Obituaries

We now have over 7,000 obituaries collected about the interred here at Silverbrook Cemetery.

The obituaries are transcribed by the volunteers of the Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery from various sources.  If you see an opportunity for an addition or a correction, please email our obituary editor at obits@friendsofsilverbrook.org.

Starr, Gerald Lee

Gerald Lee Starr
Aug. 23, 1930-Sept. 15, 1958


Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 16, 1958, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Death Reported

 

Gerald Lee Star[sic], 28 of 597 Moraine Avenue, Akron, O., grandson of Mrs. Georgia Kingston, of Niles, died at 2:30 a.m. Monday at Akron.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Committal services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Silverbrook Cemetery.

He was born in Akron, O., and beside his grandmother is survived by his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Ray C. Starr, of Akron; five brothers, Edward, Richard, David and Thomas Starr, all of Akron, and Fred Starr, of Sawyer, and four sisters, Mrs. Walter White, of Akron, and Mary, Susan and Sarah Starr, all of Akron.

 

Troost, Louisa W.

Louisa W. Troost
Oct. 10, 1869-Aug. 31, 1958


Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 2, 1958, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Louisa W. Troost, 86, of Coral Gables, Fla., died at 8 a.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital. She had been in poor health for eight years.

Her husband, Joseph, died in 1950. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Malcolm Hull, of Niles; a granddaughter, Mrs. Leo Buckley,of Niles; a sister, Mrs. Beth Morse, of Portland, Ore., a brother, Leonard Willows, of Cornwall, Ont., and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Troost was born in South Lincolnshire, England, October 10, 1869, and came to Niles from St. Albans, Vt., in 1903. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home until noon Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, the Rev.John Carlton, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

 

York, Kristi Dawn

Kristi Dawn York
April 21, 1976-July 5, 1976


Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, July 6, 1976, page 9 , col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Kristi Dawn York, two and one-half months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith York, of Tampa, Fla. died at 3:15 p.m. Monday at South Bend Osteopathic Hospital.

Kristi was born on April 21 in MacDill AFB, Fla.

She is survived by her parents; four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edsel York, Niles, and John and Christine Armstrong of South Bend; a brother, Ronald, at home; a sister, Tammy, at home; and a great grandmother, Mrs. Viola Cross, Niles.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at graveside in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Halbritter Funeral Home.

 

Young, Frank L.

Frank L. Young
Jan. 22, 1877-Aug. 30, 1958


Niles Daily Star, Saturday, August 30, 1958, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Frank L. Young, 81, of 1453 Barron Lake Road, life-time resident of the Niles community, died at 6:30 a.m. today in the Niles Nursing Home where he had been a patient. He had been ill for about a year.

Mr. Young, a retired farmer and employe of the New York Central Railroad, was born Jan. 22, 1877, in Howard Township. His wife, Katharine, preceded him in death on Feb.9, 1941.

Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Florence Sommer, of Eau Claire; five sons, Russell, Claude, Earl, Eugene and Max Young, all of Niles; 11 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Kintzele, of Michigan City, Ind.; and Mrs. Rose Zimmer and Mrs. Marge Phelps, both of Niles, and a brother, Peter Young, also of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home here with the Rev.L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist Church, offiicating.[sic] Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

 

Young, Hannah Hamilton

Hannah Young
abt. 1809-Jan. 9, 1870


Niles Democrat, Saturday, January 15, 1870, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

DIED

 

On the 9th inst., at her residence, two miles north of Niles, Mrs. HANNAH YOUNGS, aged 66 years.

Mrs. Youngs was one of the early settlers of this section of country, having emigrated from the State of New York in the year 1836. She leaves a husband, six children and a number of grand children to mourn her loss.

 

Zimmerman, Roy E.

Roy E. Zimmerman
Sept. 26, 1896-June 30, 1976


Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 1, 1976, page 6 , col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Roy E. Zimmerman, 79, of 520 Lake St., died at 11:35 p.m. Wednesday in Dor-A-Lin Nursing Home, following an extended illness. He was a retired employe of the Studebaker Corporation and a member of St. John's United Church of Christ.

Mr. Zimmerman was born Sept. 26, 1896 in Niles and lived his entire life here. On Dec. 15, 1917 he married the former Golda A. James, who died April 4, 1956.

He is survived by a son, Donald of Mishawaka; a sister, Mrs. Frieda Bryant of Niles, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's United Church of Christ, with the Rev. Harry O. Willman, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at the Halbritter Funeral Home. Memorials may be made the Mr. Zimmerman's church.

 

Mace, Michael Lee

Michael Lee Mace
Dec. 27, 1952-June 11, 2005


Niles Daily Star, Published 5:09am Monday, June 13, 2005

Michael Lee Mace, 52, of Riverview Drive, Benton Harbor, and formerly of Niles, died on Saturday, June 11, 2005, at Lakeland Hospital, Saint Joseph, following a brief illness.

Arrangements are pending and being completed at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.



Niles Daily Star, Published 5:21am Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Michael L. Mace / 1952-2005

Funeral services for Michael L. Mace, 52, of Riverview Drive, Benton Harbor, are 11 a.m. Wednesday, at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, by Mr. Steve Inman, Lay Minister of First Presbyterian Church of Jeffersonville, Ind.

Visitation is one hour before services.

Mace died at 2:28 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Lakeland Hospital, Saint Joseph, unexpectedly, but of natural causes.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

Arrangements by Halbritter Funeral Home.



Niles Daily Star, Published 10:50pm Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Former DUHS tennis coach dies


By Staff

NILES - Former Dowagiac tennis coach Michael Mace died Saturday, June 11 at Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph unexpectedly, but of natural causes.

Funeral services for Mace, 52, of Riverview Drive, Benton Harbor, were today, at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles. Mr. Steve Inman, Lay Minister of First Presbyterian Church of Jeffersonville, Ind. officiated.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

Arrangements by Halbritter Funeral Home.

Mace taught in Westville (Indiana) Public Schools and Dowagiac Union School District.

At Dowagiac he coached the varsity tennis team, and he served in Niles Community Schools as a substitute teacher.

He graduated from Niles High School, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.