Sylvia Jasper
Abt. 1913-Sept. 30, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 1, 1962, page 2, col. 3-4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Mrs. Sylvia Irene Jasper, 49, of 2200 Bertrand Road, who was pronounced dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital Sunday at 9:15 a.m., will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m .at the Pifer Funeral Home. Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.  Death was attributed to natural causes.

Mrs. Jasper was born Aug. 30, 1913 in Van Wert, Ohio. She came to Niles from Fort Wayne, Ind., and had been a resident here for 25 years.

Survivors include her husband, Ben; four sons, John, Lawrence, Fred, and Kenneth, all of Niles; a brother, James Marshall, San Francisco, Calif.; a half-brother, Elmer Croghan, Fort Wayne; a half-sister, Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Mendon; and nine grandchildren.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Eugene Edwin Kain
Feb. 15, 1955-March 24, 1960

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 24, 1960, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Eugene Edwin Kain, 5-year-old son of Mr.and Mrs. Hilbert L. Kain, 1337 Sheffield Ave., died at 5:15 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital where he had been admitted Tuesday for a tonsillectomy.

The boy was born Feb. 14, 1955, in Niles, and beside the parents is survived by three brothers, Donald, 11, Melvin, 8, and Glen, 2, all at home.

He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church Sunday school.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. Paul's Church with the pastor, the Rev. Theodore E. Laesch, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends are being received at the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home.

Wesley Monroe King
Feb. 23, 1904-Jan. 21, 1991

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 22, 1991, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Wesley Monroe King, 86, of 210 Bertrand Road, Niles, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Bertrand Bible Church by the Rev. Robert A. Freitas.

Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Mrs. King died at 5:24 pm. Monday at Pawating Hospital, following a brief illness.

He was born Feb. 23, 1904, in South Bend, Ind., and had lived in Niles for 80 years.

He was a retired welder of Edwards Iron Works, South Bend, Ind. Mr. King was the oldest attending member of Bertrand Bible Church.

He married Marguerite Prytz in 1926; she preceded him in death in 1971. On Sept . 19, 1971, in Niles he married the former Mary I. Davis Shriver, who survives.

Other survivors include two sons, James W. King of Niles and Robert W. King of Kansas city, Mo.; a step-son, Ernest D. Shriver of Niles; two sisters, Ruth Ehlenfeldt and Ida May Brock, both of Niles; two grandhcildren[sic]; three great-grandchildren; two step grandchildren and three step great-grandchildren.

Visitations will be from 4-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Halbritter Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bertrand Bible Church.

Andrea Larsen
Feb. 16, 1910-March 5, 1984

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 7, 1984, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Andrea Larsen, 74, 3012 Elderberry Dr., Port Richey, Fla. and a 1928 graduate of Niles High School, died at 11:15 p.m. Monday at Community Hospital, New Port Richey, following a brief illness.

Born Feb. 16, 1910, in Niles, she resided in Flordia since 1983, coming from Savannah, Ga.

Surviving are a brother, Ben Larsen of Santa Fe, New Mexico; and several nieces and nephews.

Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, with the Rev. Arnold O. Schaap of Edwardsburg officiating.  Burial will be at Silverbrook. Local arrangements made by the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Helen Mae Leet
June 24, 1900-Jan. 21, 1991

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 22, 1991, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Helen Mae Leet, 90, of 1440 Hickory St., Niles, will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Pifer-Smith Funeral home by the Rev. Clayton Fairo of First Presbyterian Church.

Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Mrs. Leet died Monday at her home after a short illness.

She was born June 24, 1900 in Niles and had been a lifetime resident of the area.

Mrs. Leet was a member of First Presbyterian Church, What So Ever Class of Church, and the Orde of Eastern Star.

On Aug. 29, 1918 in South Bend, Ind., she married O.F. Leet, who preceded her in death in 1970.

Survivors include a son, Gerald E. Leet of Niles; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Visitations will be from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Berrien County Cancer Service, Foundation of First Presbyterian Church and Order of Eastern Star.

Prudence Levinson
Oct. 3, 1891-March 24, 1960

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 24, 1960, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

WORD RECEIVED

Word has been received by Mrs. G.S. Pridavka, 17 S. 10th St., of the death this morning of Mrs. David (Prudence) Levinson, at her winter home at Hollywood, Fla. She had been in failing health for the past two and a half years.

Mrs. Levinson, a former Niles resident, is survived by her husband, David; a son, William O. Lagoni, Benton Harbor; two grandchildren, Lance and Ruth Lynn, both of Niles, and several brothers and sisters. A son Ditlef J. Lagoni, Jr., preceded her in death.

Arrangements are being made for the body to be returned to Niles for services and burial.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 25, 1960, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

LEVINSON RITES SET

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home here for Mrs. Prudence Levinson, 68, Hollywoood, Fla., and Niles, who died Thursday morning at her Florida home following an illness of two years.  Mrs. Ralph Freed, Christian Scientist reader, will officiate.

Friends will be received at the funeral home beginning Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Levinson was born Oct. 3, 1891, in Marshall County, Ind., and came to Niles from South Bend. She moved to Florida four years ago, but had maintained a summer home at North Fifth street and Kinzie Creek road.  She was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, the Order of Eastern Star and a former member of the Niles Business and Professional Women's Club.

Surviving are: her husband, David; a son, William O. Lagoni, Benton Harbor; two grandchildren, Lance and Ruth Lynn Lagoni, Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Ellis and Mrs. Mammie Gray, both South Bend, and four brothers, Gus Morris, Walkerton, Ind., Roy Morris, Gaylord, Ben Morris, Alto Pass, Ill., and Harry Morris, South Bend.