Ollie Inez Stedman
Sept. 4, 1910-April 24, 1995

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 25, 1995, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Ollie I. Stedman
1910-1995
former owner, Koffee Kup

Family services for Mrs. Ollie I. Stedman, 84, of 1342 Barron Lake Road, Niles, will be held at Halbritter Funeral Home by the Rev. Lowell Black of First Church of Christ-Christian.

Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Mrs. Stedman died at 1:15 a.m. Monday at Silverbrook Manor in Niles, following an extended illness.

She was born Sept. 4, 1910, in Pollard, Ark., and had lived in Niles since 1940, coming from Missouri.

She was married to Valerian B. Stedman, who died July 21, 1989.

Mrs. Stedman was former owner of the Koffee Kup in Niles.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Dena Kennedy and Mrs. Wanda Metcalf, both of Niles, and Mrs. Billie Jackson of Stevensville; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Beverly Miller of Bourbon, Ind., and Mrs. Juanita Klota of South Bend, Ind.; one stepson, Valerian Stedman, Jr. of Niles; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Aline Cody of Niles, and a brother Everett Morrison of Hot Springs, Ark.

There will be no visitation

Memorials may be made to Hospice at Home.

Bradley Trent Williams
July 18, 1969-April 20, 1995

Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 21, 1995, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Bradley Trent Williams
1969-1995
former Niles resident

Bradley Trent Williams, 25, died early Thursday, April 20, in Allentown, Pa.

He is survived by his mother, Judith Thorrez; his father, Ronald Williams, a sister, Brandi Williams; stepmother, Kathleen Williams; and a stepsister, Amber Gushrowski, all of West Bloomfield; paternal grandparents, Russell and Eleanor Williams of Niles; and maternal grandparents, Jack and Mary Thorrez of Cedar Lake.

Bradley lived at 108 S. Main St., Alburtis, Pa., and was born in Berrien Center on July 18, 1969. He was employed by the Knoll Furniture Co., in East Greenville, Pa., for the last 4 years.

A memorial service will be held at the Niels Seventh Day Adventist church at 1105 Grant St., Niles, Monday at 2:30 p.m.

Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

The family has asked that donations be made in Brad's memory to the American Diabetes Association, rather than sending flowers.

The Sell Funeral Home in Allentown, Pa. Was in charge of arrangements.

Charles Samuel Robinson
May 12, 1913-April 19, 1995

Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 19, 1995, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles Samuel Robinson.

1913-1995

army veteran

Funeral services for Charles Samuel Robinson, 71, of 17 N. 7th St., Niles, will be Monday at 10 a.m. At Hoven Funeral Home in Buchanan by Speaker Mike Stinbeck.

Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Mr. Robinson died at 3:40 a.m. Wednesday, at Pawating Hospital in Niles.

He was born May 12, 1913, in Tanner, Ala., and had lived here since 1970, coming from Goshen.

Mr. Robinson was an army veteran, and attended Niles Congregation of Niles Jehovah Witness.

Friends may call Sunday from 3-5 at the funeral home.

Dale J. Reist
July 24, 1922-March 11, 1995

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 17, 1995, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Dale J. Reist

1922-1995

lifetime Niles resident

Funeral services for Dale J. Reist, 72, of 607 N. 3rd, Niles, will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Hoven Funeral Home in Buchanan, by the Rev. Alfred Deed, pastor of Bethel Apostolic Tabernacle in Buchanan.

Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Mr. Reist died Saturday at 11:30 a.m. At Pawating Hospital in Niles.

He was born July 24, 1922 in Kalamazoo and was a lifetime resident of Niles.

Survivors include five sister, Mrs. Joyce Readle and Ardith McAdams, both of Magness, Ark., Susan McAdams of Thida, Ark., and Josephine Simpson and Fern Baxter, both of Niles, and two brothers, Richard Reist of Niles and Alfred Reist of Kalamazoo.

Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 10 a.m. To 1 p.m. prior to services.

Harry S. Dodge
1851-April 28, 1880

Niles (Berrien Co., MI) Republican, Thursday, April 29, 1880, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Death of Harry Dodge

Our well-known young fellow citizen, Harry Dodge, son of Mr. Samuel S. Dodge, whose severe illness and recent return from Colorado we mentioned a few weeks ago, died last night at 10 o'clock, of consumption, in his 30th year. Mr. Dodge was a native of this pace, an excellent young man, and had held important trusts under the American Express Company.--His funeral will take place from the Presbyterian Church on Saturday afternoon next at 2 o'clock.

Niles (Berrien Co., MI) Democrat, Saturday, May 1, 1880, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Harry Dodge, son of S.S. Dodge, who has been on the decline with consumption for the past year or more, died at the residence of his father in this city on Wednesday evening last. Harry was one of our most highly respected young men, with the brightest of prospects for future life, but, alas, when the fell monster disease, consumption, takes hold, the fairest and best must yield to its continuous wasting process. Harry's death, though daily expected for some time, will be sad and chilling news to his many warm and life long friends in this as well as in many other places where he was known.

John Davis
1821-July 15, 1880

Niles (Berrien Co., MI) Democrat, Saturday, July 15, 1880, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

John Davis, who has been a citizen of this city for a great many years, and who has been widely known throughout the country as a first-class manufacturer of crackers, died very suddenly and unexpectedly on Thursday evening last. The day previous he had been to South Bend on business, and in the forepart of the day upon which he died he was out upon the streets, but in the afternoon complained some and died about 7 o'clock in the evening. Mr. Davis leaves an interesting family of children to mourn his untimely end.