Albert G. Rooks
May 4, 1879-Jan. 13, 1960

Niles Daily Star, Friday, January 15, 1960, page 1, col.7, microfilm Niles District Library

Stroke Caused Driver Death

Albert G. Rooks, 80, 1303 Barron Lake Rd., who died Wednesday night in Memorial Hosptial, South Bend, was the victim of a stroke that resulted from a mild concussion suffered in an automobile accident on Jan.7 on Yankee street, Cass County.

Cause of his death was reported late Thursday afternoon to Niles State Police by the South Bend physician who attended him.

His death is the first this year in Cass County.

Mr. Rooks was injured when his car, for no apparent reason, careened out of control, crashed into a tree and went through a fence, overturning several times.

Funeral services for the victim are to be conducted Saturday afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church by the pastor, the Rev. John P. MacLachlan.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Arneal Winfield Ash
Nov. 26, 1903-Sept. 20, 1993

Arneal Winfield Ash
1903-1993
Retired Pawating Hospital employee

Funeral services for Arneal Winfield Ash, 89, of 56 Marmont St., Niles, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at Faith Baptist Church in South Bend, Ind., with the Rev. George M. Joseph, church pastor, and the Rev. Joseph Arnold, of Franklin AME chruch in Niles, officiating.

Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Ash died at 9:45 a.m. Monday at Woodfield Manor, Niles, following an extended illness.

Born Nov. 26, 1903, in Chicago, she had lived in Niles since 1914, coming from Vandalia.

On April 15, 1923, in Niles, she married the late Fred Shepard, who preceded her in death Nov. 25, 1958. On Dec. 30, 1967, in Niles, she married the late Irving Ash, who preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 1978.

She was a retired employee of Pawating Hospital. She was a charter member and pianist of Faith Baptist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Adams of Niles; a son, David Shepard of Dowagiac; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Friends may call from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Halbritter Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Baptist church.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 21, 1993, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Lenore L. Miller
Feb. 5, 1919-Oct. 9, 1953

Lenore L. Miller, 34, of 1344 Eagle street, died at 9:45 a.m. Friday in Pawating Hospital following an illness of two months.

Mrs. Miller was born Feb. 5, 1919, in Chicago and had lived most of her life in Niles.  She is survived by her husband, Howard; her father, Edward Bishop of Niles; a son David and three daughters, Vera Bernice, Loretta Mae and Trudy Ann, all at home, and a sister, Mrs. Leona Bishop, also Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarence Pedersen, pastor of the First Assembly of God, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, October 10, 1953, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Frank Couch
April 18, 1901-Oct. 9, 1953

Frank Couch, 52, of 533 Lake street, died at 2 p.m. Friday at Coldwater following a lingering illness.

Couch was born April 18, 1901 in Ypsilanti, He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Charles Couch Sr., Niles; two brothers, Charles Couch Jr., Niles, and William Couch, Gary, Ind., and two sisters, Miss Nellie Couch, South Haven, and Mrs. Clayton Rowe, Watervliet.

Private funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon in the Kiger Funeral Home with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, October 10, 1953, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

William H. Johnson
Feb. 6, 1892-Oct. 10, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, October 10, 1953, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

William H. Johnson , 61, of 1621 Ontario street, died at 12:15 a.m.  today in Pawating Hospital, where he had been a patient since July 4.  He had been ill six months.

Johnson was born Feb. 6, 1892, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and had lived in Pontiac and South Bend before moving here several years ago to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Melita Daughtery[sic]. He was an automobile mechanic and was last associated with the Rivard Products Company in South Bend.  He also served in the Canadian Army from 1916 to 1919.

His only survivor is his daughter.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Kiger Funeral Home with the Rev. H.A. Meussling, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 12, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

CORRECTION

William H. Johnson, 61, of 1621 Ontario street, who died Saturday, resided at the home of Mrs. Melita Daugherty. It was erroneously reported in Saturday's Niles Daily Star that Mrs. Daugherty was Johnson's daughter and that she was his only survivor. She is not his daughter nor does he have any survivors.

Enos Mill Lafler
Nov. 22, 1870-Oct. 11, 1953

Enos Mill Lafleer, 82, of 530 Broadway, died at 3:30 a.m. Sunday in Pawating hospital.

Lafler was born Nov. 22, 1870, in Kalamazoo and came here from Warsaw, Ind., seven years ago. He was a retired New York Central Railroad employe with 50 years of service. His occupation was agent and chief clerk at Wabash, Ind. He was married June 14, 1905, in Niles to Carrie Saunders, who survives.

Also surviving are: four children, Charles S. Lafler of Pennsauken, N.J., Edward Lafler, Newman, Calif., Josephine Lafler Dyson, Manhattan Beach, Calif., and William G. Lafler, Hollywood, Calif., and six grandchildren.

Private funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kiger Funeral Home with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 12, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library