Obituaries

Barbara Elizabeth Shephard
April 16, 1854-July 13, 1935

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, July 13, 1935, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

LIFELONG RESIDENT OF NILES STRICKEN

Mrs. Barbara E. Shephard, 81, Dies Today After Long Illness.

Mrs. Barbara Elizabeth Shephard, 81 years old, and one of Niles' pioneer residents, died early this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Etta Davis, 434 South Lincoln avenue. Her death followed a long illness.

Mrs. Shephard had lived in Niles ll her life. She was born here April 16, 1854.  Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Bertha McClary and Mrs. Etta Davis, Niles, Mrs. Blanche Mather, South Bend, a sons, Dick Smith, Buchanan; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Rachael Leach, Niles; also five grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and six great great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held in the Price and Kiger funeral home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Dr. Guy W. Simon officiating and burial will be in the Silverbrook cemetery.  Friends of the family may call at Mrs. Davis' home, 434 South Lincoln avenue, until Monday noon.

Lute J. Schneider
Feb. 16, 1891-June 15, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 15, 1954, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Lute J. Schneider, 310 North Thirteenth street, died at 4:45 a.m. today at Pawating Hospital. He had been ill since Sunday.

Surviving are his widow, Hattie; one brother, William H. Schneider, of South Bend,and two sisters, Mrs. William A. Reum and Mrs. Frank L. Zechlin, of Niles.

He was born in Niles Feb. 16, 1891, and had lived here all his life.  He married Hattie Williams on Sept. 21, 1920, and been an inspector for The Kawneer Company for the past 42 years.

Schneider was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Niles Elks Lodge and the Kawneer 25-Year Club.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. [?] Meussling, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Harry H. Shedrow
Oct. 12, 1909-March 24, 1990

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 27, 1935, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Services for Harry H. Shedrow, 80, 251 Cass St. in Niles, were Tuesday, March 27, at Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles by the rev. Ted F. Mitchell of Michiana First Assembly of God.

Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

He died at 3:48 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at Dowagiac Nursing Home in Dowagiac following an extended illness.

He was a retired employee from Allied-Bendix Corp.

Shedrow was born Oct. 12, 1909, in Winamac, Ind., and had lived in Niles since coming from Indiana in 1919.

Survivors include daughters, Janet K. Goble of Niles, Mary Jean Jackson of Three Oaks, Connie Lyons of Vista, Calif.; sister, Emma Spangler of Albion; brother, William Shedrow of Knox, Ind.; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

A son, Harry L. Shedrow, preceded him in death Nov. 29, 1978.

Frank O. Stanard
Feb 20, 1884-May 1, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 1, 1935, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Brief Illness Fatal to Frank O. Stanard

Frank O. Stanard, 51, a resident of this section of Michigan all his life, died this morning at 9 o'clock.  Mr. Stanard's death occurred at his home, 1421 Sheffield avenue following a week's illness of heart trouble.

Mr. Stanard was born Feb. 20, 1884, in Cass county. For several years he had been the Niles representative of a clothing company. He leaves his wife, Beulah, and one daughter in Greenville, Mich.

Funeral services will be held in the Price and Kiger funeral home Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.  Friend[sic] may call at the home Thursday and until the hour of the funeral Friday.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 2, 1935, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News In Brief:  STANARD RITES TODAY

The Rev. J.F. Goodman, of he Baptist church, will officiate at the services for Frank O. Stanard Friday afternoon at the Price and Kiger funeral home. The services will be held at 2:30 o'clock.

Helen V. Steiner (Wood)
July 7, 1909-April 4, 2001

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 5, 2001, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Helen V. Steiner, 91, of Niles, died at 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 2001, at Riveridge Manor, Niles, following a brief illness.

She was born on July 7, 1909 at Peculiar, Missouri to Leroy M. and Leta Mae (Britton) Wood.  She has lived in Niles since 1930, coming from Peculiar, Mo., whee she was Valedictorian of her graduating class at Peculiar High School.

She was a member of Wesley United methodist Church, Niles, the Niles Music Club, Niles Cosmopolitan Club, and Order of Eastern Star, Niles Chapter #332.

On August 29, 1929 at Atchison, Kansas, she married Gail C. Steiner, D.O., who preceded her in death on February 19, 1984.

Besides her husband, Gail C. Steiner, she was preceded in death by twin sisters, Josephine Cain,and Albertine Whitten who died April 3, 2001, one day prior to Helen; and one brother, Frank Wood.

She is survived by a daughter, Marcia Jo Cousins, Buchanan; two sons, Charles Steiner, Ann Arbor and Timothy Gail Steiner, Hickory corners, Mich.; six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; a brother Robert Wood, Sweeny, Texas; and two sisters, Margaret Wood, Berrien Center, and Mary Murphy, Niles.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 7, 2001 at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with Rev. Emmett H. Kadwell Jr. of Wesley United Methodist Church.  Committal services will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

There will be no public visitation.

Contributions in memory of Mrs. Steiner may be made to Ballard Elementary School Library or Wesley United Methodist Church.

J. Floyd Stevens
Sept. 29, 1889-Nov. 1, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 1, 1954, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

J. Floyd Stevens, 322 Broadway, died at 8 a.m. today in his home. He had been ill for two years.

Surviving are his father, Harry Stevens, of Buchanan; his wife, Alma; his daughters, Mrs. William Welling, Niles, and Mrs. John Vokhardt, Grand Rapids; one son, Leland Stevens, Niles; six grandchildren; three brothers, Edward and Ray , of Niles, and William, of Caribou, ME.; four sisters, Mrs. R. G. Terry, Flint, Mrs. Clyde Penwell, Buchanan, Mrs. Robert Paulson, Dailey, and Mrs. Vernal Shreve, Buchanan.  

Stevens was born on Sept. 29, 1889, in Atlantic, Ia., and came here from Buchanan 32 years ago.  He was last employed as a mechanic at Clark Equipment Company, Buchanan. He was a member of the Niles Elks Lodge.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.