Elna Mae Goodling (Wilcox)
Nov. 18, 1906-March 26, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 26, 1936, page 1, col 1, microfilm Niles District Library

MRS. RAY GOODLING DIES IN ALABAMA

Daughter of Late Roy Wilcox Dies of Pneumonia in Southern City

Mrs. Ray Goodling, 29, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilcox, died about 9 o'clock this morning at her home in Birmingham, Ala. She had been ill of pneumonia since last Saturday.

Mrs. Goodling was the former Elna Wilcox. Before her marriage 12 years ago, she had been employed at the Bell Telephone company office. She lived most of her life in Niles until two years ago when she and her family moved to Birmingham, where Mr. Goodling has been engaged in architectural work.

The message announcing Mrs. Goodling's death came this morning to Mr. Goodling's mother, Mrs. Norman Goodling, 714 South Fifteenth street.

Mrs. Goodling's father, Roy Wilcox, died nearly a year ago. She leaves her husband and three daughters, aged 11, nine and four; also three brothers, Wesley, of Niles, who is en route to  Birmingham in response to a telegram received Wednesday announcing his sister's grave condition; Clare, Fremont, Mich., and Wesley, South Bend.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.  Relatives here, however, believe the body will be brought to Niles for funeral services and burial.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 28, 1936, page 2, col 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News In Brief:  GOODLING FUNERAL MONDAY

The body of Mrs. Elna Wilcox Goodling, who died Thursday morning in Birmingham, Ala., arrived in Niles at 12:26 this afternoon. Ray Goodling, her husband arrived here this morning , accompanied by his three children, Donna Jean, Shirley and Sally Ann.  L.J. Wilcox, Mrs. Goodling' s brother, has also returned.  The services will be held in the Rutherford mortuary Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. A.R. Kuehn, pastor of the First Evangelical church, officiating.  Friends of the family are asked to call at the mortuary at any time before the hour of the service.

Marcus Marks
Aug. 7, 1885-March 31, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 1, 1936, page 1, col 4, microfilm Niles District Library

MARCUS MARKS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Employe of French Paper co. Succumbs; Funeral at 3 Friday P.M.

Marcus Marks, 50, died in a Kalamazoo hospital Tuesday night at 6 o'clock, after an illness extending over the last four months, of complications developing after a nervous breakdown.

Mr. Marks was born in Wabash county, Ind., Aug. 7, 1885, and came here 12 years ago from Buchanan. He was employed at the Kawneer for the first few years of this residence in Nile, afterward at the French Paper company where he worked in the beater room.

He was married March 10, 1917, to Miss Minnie Applegate at Muncie, Ind., who survives him. He leaves a son, Marcus Burnell Marks, at home, and three brothers, George, Buchanan, and Harry and Raymond, Niles.  He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Thomas Marks.

The body was brought to the Rutherford mortuary whee services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, William Putnam, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Sarah C. McClary
Dec. 22, 1850-April 4, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 6, 1936, page 2, col 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News In Brief:  McCLARY RITES TUESDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah C. McClary, 86, who died in Nichols hospital Battle Creek, will be conducted in the Price and Kiger funeral home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  William Putnam will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Mrs. McClary was born in Queen City, Mo., Dec. 22, 1850. She leaves three sons, William and Cleveland McClary, Niles and a daughter, Mrs. Della Hare, Battle Creek, with whom she had been spending the winter.

DOB From Michigan Death Certificate

Thomas H. Myers
April 8, 1864-April 2, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 2, 1936, page 1, col 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Thomas H. Myers Dies of Illness Lasting 4 Years.

Thomas H. Myers, 71, who had lived in and near Niles for more than 25 years, died at his home, 1445 Lake street, at 7:45 this morning, following an illness of about four years.  Bronchial asthma was the cause of his death.

Mr. Myers came to Niles from Elkhart and most of his life here was spent as a farm laborer. He was born in Logansport, Ind., April 8, 1864.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Eva Myers, five daughters and a son:  Mrs. James Baker, Mishawaka; Mrs. Robert Long, Goshen; Mrs. Louis Blender, Elkhart; Mrs. Sanford Merle, Niles; Samuel Myers, Niles, and Lillian Mae Myers, at home.

Two surviving sisters are Mrs. William Hoover and Mrs. Madison Kassler, Elkhart.

The body was taken to the Rutherford mortuary where funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Note:  Gravemarker gives DOB as 1868.

Gertrude Wolford
June 10, 1878-March 22, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 23, 1936, page 1, col 1, microfilm Niles District Library

MRS. E.A. WOLFORD DIES IN PAWATING

Widely Known Niles Woman, Active Church Worker, Ill Less Than Week

Mrs. E.A. Wolford, 1001 Cedar street, died Sunday night at 5:45 in Pawating hospital after an illness of less than a week.  Mrs. Wolford was 57 years old and had lived in Niles all her life.

Mrs. Wolford's condition had been favorable and she was believed to be progressing rapidly when pulmonary metabolism Sunday afternoon  resulted in her death.

Last week while she was in the hospital she was elected president of the Whatsoever class of the Presbyterian church. She had long been an active worker in the church and its organizations.

She was also a member of the Progress club, of the National Auxiliary of the Switchmen's Union, and the Maccabees.

Surviving are her husband, E.A. Wolford; three daughters, Mrs. D.R. Beiger, Coldwater; Mrs. Lowell Benson, Benton Harbor, and Mrs. H.C. Langston, Niles; a son, E.A. Wolford, Jr., Kalamazoo; four sisters, Mrs. Lena Kenney, Decatur; Mrs. Betty Smith, Buchanan; Mrs. Ella Palmer, Marion, Ind., and Mrs. Susie Soleberger, Decatur; and two brothers, Fred Couch, South Bend, and Albert Couch, Chicago.

The body was taken to the Turner-Pifer funeral home and will remain there until Tuesday night when it will be removed to the family home.  On Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock it will be taken to the Presbyterian church.  Funeral services will be at  2:30 o'clock in the afternoon with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.  Rev. Dr. G.W. Simon will officiate.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 24, 1936, page 1, col 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Clubs Will Attend Funeral Services For Mrs. Wolford

Two organizations of which Mrs. E.A. Wolford was a member will attend the funeral services in the Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon.

The Progress club will meet in the vestibule of the church at 2 o'clock. The Niles Auxiliary of the Switchmen's Union will meet in the church at 2 :15 o'clock.

Pallbearers are E.W. Hunter, Fred Babcock, A.F. Eycleshymer, Paul Thayer, Dr. J.G. Brodie and W.E. Barron.

Note: DOB from Michigan Death Certificate

Fred B. Hanchett
Nov. 4, 1854-April 14, 1928

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 15, 1936, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Fred B. Hanchett, 81 Former Niles Resident, Stricken

Fred Beebe Hanchett, Sr., former resident of Niles, died at his home, 440 Cass street, Berrien Springs, Monday afternoon at 12:40 o'clock, after a three weeks' illness.

Mr. Beebe was 83 years old. He was born in Beloit, Wis., moving afterward to Chicago, then to Niles, after ward to Buchanan and about nine years ago went to Berrien Springs.

His wife, Mrs. Della Hanchett, survives, also one daughter, Mrs. Zennetta Hunter, Niles, and two sons, Fred B. Jr., Detroit, and Merrick, Holland.  Had he lived until May 15, Mr. and Mrs. Hanchett would have celebrated their 53d wedding anniversary.

Funeral services will be in the Price and Kiger chapel Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. T.O. Lee officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Note:  DOB from Michigan Death Certificate