Frederick I. Hoag
Feb. 2, 1912-Feb. 22, 2000

Frederick I. Hoag, 88, of 13620 Rangeline Road, Niles, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, in Teresa’s Harvest Home, Berrien Springs.  He was born Feb. 2, 1912. Survivors include his wife, Laura (Lear); three sons, Dale of Niles, Edward of Galien and Michael of Three rivers.  Services will be at 10 am Saturday in Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan, where friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday

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Lena M. Hoadley
July 31, 1895-December 27, 1970

Funeral services for Mrs. Lena M. Hoadley, 74, of 524 N. 16th St., who died at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday (December 27, 1970) in Pawating Hospital, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, officiating was the Rev. Theodore Laesch. Burial was in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Born July 31, 1895, in Three Oaks, Mrs. Hoadley had lived in this area all her life.

Survivors include two sons, Harold and James Jacobson, both of Niles; two brothers, Robert Heckathorn of Buchan and Lawrence Heckathorn of Benton Harbor; five sisters, Mrs. Claude Yaw and Mrs. Paul Shaber, both of Niles, Mrs. Iva Dickey and Mrs. Henrietta Wells, both of Three Oaks, and Mrs. Edith Babcock of Mishawaka; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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Happy Junior Hipshier
May 22, 1922-July 12, 2006

Happy Junior Hipshier, 84, died Wednesday, July 12, 2006 in Lakeland Hospital after an illness.  He was born May 22, 1922.  Survivors include his wife, Nita M. (Richards); a son, Happy J. “Skip” II of Madison, Ind.; and four sisters, Myrtle Shepardson, Fentalene Harrell, Pansy Clearey and Irene Leamon, all of Niles. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Halbritter funeral Home, where friends may call one hour before services.

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Michael A. Hinegardner
June 16, 1955-June 6, 2000

Graveside services for Michael A. Hinegardner, 44, of 222 S. Fifth St., who died on June 6,  2000, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Silverbrook Cemetery. Elkhart Cremation Services is handling arrangements. He was born June 16, 1955.

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Frank L. Hinegardner
Sept. 17, 1933-May 28, 1999

Frank L. Hinegardner, 65, of 2114 Lewis Drive, Niles, Mich., died following an extended illness at 9 p.m. on Friday, May 28, 1999, at his home.

He was born in Cando, N.D., on Sept. 17, 1933, to Rueben Lewis Hinegardner and Gladys Gertrude Cramer, and was a lifetime resident.

Mr. Hinegardner retired as a locomotive engineer from the Conrail Railroad in Elkhart, Ind., in 1995, after 43 years of service. He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Niles. He enjoyed traveling and spending his spare time camping.

On Oct. 10, 1970, he married the former Dorothy A. Horner, who survives. He is also survived by two daughters, Cindy (Frank) Byrne of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Dawn (Robert) Camfield of Lawton, Mich.; five sons, Frank ''Skip'' (Karen) Hinegardner of Fishers, Ind., Brian (Kathy) Hinegardner of Elkhart, John (Cheryl) Hinegardner of Edwardsburg, Mich., Mike (Laura) Hinegardner and David (Sherry) Hinegardner, both of Niles; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; a sister, Barbara (David) Bicard of Niles; and by two nieces and a nephew.

Funeral services for Mr. Hinegardner will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 2, in the Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with The Reverend Al Bastin of St. John's United Church of Christ officiating. Interment will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the funeral home.

Contributions in memory of Mr. Hinegardner may be made to Hospice at Home or to the church.

Skye Morgan Hill
Jan. 20, 2005-March 3, 2005

Skye Morgan Hill, the daughter of Carlton Grant and Carrie Lynn Hill, age one month and thirteen days, of North Saint Louis Boulevard, South Bend, Ind., died at 12:08 a.m. Thursday, March 3, 2005, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, Ind., unexpectedly -- but of natural causes.

Skye was born Jan. 20, 2005, in South Bend, Ind., to Carlton Grant and Carrie Lynn (Krieger) Hill. She was a happy, good baby. Skye was "Daddy's Angel."

Skye is survived by her parents, Carlton Grant and Carrie L. (Krieger) Hill of the home; a brother, Dylan R. Hill of the home; a sister, Chloe A. Hill of the home; her grandparents, Kim Krieger of South Bend, Indiana, Harley (Janis) Krieger of Wayne, Mich., Carol (Wayne) Pompey of Niles and Carl Hill of Dowagiac, Mich.; her great-grandparents, Maebelle Hill of Dowagiac, Mich., Janet Dunbar of Westland, Mich., and Delores Krieger of Taylor, Mich.; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

The funeral services for Skye Morgan Hill will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 7, in Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Niles, with Pastor Brian Bacon officiating. Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the charity of donor's choice.

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