Bruce Wayne Russell
April 17, 1962-April 17, 1962

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Tuesday, April 17, 1962, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

INFANT DIES

Committal services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Silverbrook Cemetery for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Russell, Kalamazoo, who died minutes after birth this morning in Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo. The Rev. Ralph Pletcher, pastor of Coulter's Chapel, will officiate.

Surviving besides the parents are two sisters, Patricia and Lienette, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Bybee, Niles.

Arrangements were made by the Pifer Funeral Home.

Charles Steimley
March 15, 1890-March 27, 1962

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Wednesday, March 28, 1962, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles Steimley, 72, a lifetime resident of this area, died at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Berrien County Hospital, where he had been a patient for 14 months.

Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home. Committal services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Silverbrook Cemetery with the Dr. Maurice D. McKean, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating.

Elizabeth M. West
Jan. 12, 1883-May 22, 1962

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan), Friday, May 23, 1962, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Berrien County sheriff's officers found the body of Mrs. Elizabeth M. West, 79, former Niles resident at 11 a.m. Thursday in her home at 3836 Shorelane Drive, Paw Paw Lake, Watervliet. Dr. H.M. Grundset, Watervliet, deputy medical examiner, ruled that death had occurred about 24 hours previous because of heart failure. She had been ill for a number of years.

Mrs. West was born Jan 12, 1883, in St. Louis, Mo., had lived in Niles for about 30 years prior to moving to Watervliet in 1955.

Surviving are:  Two daughters, Mrs. Anna Siebarth, Mattawan, and Mrs. Jessie Willey, South San Gabriel, Calif., two grandchildren, and a brother, Herman Stifler, Tampa, Fla.

Committal services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Silverbrook Cemetery with the Rev. Orlen Njus, pastor of Bertrand Bible Church, officiating.  Friends will be received this evening at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Elizabeth Mary Wideman
March 7, 1879-April 8, 1962

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI) Monday, April 9, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Wideman, 1098 Huntly Road, died at 9:40 a.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient for one week.

She was born March 7, 1879, in Akron, Ind., and moved to this area from there 50 years ago. Her husband, Isaac Wideman, died in 1929.

She is survived by three sons, George, Russell, and Alvin Wideman, all of Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Louis Schmidt, Berrien Springs; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Estel and Everett Young, both of Niles, and a sister, Mrs. Ira Neiswander, Buchanan.

Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home, where funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Richard Fraser, pastor of the St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed), officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

George Van Evera
July 20, 1875-Nov. 30, 1930

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, December 1, 1930, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

GEORGE VAN EVERA DIES AT HOME OF SISTER HERE
Deceased Was Born at Present Site of Reed Hotel at Barron Lake

George Van Evera, 55, of South Bend, died at 11:55, Sunday evening in the home of his sister, Mrs. John F. Stowe, 1401 Broadway, where he had been a guest for about two weeks while recuperating from illness which developed after an accident during last summer while he was at work at a toy manufacturing plant in South Bend where he had been employed for many years. After the accident he was for several weeks in a hospital in South Bend for treatment.

Mr. Van Evera was born in what is now the Reid hotel, Barron lake, the hotel having been built by his father John Van Evera, 60 years ago. He grew to young manhood here and then went to South Bend. He is survived by his mother, Margaret Van Evera, 82, and by three sisters, Miss Louise, Mrs. John F. Stowe and Mrs. Carrie Pons of Toledo, Ore., Mrs. Van Evera, the mother and the sister, Miss Louise reside at 724 Osborn avenue where Mr. Van Evera also made his home.

The funeral plans are not completed but the services will be held probably on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stowe. Burial will be made in the Van Evera family lot in Silver Brook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, December 2, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL GEORE VAN EVERA

Funeral services for George Van Evera will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in the Troost and Augustine chapel. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery in the Van Evera family lot. Mr. Van Evera whose home was in South Bend, died on Sunday evening in the home of his sister, Mrs. John F. Stowe, 1401 Broadway.

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, December 3, 1930, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL GEORGE VAN EVERA

. . . [illegible] . . .who died in the home of his sister, Mrs. John F. Stowe, 1401 Broadway, were held this afternoon in Niles. Crusade lodge, Knight of Pythias, of South Bend, assisted by members of the Calanthe lodge, Knights of Pythias of Niles, were in charge of the services. The pastor of the church in South Bend which the Van Evera family attended also assisted in the services and conducted the committal service in the family lot in Silverbrook cemetery.

Jesse D. O'Connell
Sept. 28, 1886-Dec. 3, 1930

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, December 4, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief: DEATH JESSE D. O'CONNELL

Jesse D. O'Connell, 44, a former resident of Niles, and whose surviving widow is Mrs. Nora Neib O'Connell, died on Wednesday morning in the hospital at the Soldiers Home in Grand Rapids, where he had been a patient for six months. He had served during the world war, overseas, and had been in ill health since his active service in the war. The body has been brought to Niles and the funeral services will be held in the Troost and Augustine chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. G.W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Silver Brook cemetery. The body may be viewed at the chapel. Mr. O'Connor [sic] while in Niles was employed as a chef in the Forler hotel. He is survived by a widow to whom he was married nine years ago and who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Neib, deceased, pioneer residents of Niles, by one son, Horace, of Fort Wayne, Ind,, his father, Dennis O'Connell, of Fort Wayne, Ind., a sister, Mrs. Mattie Ransbotton, of Fort Wayne, Ind., and a brother, Maurice, of Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Ransbottom is in the city and the father and sons are expected tomorrow for the funeral services. Mrs. O'Connell and Mrs. Ransbottom are at the home of Mrs. O'Connell's sister, Mrs. William Conrad.

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, December 5, 1930, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL JESSE O'CONNELL

Funeral services for Jesse O'Connell were conducted this afternoon by the Rev. W.W. Slee, pastor of the Methodist church. Burial was made in Silver Brook cemetery. Mr. O'Connell, who formerly lived in Niles, died on Wednesday morning in Grand Rapids where he had been ill . . . [illegible] . . the widow was formerly Miss Nora Neib of Niles. Rev. Slee conducted the services for the Rev. G.W. Simon of the Presbyterian church, who was ill today.

DOB from Michigan Death Record.