Charles E. Holmes
February 13, 1893-August 2, 1964

      Funeral services for Charles E. Holmes, 71, of 902 Edwards St., will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home.  The Rev. John MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate. Graveside rites conducted by the American Legion will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

      He died at 5 a.m. Sunday (Aug. 2, 1964), in his home, having been ill since May.  He retired six years ago from service as an engineer with the New York Central Railroad. He was born Feb. 13, 1893 west of Buchanan. He came to Niles in 1920.

      Survivors include his widow, Myrtle; two daughters, Mrs. R. H. Nichols, Glendora, Calif., and Mrs. Robert Bernard, St. Joseph; three sons, Charles E. Jr., Chicago, Franklin, Bethany, Ill, and George, Niles; four brothers, Sam, South Bend, Archie, New Kensington, PA, Ernest, Galien, and Enos, Westville, In., 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

      He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the 40 et 8 and a life member of the Niles American Legion Post No. 26.  Friends are being received at the funeral home. 

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Ada Holmes
March 6, 1911-April 21, 1970

Mrs. Ada Holmes, 59, of Boise, Idaho, a former Niles resident, died at 3 a.m. Tuesday in Boise.

Born March 6, 1911, Mrs. Holmes had lived in Niles for some time before moving to Boise. On Jan. 24, 1942, in Niles, she married Ralph Holmes, who survives.

She was a member of the Ladies Reading club, Niles Music club, an organist at the First Presbyterian church and was active in many community musical events. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. A. W. Sortore of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. John Wyngarden officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call beginning Friday morning at the funeral home.

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Beatrice Pearl "Bea" Holloway, 78, of Dick Street, Niles, died at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007,in Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, following a brief illness.

Mrs. Holloway was born on March 5, 1929, in Buchanan, MI, to Otto and Mary (Simpson) Rauch. She had lived in the Niles area since 1962, coming from South Bend.

She retired in 1991 as the food service supervisor for the Niles Community Schools.

Beatrice was a member of Hope Community Church, Niles.

On August 30, 1946, in Rochester, IN, she married Richard Holloway Sr., who preceded her in death on May 8, 1997.

She is survived by a daughter, Diane (John) Meyer of Niles; sons, Richard (Jane) Holloway of Niles and Donald Holloway of Mishawaka; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Ralph Rauch of Sodus, MI; and sisters, Della Wilson of Newport, TN, and Christina Dillavou of Kerrville, TX.

Mrs. Holloway was also preceded in death by her siblings, Charles and Harris Cronin, Carl, Earnest and Albert Rauch, Mildred Frelich, Alene Parm, Gladys Fletcher and Juanita Norton.

Funeral services for Beatrice Pearl "Bea" Holloway will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug 20, in Hope Community Church, Niles, with Rev. Michael Smith officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

The family will receive relatives and friends beginning at 10 a.m. Monday in the church.

Contributions in memory of Beatrice Pearl Holloway may be made to Hope Community Church.

Willie Lee Hogan
Sept. 10, 1948-Sept. 28, 1994

Willie Lee ''Sonny'' Hogan, 46, of 1123 N. Fifth St., Niles, died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994, in Pawating Hospital of natural causes. Mr. Hogan was born Sept. 10, 1948. On May 19, 1972, he married Georgette F. Hall. She survives with two daughters, Danielle N. Hogan and Angelique F. Hogan, both of Chicago; his mother, Elnora Hogan of Niles; seven sisters, Stella Jackson, Lula Parson, Ruth Hogan and Olivia Hogan, all of Chicago, Ernestine Felton, Arlene Towers and Michelle Myers, all of Niles; and two brothers, Charles of Chicago and Neal B. of Niles.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Halbritter Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before services Saturday in the funeral home.

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Isa Hocker
Sept. 18, 1992-Jan. 30, 1994

Isa Hocker, 16-month-old daughter of Margaret Wright and James R. Hocker II of 1114 Lake St., died at 9:47 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 1994, in St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend, after an illness. Isa was born Sept. 18, 1992, in Indianapolis. Other survivors are three brothers, Matthew Wright, Michael Wright and Joshua Wright, all at home; and her grandparents, Ann and Robert Hadaway of South Bend, Penny and James Hocker of Buchanan, and Joann Eckler of Niles.

Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at Halbritter Funeral Home.