Wilhelmina Hibbard
Aug. 27, 1889-Feb. 23, 1961

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, February 24, 1961, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Wilhelmina Hibbard, 72, 1967 Lewis Drive, died at 5 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital where she had been admitted on Wednesday. She had been in failing health for 18 months.

Mrs. Hibbard was born Aug. 27, 1889, in Niles and had lived her entire lifetime in this community.

Surviving are; her husband, Floyd, a sister, Miss Etta McFaden, Niles, and a nephew in York, Pa.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth G. Carey, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Evelyn M. Hibberd
Oct. 30 1911-Feb. 2, 1993

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, February 4, 1993, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Evelyn M. Hibberd
1911-1993
secretary for Wood's Beverage

Private funeral services for Evelyn M. Hibberd, 81, 2330 E. Main St., Niles, are planned.

Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Hibberd died at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Medical Center in South Bend following a brief illness.

Born Oct. 30, 1911, in Baroda, she moved to Niles in 1927, coming from Baroda.

On Dec. 31, 1942, in Medford, Ore., she married the late Robert L. Hibberd, who preceded her in death on June 22, 1972.

She worked as a secretary for the former Wood's Beverage in Niles.

She is survived by a daughter, Gwendolyn M. Kater of South Bend; two grandsons, Craig Kater of Niles and Scott Kater of Appleton, Wisc; four grandchildren; a sister Magdalena Fisher of Niles and a brother Ivan Moyer of Phoenix, Ariz.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Niles Community Library or the donor's choice.

Arrangements were handled by Halbritter Funeral Home.

Maida Mae Hickey
May 19, 1903-Jan. 5, 1971

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, January 6, 1971, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Mrs. Maida Mae Hickey, 67, of 2749 Paul St., died at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday in Berrien General Hospital, after being in poor health for the past eight years.

Born May 19, 1903, in Richland, Mich., Mrs. Hickey had lived here since 1948, coming from South Bend. On May 23, 1923, in South Bend, she married Clarence Hickey, who survives. She was a member of the Auxiliary to the American Legion and the Auxiliary to Four Flags Barracks of Veterans of World War I.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Hickey is survived by two sons, Harold of Niles and [illegible] of Jerome, Idaho; six daughters, Mrs. Sam Rosetta, Mrs. Albert Hoadley and Pauline Hickey, all of Niles, Mrs. Charles Poorman of New Buffalo, Mrs. Earl VanKirk of Elkhart and Mrs. George Berry of Gladstone, Mich.; a brother; three sisters and 24 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ralph Bowman officiating. Burial will be in Truitt Chapel Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, January 7, 1971, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Survivors, in addition to those listed Wednesday in The Star for Mrs. Maida Mae Hickey, 67, of 2749 Paul St., are a brother, Wilbur Runyan of Pierson, Mich., and four sisters, Mrs. Hazel Dysard of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Helen . . .[illegible]. . .City, Mich., Mrs. Beatrice Chalibi of Wooster, Mass., and Mrs. Letha Powers of Grandville, Mich.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery rather than in Truitt Chapel Cemetery as earlier announced by the Pifer Funeral Home.

Antoinette Karczewski
Aug. 10, 1886-Jan. 30, 1971

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, February 1, 1971, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Mrs. Antoinette Karczewski, 84, of 48 S. Fourth St., died at 2 p.m. Saturday in South Bend Osteopathic Hospital, after an illness of 6 ½ weeks.

Mrs. Karczewski was born Aug. 10, 1886, in Zabno, Poland, and had lived here for 7 ½ years, coming from Chicago. Her husband, Melvin, died in September, 1941. She was a member of the Polish National Alliance.

Survivors include a son, Carl (Indreh) of Niles and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Tolley of Huntly Memorial Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home.

Oral R. Pointer
Jan. 13, 1907-Jan. 5, 1971

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, January 6, 1971, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Oral R. Pointer, 63, of 536 Cherry St., died at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Pawating Hospital, after being in ill health since Nov. 23.

A plater at National Standard Co. for 27 years, Mr. Pointer was born Jan. 13, 1907, in Avdola, Mo., and had lived here since 1941, coming from Parma, Mo. On July 29, 1934, in Parma, he married the former Hazel Goble, who survives.

Also surviving are a son, Oral G. of Niles; five daughters, Mrs. Genetta Hooten, Mrs. Geneve Pears, Mrs. Joyce Vaughn, and Margilean and Pamela Pointer, all of Niles; a brother, Glennie Pointer of Niles, and 11 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the First Assembly of God Church, with the Rev. Harold Boland officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, January 7, 1971, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Funeral services for Oral R. Pointer, 63, of 536 Cherry St., who died Tuesday in Pawating Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the First Assembly of God Church.

Officiating will be the Rev. Harold Boland. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Lena Erickson
Sept. 4, 1900-Jan. 30, 1961

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, January 31, 1961, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Lena Erickson, 60, 3753 Adams St., Gary, Ind., formerly of Niles, died Monday morning at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She had been in failing health since last August.

Mrs. Erickson was born Sept., 4, 1900 in Dowagiac and had lived in Niles six years moving here from Berrien Springs. She moved to Gary in 1926[sic].

Surviving are: her husband, Elmer B. Erickson; her mother, Mrs. Ernest A. Blood, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Charles S. Douglas Jr., Mission, Kan.; three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Lee Marquardt, South Bend.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. Chester Erickson, pastor of the Owasso[sic] Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

Mrs. Erickson was a member of the Gary Women's Club and of the Auxiliary of the Glen Park American Legion Post 214.