Ida McLaughlin
July 10, 1884-Dec. 15, 1967

Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 18, 1967, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida J. McLaughlin, longtime Niles resident, will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m., in the Pifer Funeral Home. Mr. Gary Johnson, pastor of the Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Mrs. McLaughlin, 83, died Friday night in the Parker Nursing Home, Berrien Springs, after an illness of nine months. She is survived by her sons: Frank, Claude, and Wallace, all of Niles. Four grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren also survive.

Mrs. McLaughlin was born July 10, 1884 in Coffee County, Tennessee. She married the late Frank H. McLaughlin Jan. 26, 1897 in Tennessee. Mrs. McLaughlin resided in Niles since 1919.

Mrs. McLaughlin was a member of the Church of Christ. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Adeline M. Nickolson*
1905-Dec. 8, 1967

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 9, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Burial in Silverbrook Cemetery will follow last rites Monday at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Adeline M. Nickolson, 62, of 306 Roberts St. She died Friday in South Bend Memorial Hospital.

Born in Chicago in 1905, Mrs. Nickolson has lived in Niles since 1950.

Survivors include her husband, Rodrick; two daughters, Mrs. Shirley Harrington and Mrs. Betty James, both of Niles; a son, Robert, living in South Bend; a brother in Los Angeles, a sister in Chicago, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Friends may visit at the Pifer Funeral Home after 7 o'clock tonight.

The Rev. John Hoenstien of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will conduct the service.

*Listing has Nicholson

Clair C. Peel
Feb. 16, 1938-Aug. 3, 1990

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 8, 1990, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Clair C. "Chris" Peel, 52, of 289-A Oak St., Socasttee, S.C., are at 11 a.m. Thursday at Halbritter Funeral Home of Niles by the Rev. Arnold O. Schaap of Edwardsburg.

Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Peel died at 6:55 am. Friday at Conway Hospital in Conway, S.C., following a brief illness.

Peel was born Feb. 16, 1938 in Marsteller, Pa. He served in the U.S. Air Force.

Peel was employed as a singer in night clubs, performing under the name of Chris Quick in South Carolina, and had belonged to "The Del-Vikings," a vocal quintet from the 1950s.

Survivors include his mother, Jennie Peel of Niles; three daughters, Christy Peel of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Karen Coleman of Japan and Tara Peel of Mishawaka, Ind.; a sister, Carol Egmer of Niles; two brothers, Leon Peel and Harold Peel, both of Niles; and two grandchildren.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Minnie S. Phillips
July 17, 1880-Nov. 3, 1967

Niles Daily Star, Friday, November 3, 1967, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Minnie S. Phillllips, 87, of 2253 Yankee St., died today at 12:55 a.m., in her home.

Moving here from New York in 1916, Mrs. Phillips was born in Oswego County, New York, July 17, 1880.

Her husband, Fred Phillips died in 1937.

She was a member of the Dailey Union Protestant Church and a charter member of Yankee Street Neighbors Club.

Her survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Clarence Haslanger, Mrs. George Jones, and Miss Donna Phillips, all of Niles; Mrs. G.P. Dailey of Eau Claire; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Lillian Dutton of Spokane, Wash.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 3:30 p.m., in the Funeral Home with Rev. William Schobert of the Dailey Union Protestant Church officiating.

Upon family request, all memorials may be made to the church of which she  was a member of the American Bible Society.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cememtery[sic].

Friends may call at the funeral home afer  7 p.m., Saturday.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 4, 1967, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie S. Phillips, 2253 Yankee St., who died Friday, will be Monday at the Pifer Funeral Home.

The services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m., today.

Marie Dorothy Sands
Dec. 22, 1911-July 28, 1990

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 30, 1990, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Services for Marie Dorothy Sands, 78, 15738 Madron Lake Road, Buchanan, are 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Niles by the Rev. Leo E. Kostizen of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Sands died at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at Pawating Hospital in Niles following an extended illness.

She was a member of St. paul's Lutheran Church and the Ladies' Aid Society of the Church. She retired from Montgomery Ward and Co. in 1972.

Sands was born Dec. 22, 1911, in LaPorte County, Ind. She lived in the Buchanan/Niles area all her life.

On Feb. 26, 1940, she married Herbert L. Sands in Marshall County, Ind., who preceded her in death Dec. 2, 1950.

Survivors include daughters, Mary Anseth of Niles, Caroline Flanagan of Buchanan, Judith Mitchell of Niles, Joan Gobble of Fort Worth, Texas; son, Herbert Sands Jr. of Niles; 21 grandchildren; and, five great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Niles Community Library.

Stewart C. Savely
Oct. 30, 1901-Dec. 15, 1967

Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 18, 1967, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Stewart C. Savely, 66, of 1211 Barron Lake Road, will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m., in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Loyd Schloop, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate.

Mr. Savely died Friday night in Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, after a sudden illness.

His widow, Nellie, survives. Their children: Mrs. Richard Best, Buchanan, Mrs. Robert Pawlowski, Allegan, Stephen Savely, South Bend, and Jack L. Savely, St. Joseph, also survive. Twelve grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and two sisters: Mrs. Ruth Clay, Niles, and Mrs. Leo Hartranft, Cassopolis, also survive.

Mr. Savely was born Oct. 20, 1901, in Wabash, Ind. He came to Niles from Wabash 60 years ago. He was a retired Bendix Corp. employe.

Mr. Savely was a member of the St. Joseph Valley Lodge 45, F & AM. Masonic services will be held at the Pifer Funeral Home tonight at 8:30 p.m. Masonic committal services will also be held at the Silverbrook Cemetery Tuesday.