Emmett Webber
Died February 18, 1935


    Emmet[sic] Webber, 80 years old, of 16 North State street, died at his home early this morning.
    Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ella Webber, two sons, Emmett L. and John H., Niles, and two daughters, Mrs. Lydia Burroughs, Niles, and Mrs. Emmett [sic: Emma Bennett], South Bend, 19 grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Clara Marrs, Buchanan.
    Mr. Webber, before his retirement several years ago, had been employed by the French Paper company for more than 40 years.  He had spent his entire life in Niles and this vicinity.
    Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Price and Kiger funeral home, where friends may call before the hour of the funeral. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetrey[sic].

(Source:  Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 18, 1935, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library)

Mrs. Eva V. Webber
June 6, 1872-February 4, 1965

    Mrs. Eva V. Webber, 93, of Ann Arbor, died there Thursday. She was a former Niles resident.
    Mrs. Webber was born here June 6, 1872, and lived here until 1945, when she moved to Ann Arbor.  Her husband, Judson, died in 1945.
    Surviving is a son, Lawrence F., Ann Arbor.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Pifer Funeral Home.  Elder Robert L. Boothby of the Niles Seventh-day Adventist church, will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
    Friends will be received at the funeral home after 7 p.m. tonight.

(Source: Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 5, 1965, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library)

Cheryl Rae Sellers
November 3, 1945-January 13, 1947

    Cheryl Rae Sellers, 14 month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sellers, 1115 North Seventh street, died at 1:45 this morning in Pawating hospital after two weeks' illness.  She suffered  from pneumonia. A twin brother died at birth.
    Survivors include the parents, a sister and brother, Jocelyn and John Sellers, III, and a grandfather, Daniel Byron, of Ashmore, Ill.  She was born Nov. 3, 1945, in Benton Harbor.
    Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, followed by burial in Silverbrook cemetery.

(Source: Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 13, 1947, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Judson C. Webber
December 9, 1871-October 4, 1945


    Judson C. Webber, 73, a life-long resident of Niles died Thursday in his home at 1123 Regent street.  Death followed an illness of nine days.
    Funeral services for Webber, an employe of the National-Standard Co. for 30 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer funeral home.  The Elks lodge will be in charge of the rites.  Burial will be made in Silverbrook cemetery.
    Webber was born in Niles, Dec. 9, 1871.  Survivors are his wife Eva; one son, Lawrence of Ann Arbor; four sisters, Mrs. Henry Williams, Niles; Mrs. Ada Dark and Mrs. Bessie Lofdahl, both of South Bend, and Mrs. Alpha Versaw, Benton Harbor and a half-sister, Mrs. Ella Webber, Niles.
    Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home.

(Source: Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 5, 1945, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library)

Kathryn O. Webber
January 23, 1893-May 14, 1978

    NILES--Mrs. Kathryn O. Webber, 85, of 711 E. State St., Cassopolis, formerly of Niles, died at 4:35 p.m. Sunday at the Cass County Medical Care Facility, following an illness of two weeks.
    A homemaker, Mrs. Webber was born Jan. 23, 1893 in Pinconning, Mich. Her first husband, Edward Holloway, died in 1945.  She then married John Webber, who died in 1953.
    Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Genevieve) Kane of Cassopolis; two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home with  the Rev. Michael Brallier of the Church of God Cassopolis, of which she was a member, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
    Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

(Source:  Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 15, 1978, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library)
    

Ida Minnie Spenner
December 16, 1888-May13, 1978

NILES--Mrs. Ida Minnie Spenner, 89, of 716 Cass St., died at 2:10 a.m. Saturday at Pawating Hospital, following a brief illness.
    She was born Dec. 16, 1888 in Medaryville, Ind., and came to Niles in 1920 from North Judson, Ind. She was a homemaker.
    In April, 1914, in North Judson, whe[sic] married August W. Spenner, who died in August, 1960.
    Survivors include a son, Arthur of Berrien Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert (Leona) Stelter of Buchanan, and Mrs. Murray (Edna) Parker of Niles; nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be at 1: 30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Theodore Laesch officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
    Friends are calling at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home.
    Mrs. Spenner was a member of the Ladies Aid of St. Paul Lutheran Church.

(Source:  Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 15, 1978, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library)