George H. Vetter
Jan. 28, 1892-Oct. 6, 1918

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 3, 1918, page 1

NAME OF GEORGE VETTER IN TODAY'S CASUALTY LISTS

Today's morning papers report the unkind information that Private George Vetter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Vetter, residing east of the city, has been killed in action.

A few days ago the parents were informed by the war department that their son was missing in action since October 6.

Mr. Vetter entered military service last May and went overseas from Camp Custer with the 85th division.

Yesterday the distracted parents were made hopeful when a Benton Harbor soldier, who has just returned from France, sent them word he visited George in a hospital a few eeks ago.  A letter was immediately sent to Washington asking for details. 

Private Vetter was 24 years of age.  Another brother is now with our forces “somewhere over there.”

Henry H. Green
May 10, 1893-Aug. 6, 1960

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, August 6, 1960.

Henry H. Green, 67, of 1403 Cedar St., retired New York Central Railroad Engineer, died at 1:05 a.m. , today in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient for six days. He had been in failing health for several months.

Mr. Green was born May 10, 1893, in Viola, Ill., and came to Niles 39 years ago from Michigan City, Ind. He retired from the railroad in 1958 after having compeleted[sic] 45 years of service. He was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers.

Surviving are: his widow, Elizabeth; a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Collum, Niles; two sons, Eugene Green, Sea Side, Calif., and Arthur Green, Darby, Pa.; seven grandchildren; s a sister, Mrs. C.L. Whitmore, Peoria, Ill., and two brothers, Emmitt and Harry Green, both Peoria.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in St. Paul's Church with the pastor, the Rev. Theodore Laesch, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Frends[sic[ are being received at the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home.

Ione P. Lowe
June 16, 1904-March 17, 1979

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 19, 1979.

Niles—Mrs. Ione P. Lowe, 74, of 1420 Broadway, died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday at Pawating Hospital following an extended illness.

She was born June 16, 1904 in Mauston, Wis. And had lived here since 1927, coming from South Bend.

Her husband, David J. Lowe, died Nov. 2 1957.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Wallace (Mary) Weist of Niles and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Arnold O. Schaap of Edwardsburg officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Helen Schneider
Jan. 6, 1919-May 22, 1978

Niles Daily Star,  Wednesday, May 24, 1978, page 2.

NILES—Graveside services for Mrs. Helen Schneider, 59, of 519 Michigan   St., were to have been at 2 p.m. today. Mrs. Schneider died Monday at 11:25 p.m. in Pawating Hospital after an extended illness.

She was born on Jan.6 1919, in Frankfort, Ind., and on Feb. 19 1949,  in South Bend, she married Vernon Schneider, who survives.

Also surviving are three sons, Fred Schneider, of El Granda, Ca., and Michael and Terry, both of Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Rosalie Ann Dill, of Mishawaka; a brother, Chester Everman, Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Ernestine Harvel and Mrs. Lula Backus, Buchanan, and six grandchildren.

Rev. Joe Johnson of the First Church of Christ-Christian officiated at the burial in Silverbrook cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Berrien County Cancer Service, Inc.

Dr. Burton D. Giddings
Aug. 21, 1873-April 29, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 30, 1936, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Dr. Giddings Dies, Victim of Heart Disease

WIDELY KNOWN NILES PHYSICIAN SET UP PRACTICE HERE IN 1903

Became Seriously Ill Two Weeks Ago; Once Had Small Hospital

Dr. Burton D. Giddings, 62, one of the oldest Niles members of the medical profession, died at his home, 112 South Fourth street, Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock.

Coming to Niles after receiving his degree at Hahnemann Medical college, Chicago, in 1903, Dr. Giddings has been closely connected with the life of the city since that time.  The news of his death brought mourning in all sections of the city—his associates in the profession which he had followed for many years, his fraternal and church affiliates, and from the great cross section that made up the patients to whom he had ministered.

Ill Seven Years

Dr. Giddings' death terminated a serious illness extending over two weeks. His health, however, had been failing for more than seven years.  His death was due to heart trouble.

Dr. Giddings was born in Portage county, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1873. He was educated in Hiram college, Ohio; the University of Idaho, Bennett Medical college, Chicago, and the Hahnemann Medical college from which he received his degree as doctor of medicine.

He was married in 1900 to Miss Lavinia Harper, Chicago, who died in 1918.  In 1920, he was married to Miss Olga Harper, her sister, who survives him.

