Fergus Falls in April 1929. He died in December 1942.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. JoAnn King of Portage and a son, Lemont Renterghem of Greenville, Mich. She had five grandchildren.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 17 at the Pifer-Smith funeral Home.  Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends will be at Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday.  A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Memorials may be made to the Michigan Heart Association.

Ethel A. Rice
January 30, 1887-September 7, 1965

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, September 8, 1965, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Ethel A. Rice, 78, of 1425 Terminal Road, died at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient four days.  She had been Ill three weeks.

Mrs. Rice was born Jan. 30, 1887, in Bertrand Township, and was a lifetime resident of the community.  She was married here to Roy H. Rice, Nov. 13, 1907.  He survives.

Other survivors include three sons, Robert L. Harvey, Ill., Tom S., Dayton, Ohio, and Harry L., Sunflower, Kan.; two daughters, Mrs. Frances Shute, Bethesda, Md., and Mrs. Paul Houseman, Niles; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the What-soever Class and Women’s Association of the church, and the Shakespeare Club.  She was a life member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Order of Eastern Star.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Friday in her church. The Rev. John P. MacLachlan, pastor, will officiate.  Interment will follow in the Silverbrook Cemtery mausoleum.

Friends will be received at the Halbritter-Swem Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.

The family requests memorials contributions be made to the Cancer Fund or to the memorial fund of the First Presbyterian Church.

Roy H. Price
August 17, 1883-October 18,1976

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, October 19, 1976, page 7, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Roy H. Rice, 93, formerly of 1425 Terminal Rd., died at 5:55 p.m. Monday at Pawating Hospital after an extended illness.

A member of the First Presbyterian Church and the St. Joseph Valley Masonic Lodge, he was the retired own of Rice’s Dairy.

Mr. Rice was born Aug. 17, 1883 in Niles and lived here his lifetime. On Nov. 13, 1907 in Niles, he married Ethel A Stryker, who died Sept. 7, 1965.

Survivors include three sons, Robert of Harvey, Ill., Tom S. of Dayton, Ohio, and Harry of DeSota, Kan.; two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Jane) Houseman of Niles and Mrs. Jane (Frances) Shute of Bethesda, Md., a sister, Mrs. J. Walter Wood of Evanston, Ill.; 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. 

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Keith Morrow of the Buchanan Presbyterian Church officiating.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church or the Niles Community Library.