Obituaries

Bert Hibberd
July 28, 1878-April 23, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 24, 1936, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

BERT HIBBERD, 57, CLAIMED BY DEATH

French Paper Mill Employe Stricken After 2-Weeks' Illness of Pneumonia

Bert Hibberd, 57, died Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Pawating hospital, after two weeks' illness of pneumonia.  Mr. Hibberd came to Niles from Summitville, Tenn., 13 years ago.  He was an employe of the French Paper company.

Mr. Hibberd was born in Cleveland, Ohio, July 28, 1878.  He was married Oct. 29, 1905, to Miss Ada Mears at Manchester, Tenn.  Mrs. Hibberd and six children survive.  The children, all Niles residents, are: Mrs. Clayton Walker, Ann, Ulysses, Robert, Billie and Edna Hibberd.

He leaves also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hibberd; two brothers, Arthur and Walter, and three sisters, Lottie Hibberd, Mrs. Maude Vandergriff, and Mrs. Eady Smith, all of Summitville, Tenn.

The body was taken to the family home, 210 Elm street. Funeral services will be held in the Rutherford mortuary Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, the Rev. T.O Lee officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Clella M. Bort (Stubbs)
Sept. 27, 1867*-April 28, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 28, 1936, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Grant Bort, 69, Lifelong Resident of Berrien Co., Dies.

Mrs. Clella M. Bort, 69, died at 2 o’clock this morning at the family home, on the Niles-Buchanan Road.

Mrs. Bort had been ill for about five years, her illness becoming serious during the past ten days. Heart trouble and complications caused her death.

Mrs. Bort had been a resident of Berrien county all her life. She was married to Grant Bort at St. Joseph, 40 years ago. Mr. Bort and two children survive, Grant Jr. a Niles mail carrier and John at home.

She leaves also a brother, Peter Stubbs, Niles.

The body is at the family home. Funeral arrangements are as yet incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 29, 1936, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief: BORT SERVICE THURSDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Grant Bort, 69, who died at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning in the family home on the Niles-Buchanan road, will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Reb. T.O. Lee of the Methodist church officiating.

*dob from Michigan Death record

Olive Burt
Jan. 5, 1893-May 2, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Saturday. May 2, 1936, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Olive Burt, Blind for Years, Dies This Morning

Mrs. Olive Burt, 231 Pokagon street, was found dead in her home at 11 o'clock this morning of a heart attack. Mrs. Burt who had lived in Niles all of her life, had been been blind for several years.

She was the widow of Charles Burt, one time chief of the Niles fire department,who died nine years ago.

Mrs. Burt was born in Niles January 5, 1893, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Bauckman, both deceased. On May 27, 1911 she was married to Charles Burt. One daughter, Dorothy, survives.  

The body was taken to the Rutherford Funeral home.  Funeral announcements will be made later.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 4, 1936, page 2, col. 2 microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief:  BURT RITES TUESDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Olive Burt who died suddenly Saturday at her home, 221 Pokagon street, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Rutherford mortuary.  The Rev. A.R. Kuehn will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

George McOmber
April 14, 1846-April 19, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 20, 1936, page 1, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

George McOmber, 90, Once Niles Resident, Is Dead

George McOmber, 90, a former resident of Niles, died Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grace Woodford, 1934 Vassar avenue, South Bend.

Mr. McObmer[sic] was born in Watertown, N.Y., April 14, 1846.  He was married in 1864 to Harriet Vanderhof, in Buchanan.  Mrs. McOmber died Nov. 29, 1905.

He leaves his daughter, one grandson, George Woodford, South Bend, and a brother, William McOmber, Crete, Nebr.

Funeral Services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock (CST) in South Bend at the home of his daughter.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles.

Albert Jackson
Sept. 18, 1872-April 18, 1936*

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 20, 1936, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief:  FORMER RESIDENT PASSES

Albert T. Jackson, 82, former resident of Niles, died Saturday in Berrien Center.  Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Rutherford mortuary, Adjutant George W. Sager, of the Salvation Army, officiating.  Mr. Jackson leaves one son, Edward, Coloma.

*dob from Michigan Death Record

Larry Gene Turtle
May 3, 1931-May 6, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 6, 1936, page 1, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Larry Gene Turtle, Aged 5, Dies After Three Days' Illness

Larry Gene Turtle, five-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Turtle, 1316 Silverbrook avenue, died in Pawating hospital at 12:30 this morning.  He had been ill three days.

The child was born in Shawnee, Okla., May 2, 1931. He celebrated his fifth birthday anniversary Saturday.  Beside his parents, he leaves a brother, Edward Lee, 7, and a sister, Donna Joyce, 3, also his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Shaw, Dayton, and Mr. and Mrs. Moses Delibec, Niles.