Obituaries

Della L. Blackburn
March 23, 1887-June 25, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 26, 1962, page 2, col. (microfilm Niles District Library)

Miss Della L. Blackburn, 75, of 218 Parkway, died at 1:50 p.m. Monday in the Berrien County Hospital where she had been patient for one week. She had been in failing health for one year.
Miss Blackburn was born March 23, 1887, in Coffee County, Tenn., and came to Niles in 1917.
Surviving are: three sisters, Mrs. Rose McLaughlin and Mrs. Minnie Bonner, both Niles, and Mrs. Cora Bennett, Cooksville, Tenn., and a brother, Herman Blackburn, Niles.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home with Theordore Starkey of the Cxhurch of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Fred Frankenberry
March 8, 1889-Aug. 27, 1945

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 28, 1945, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Former Resident of Niles Dies in Ypsilanti

Word was received today by friends in Niles of the death Monday of Fred Frankenberry, 53, fromer[sic] Niles resident, at his home in Ypsilanti.
Born in North Liberty, Ind., Frankenberry lived in Niles seven years before moving to Detroit almost 20 years ago. He was employed by the Michigan Central railroad at their main offices there. He married the former Florence Bunbury of Niles, who survives him. He was a member of the Trinity Episcopal church and the St. Joseph Valley lodge F. & A.M.
Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter, Ann, a sister in Youngstown, Ohio, and a brother in Indiana. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Christina Lou Gentry
Carmella Sue Gentry
June 28, 1962-June 28, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 29, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

COMMITTAL RITES

Committal rites were held this morning at Silverbrook Cemetery for Christina Lou and Carmella Sue, infant twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Keith Gentry, 1815 Cass St., who died at 11:15 a.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital about an hour after birth.
Worthy Rowe of the South Bend Apostolic Temple, officiated.
Surviving besides the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Gentry and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brockus, all Niles.
Arrangements were made by the Pifer Funeral Home.

Christina Lou Gentry
Carmella Sue Gentry
June 28, 1962-June 28, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 29, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

COMMITTAL RITES

Committal rites were held this morning at Silverbrook Cemetery for Christina Lou and Carmella Sue, infant twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Keith Gentry, 1815 Cass St., who died at 11:15 a.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital about an hour after birth.
Worthy Rowe of the South Bend Apostolic Temple, officiated.
Surviving besides the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Gentry and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brockus, all Niles.
Arrangements were made by the Pifer Funeral Home.

Ruby F. Hoese
June 1887-July 5, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 5, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Ruby F. Hoese, 75, 2292 N. 5th St., died at 8:23 a.m. today at Pawating Hospital where she [illegible].
Mrs. Hoese was born June 1887 in Niles and had lived her lifetime here.
Surviving are: her husband, Frank; two sons, Edward Losure, with the United States Navy, Washington, D.C. and James F. Rundborge, Buchanan; two daughters, Mrs. Lester Newton, Kewaskum, Wis., and Mrs. Clayton Muntz, Niles; five step-children, Mrs. Gladys Reed, South Bend, Mrs. Homer Womble, Mrs. George Loveland and Ward Hoese, all Niles, and Glen Hoese, Buchanan; 37 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Esther MacDonald, Chicago, and six step-brothers and sisters, Mrs. George Masterman, South Bend, Mrs. George Abair, Elisnor, Calif., Mrs. Scott Woodcock, Argus, Ind., and Willis, Frank and Herbert Low, all Niles.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home where funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Charles Swartz
June 8, 1873-July 5, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 6, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles Swartz, 89, formerly of Niles, died at 2:45 a.m. Thursday at Berrien County Hospital.
Mr. Swartz was born June 8, 1873. He leaves no known survivors. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Pifer Funeral Home with Capt. William . . .[illegible]. . . Army officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends are being received at the funeral home.