Eban Vernon Burnett
Sept. 27, 1894-March 16, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 17, 1952, Page 2. col. 2-3, microfilm Niles District Library

Eban Vernon Burnett died at the Berrien county infirmary, Berrien Center, at 9 p.m. Sunday. He had been in poor health for several years.

Surviving are one son, Robert Burnett, of Detroit; one grandson, and two sisters, Mrs. Florence Ruhl, of Edwardsburg, and Mrs. Ardell Holmes, of South Bend.

Burnett was born on Sept. 27, 1894, in Niles.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday by the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, Presbyterian pastor. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

James Allen Haas
Jan. 24, 1933-Feb. 10, 1933

Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 10, 1933, page 3, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

DEATH BABY HAAS

James Allen Haas, born on Jan. 24, this year to Mr.and Mrs. Paul Haas, 904 S. Seventeenth Street died this morning between the hours fo 2 and 6 o'clock. At 2 o'clock his mother arose to see that he was comfortable and he seemed to have no symptoms of illness. At 6 o'clock he was dead when she went to his crib. It is thought he might have choked to death but the parents heard no sound. The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in the Rutherford Funeral Home. The Rev. W.H. Turner, pastor of the First Baptist church will officiate. Burial will  be made in Silverbrook cemetery.  Mr.and Mrs. Haas moved to their present address five years ago from Pokagon. Mrs. Haas formerly was Dorothy Carter. The baby was their only child.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 11, 1933, page 3, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

FUNERAL BABY HAAS

Funeral services for the son born in January to Mr.and Mrs. Paul Haas, S. Seventeenth street, were conducted this morning by the Rev. W.H. Turner, pastor of the First Baptist church. Burial was made in Silverbrook cemetery. The baby was found dead in its crib yesterday morning having evidently strangled to death or had been smothered to death under the crib quilts.

Note: This is listed as James Alan Hass in Grave Search; unable to determine correct spelling of name.

Augusta Busse
Nov. 17, 1854*-Jan. 4, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Friday, January 5, 1934, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Augusta Busse Succumbs Suddenly

While visiting in the home of a neighbor where a death had just occurred, Mrs. Augusta Busse, 79, died of a heart attack Thursday afternoon.

Mrs. Busse has been living with a housekeeper at 916 North Fifth Street for many years. She called at the John Gipner home, 921 North Fifth street, where Mrs. Gipner had died Wednesday evening. She suffered a stroke and died there.

The body is at the Troost and Turner Funeral Home. Arrangements for the funeral have tentatively been made pending the arrival of brothers and sisters, for Sunday at 2 o'clock in St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church with the Rev. Theo Laesch in charge. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mrs. Ida Hopfer, St. Paul, Minn., is a sister, and two other sisters and a brother, Julius Hannenam live in the Dakotas.

*DOB from Michigan Death records

James H. Emanuel
March 23, 1896-Feb. 1, 1960

Niles  Daily Star, Tuesday, February 2, 1960, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

James H. Emanuel, 3, route six (Ironwood drive), Niles, died at 2:55 p.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital where he was admitted Sunday after suffering a stroke at his home. He had been in failing health for the past two years.

Mr. Emanuel, a veteran of World War I, was born March 23, 1896, in Georgia and came to Niles 16 years ago from Muskegon. He had been employed at the South Bend Foundry.  Surviving are his widow, Lillian L., and a brother, Norman Emanuel, Portland, Ore.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home here with the Rev. Theodis Hadley, pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

George S. Hoppin, Jr.
June 24, 1879-Feb. 1, 1960

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 3, 1960, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

George S. Hoppin, Jr., 80, a native of Niles, died Monday at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, after a short illness. He had resided at 10064 Vernon Rd., Huntington Woods.

Mr. Hoppin was born in Niles June 24, 1879, and had lived in Detroit since 1903 when he began work in Detroit banks. he retired in 1946 as assistant casheir of the National Bank of Detroit, a position he had held since 1933.

He is survived by his widow, Lowella F. Hoppin; two daughters, Mrs. David D. Williams, and Mrs. Verne H. Sidnam, both of . . . [illegible]. . George S. Hoppin, III, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Services . . .[illegible] .. p.m. at the William R. Hamilton Funeral Home in Detroit. Committal services at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday by the Rev. John MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.

Edward H. Radewald
June 1, 1900-Feb. 16, 1960

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 17, 1960, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Edward H. Radewald,  59, 527 Cass St., died at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday on arrival at Pawating Hospital, after suffering a heart attack while trimming a tree in his yard.

Mr. Radewald, a former employe of Studebaker Packard Corp., South Bend, was born on June 1, 1900, in the home on 527 Cass St., He is survived by a brother, Ray S. Radewald, also of 527 Cass St.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Herbert Meussling, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed), officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.