Obituaries

Parthenia I. Day
1859-July 15, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 16, 1936, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief:  BURIAL IN NILES

Mrs. Parthenia I. Day, Elkhart, wil be buried Friday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock in Silverbrook cemetery after services at 3 o'clock in Elkhart.  Mrs. Day died Wednesday. She had a number of friends in Niles. 

Bertha McClary
May 23, 1879-July 8, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 9, 1936, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

FIRST HEAT DEATH REPORTED IN NILES

Mrs. Bertha McClary Victim, Dies of Heart Attack Brought on by Heat.

One Niles death Wednesday was attributed to the intense heat which induced a heart attack.  Mrs. Bertha McClary, 315 South Lincoln avenue, was the victim.

Mrs. McClary's death occurred late Wednesday afternoon after she had returned from a shopping trip. She was 57 years old.  Her death is the third in the family in the last three months.  Mr. McClary's mother died about three months ago; his brother,  William E. McClary, died May 27 following an automobile crash.

Mrs. McClary was born Mary 23, 1879. She was the wife of Cleveland McClary, who survives. She leaves also two sisters, Mrs. Etta Davis, Niles and Mrs. Blanche Mathes, Three Rivers, a brother, Dick Smith, Buchanan; a half-sister, Mrs. Rachael Leach, Niles, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Price and Kiger funeral home, the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson officiating.  Friends of the family may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home before the hour of the services.

Clifford D. Eden
Dec. 3, 1888-May 6, 1969

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 6, 1969, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES-  Clifford D. Eden, 80, 0f 1010 S. Third St., died at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, W. Va., where he had been a patient for the past five months.

Born  here Dec. 3, 1888, Mr. Eden had been a lifetime resident here.  Eden had been assistant city engineer and a member of the engineering department until 1961.  During the year of 1949, he took full charge of the department until a new man was appointed.  He retired in January, 1961, at the age of 71, not withstanding the fact that the mandatory retirement age for city employes is 65.   Because of his value to the city, Mr. Eden was kept beyond the retirement age.  A special council was appointed by then Mayor Mowitt Drew to see if some arrangement could be made so that Eden's experience and knowledge would not be lost to the city.  It was hoped that he could be kept on a part-time basis. The council found this was not possible.  In later years, although not employed by the city, he frequently gave information that only he had knowledge of.

City Clerk Burt Luth said today, “Mr. Eden was a real gentleman who had been very free in helping other young engineers starting their careers.”  The present city engineer, Arthur Reed, has received some valuable experience from Mr. Eden.

Mr. Eden married the former Ruth I White, Oct. 26, 1923 in Niles. He was a life member of the Niles Elks Lodge.  During his lifetime he had also been employed in two other states by their highway departments.  In Colorado, he supervised labor used for road construction.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth, and two children.  A son Charles C., of Niles and a daughter, Mrs. J. Thomas Campbell, Huntington and six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Halbritter-Swem Funeral Home with the Rev. John R. Wyngarden, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after  9 a.m. Friday.

A.J. Austin
Feb 24, 1904-April 30, 1969

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 30, 1969, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—A.J. Austin, 65, of 218 Philip Road, died at 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Hospital of South Bend after a three week illness.

He was born Feb. 24, 1904, in Watervliet and had lived here since 1928 coming from Pueblo, Colo.  Until his retirement he was employed by the Untied Dairies Co.

In addition to his wife Lois, he is survived by two sons, John of Cocoa, Fla., and Charles of Niles; four daughters, Mrs. Paul Elrod, Niles; Mrs. Alvin Robinson, Huntsville, Ala.; Mrs. Hubert Shannon, Louisville, Ky.; and Mrs. William Thompson of Cocoa, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Swihart, Pueblo, Colo., and 14 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church, Rev. Ray Cunningham, the pastor will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Halbritter-Swem Funeral Home beginning Friday.

At the request of the family, memorials may be given to the Cancer Fund.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 1, 1969, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—A.J. Austin, 65, 318 Philip Road, who died at 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Hospital of South Bend after a three week illness is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. William Gilbert of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church, Rev. Ray Cunningham, the pastor will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Halbritter-Swem Funeral Home beginning Friday.

At the request of the family, memorials may be given to the Cancer Fund.

Evelyn Rahn
June 7, 1913-April 28, 1969

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 30, 1969, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library.

HASBRAUCK HEIGHTS, New Jersey—Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn Rahn, a former resident of Niles, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home.  Officiating will be Rev. Joseph M. Stowell, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hackensack, N.J., of which, she was a member.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Mrs. Rahn died Monday at St. Luke's Hospital in New York city from pneumonia after heart surgery.

She was born June 7, 1913, in Barboo, Wis., and had lived in Niles most of her life until 1939 when she married Albert H. Rahn on March 4 in Niles.

In addition to her husband, she

is survived by a son, Kenneth, Tecumseh; two daughters, Madeline and Margorie, both a t Home; her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Claude Haslett, Niles, Two brothers, Donald C. Haslett, South Bend, and Hubert H. , of Niles.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home after 8 a.m. Friday.

Pamela Brady
April 27, 1969-May 2, 1969

Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 4, 1969, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Commital[sic] services for Pamela Suanne Brady, five-day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brady, 1241 S. 13th St., were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Silverbrook cemetery.  Rev. Fred Smith, pastor of the South Niles Community Church, officiated.

Pamela died Friday in Pawating Hospital. She was born April 27, 1969 in Niles. 

In addition to her parents, she is survived by two brothers, Daryl Mathews and James Brady, both at home; two sisters, Miss Ruth Mathews, at home and Mrs. Roland Fahlsing, Niels and her grandmother, Mrs. Bessie Bushong, Niles.

Funeral arrangements were handled by the Pifer Funeral Home.