Starts Hospital

Dr. Giddings' first home in Niles was on Broadway. His first professional experience was as an associate of Dr. Z.L. Baldwin. Together they conducted a small hospital in the building now occupied by Dr. R.S. Waterson, North Third and cedar streets.

This partnership was dissolved in 1905 and his offices were moved to Main street, from which he moved last June to occupy the building at North Fourth and Cedar streets.

For more than [illegible] years Dr. Giddings had been chief surgeon for the Michigan Central railroad, and held the same position for the Northern Indiana railway and the Big Four.

He was a member of the Berrien County Medical society, the Elks, Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen of America, Yeomen and Maccabees. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and of the board of trustees.

Wife, Son Survive

Beside his wife, he leaves on e son, Lyle Giddings, and a brother, L.C. Giddings, Akron, Ohio.

Services will be Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Presbyterian church, the Rev. Dr. G.W. Simon officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

The body will be taken from the Price and Kiger funeral home tot he family home tonight, where friends may call tonight and Friday morning.

The body will lie in state in the Presbyterian church from 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon until the hour of he service.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 1, 1936, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Six Physicians Pallbearers for Dr. B.D. Giddings

Six members of the medical profession were to act as pall bearers at the funeral of Dr. Burton D. Giddings in the Presbyterian church this afternoon. They are Dr. Edwin P. Vary, Dr. Russell T. Hart, Dr. L.L. Harrison, Dr. Clarence Gillette, Dr. N.A. Herring, and Dr. R.S. Waterson.

The body was to lie in state in the church from 2:30 to 3:30 o'clock this afternoon.  The Rev. Dr. G.W. Simon is the officiating clergyman and the Knights of Pythias will give the ritualistic service at the grave in Silverbrook cemetery.

Anna Wallace
Aug. 7, 1892-May 4, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 5, 1936, page 1, col. 1, Continue page 2, col. 1 microfilm Niles District Library

Niles Woman Killed in Traffic Crash on US-31

MRS. ANNA WALLACE IS TRAFFIC MISHAP VICTIM MONDAY P.M.

Two St. Mary's College Girls

in Other Car Both Hurt; 

Both Cars Smashed

Mrs. Anna Wallace, 43, Plym road, a resident of Niles for four years, succumbed at 5:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Pawating hospital to injuries sustained an hour earlier when the car she was driving collided with another at the intersection of US-31 and the Bertrand road, two miles south of the Niles city limits.

Willard Schroeder, Sr., Bertrand, accompanying Mrs. Wallace at the time of the crash, is recovering at Pawating hospital. He was cut and bruised about the face, and his condition was said today to be not serious.

Mrs. Jane Flavan, 1809 Portage street, South Bend, driver of the second car involved in the accident, and Miss Helen Newman, 8437 Wayne street, Chicago, are receiving treatment at St. Joseph hospital, South Bend.  Both are students at St. Mary's college near South Bend.

Miss Newman, who sustained a fractured left leg and scalp lacerations, was said to be in “fair condition” this morning.  Mrs. Flaven, whose condition was reported as good, suffered from cuts, bruises and scalp lacerations.

On Way to Niles

Mrs. Wallace, wife of Charles Wallace, a gardener, had spent the day at Bertrand and was returning home when the cars collided.

Hobart and Fred Ivans, listed as witnesses on the report obtained by Deputy Sheriff Claude Huff, told officers the car used by Mrs. Wallace and Mr. Schroeder was being turned north from the west side of the pavement when it was struck by the machine driven southward by Miss Flaven.  Henry Rosenfelt, South Bend, was listed on the report as owner of the  latter car.

Both cars were overturned by the impact and both Mrs. Wallace and Miss Newman were thrown to the road.  Nearby motorists rushed the girls to South Bend, and Mrs. Wallace and Mr. Schroeder were brought here.

Dies In Pawating

Despite the severity of her injuries, Mrs. Wallace retained consciousness until after her arrival at the hospital.  Attending physicians deported[sic] her jaw was fractured in “six or seven places.”

Mrs. Wallace, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Myer, Oberlin, O., was born Aug. 7, 1892, at Lorain, O. She was married April 5, 1912, at Crown Point, Ind., and moved here four years ago from Gary.

Survivors include the husband, Frank Wallace; a daughter,  Marietta, a senior in high school here, and four sisters, and two brothers, Mrs. M. Landas, Barberton, O., Mrs. E.L. Martin, Chicago, and Joseph Myer, Mrs. C.C. Johnson, Mrs. C.L. Johnson and Frank Myer, Lorain, O.

The body is at the Rutherford funeral home, where the funeral will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon by the Rev. T.O Lee of the Methodist church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.