Dickeson Infant
March 8, 1948-March 8, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 8, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

DICKESON INFANT DIES

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Bernhard Dickeson, rural route one, expired shortly after birth early this morning at Pawating hospital. A prayer service will be conducted Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Kiger funeral home by the Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Kathryn Fowler
Aug. 17, 1879-March 6, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 8, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Kathryn Fowler, 69, died Sunday afternoon at the memorial hospital in South Bend. The only known survivor is a cousin, Mrs. Edward Vincent, Buchanan.

Mrs. Fowler was born in New York City, and her last residence was given as 913 Lawndale, South Bend.

Services will be at the Pifer funeral home Tuesday at 4 p.m. The Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, pastor of the Trinity Episcopal church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Note: DOB from Indiana Death Records

Florence Gerth
March 18, 1900-March 2, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 2, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

FLORENCE GERTH SUCCUMBS

Florence F. Gerth, 1211 Cedar street, died at 9:50 a.m. Today in her home after an illness of two years.
Services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday by the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Friends may call at the funeral home starting Wednesday. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mrs. Gerth leaves her husband, Herbert e. Gerth, Niles, her mother, Mrs. Inez Smith Marion, Ind.; a brother, Howard Alberts, of Marion; three sisters, Mrs. Crystal Jones, Niles; Mrs. Mary King, Anderson,Ind., and Mrs. Tessie Pickering, Greentown, Ind.

She was born on March 18, 1900, in Hackelman, Ind., and came to Niles from South Bend five years ago.

Blanche Hall
May3, 1887-Feb. 23, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 24, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Blanche Hall, 60, of 316 North Eighth street, died at 11 p.m. Monday at her home, after an illness of five months.

Mrs. Hall was born May 3, 1887, in Bloomingdale and came to Niles 20 years ago from Dowagiac. Surviving are her husband, Leon; a son, Oral Shriver, Niles; three daughters, Betty Jean at home, Mrs. George Wanko, Niles and Mrs. Ira Harbaugh, Roseburg, Ore., and six grandchildren.

Also surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Roy Zelner, Dowagiac; Mrs. William Bailey, Boyne City; Mrs. Belle Denecour, Mrs. Clarence Ostrander and Mrs. Francis Hart, all of Battle Creek.

Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Rev. Clarence K. Graham, pastor of the First Baptist church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Carrie Baker
April 4, 1866-March 19, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 20, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

     Carrie Baker, 81, 1115 Cedar street, died at 8:45 p.m. Friday at her home where she had been ill since Christmas.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pifer funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
     Surviving are the following children: Daniel J. Baker, Chicago; Mrs. Willard Collins and Mrs. George Lane, both of Niles. Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Rachel Tomlinson, Mrs. Ella Shockley, and George Huff, all of Niles. Mrs. Baker's husband, George, died in 1933.
     Mrs. Baker was born April 4, 1866 west of Buchanan. She has lived in Niles 56 years.

Note: Per Berrien County Marriage and Death Records, spouse was William R. Baker.

Gustave Bauer
March 31, 1865-Feb. 18, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 19, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

     Gustave Bauer, 1816 North Fifth street, died at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday in the Berrien county hospital, Berrien Center, where he had been a patient six days. Bauer was injured when he fell at his home.
     Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home until noon Saturday when the body will be taken to St. Paul's Lutheran church for services at 2 p.m. The Rev. Theodore Laesch will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Bauer was born in Germany March 31, 1865, and has lived in the Niles area since 1889. He worked for the New York Central railroad until his retirement in 1929. He was a member of the Pioneer's association, and St. Paul's Lutheran church.
     Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Charles Heady, Henry J. Bauer, and Fred Bauer, all of Niles; and Mrs. Charles Bottoroff, Chicago. Eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive.