Minnie W. Walter
Nov. 2, 1871-Jan. 4, 1955

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 4, 1955,  page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Minnie W. Walter, 83, of 916 North Third, died at 9 a.m. Today in her home following an illness of one year.

Mrs. Walter was born Nov. 2, 1871, in Galien and came to Niles from Three Oaks. She had lived in the home where she died for the past 64 years. She was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Women's Guild of the church and an honorary member of the Niles-Buchanan Road Home Economics Club.  Her husband, Christ F. Walter, died in 1917.

Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Edna M. Gridley, of Niles; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Lucille Wenzel, of Grand Rapids. Two sons preceded her in death. George C. died in 1933 and C. H. Walter died in 1948.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m Friday in st. John's Church with the pastor, the Rev. H.A. Meussling, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home where beginning Wednesday evening.

Victor R. Ward
May 28, 1894-Aug. 31, 1975

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 2, 1975,  page 2, col. 6-7, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Funeral services for Victor R. Ward, 81, of 657 N. 12th, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Halbritter Funeral Home. He died at 4:50 p.m Sunday at home after an extended illness.

A veteran of World War I and a member of the First Church of Christ Christian, he was a retired employe of Bendix Corp.

Born May 28, 1894 in Moberly, Mo., he lived here since 1940, coming from Elgin, Ill. He married Lulu K. Eames on Sept. 15, 1920.  She survives.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Cummings of Niles, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Officiating at the services will be the Revs. Jack E. VanArsdall and Joe R. Jonson of the First Church of Christ-Christian. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call today at the funeral home. Memorials may be give to the Berrien County Cancer Service or the First Church of Christ-Christian Memorial Fund.

Floy W. Webster
Nov. 28, 1894-Sept. 29, 1975

Niles Daily Star, Monday, September 29, 1975,  page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Floy W. Webster, 80, 540 Oak St., died at 10:20 a.m. Today at Pawating Hospital after a one-day illness.

A retired employe of the Gaffil Oil Co., he was born Nov. 28, 1894 in Niles and had lived his lifetime in this area.

He wife Daisy C. Survives, along with three daughters, Mrs. Charles Noble and Mrs. Horace Freeze, both of Niles, and Mrs. Raymond Zielinski of Chicago; seven step-daughters, Mrs. Catherine Fuller, Mrs. Dorthy Pegan, Mrs. Joan Dunifin, Mrs. Helen Binns, Mrs. Jean Taylor, Mrs. Claudine Schaber and Mrs. Mary Ann Fox, all of Niles; 26 step-grandchildren; 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. 

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Halbritter Funeral Home, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 .m. Tuesday.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 30, 1975,  page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Funeral services for Floy W. Webster, 80 of 540 Oak St., who died at 10:20 a.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital after a one-day illness, will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert W. Strauss of Oronoko United Methodist church officiating. 

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

William H. Whittaker
Jan. 31, 1948-March 7, 1990

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 8, 1990,  page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for William H. Whittaker, 42, of 3136 M-51 North, Niles, are Friday at 2 p.m.  at Halbritter Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul A. Fisher, pastor of Michiana First Assembly of God.

Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

He died Wednesday at 3136 M-51 North in Niles.

Whittaker was a self-employed contractor in the heating/air conditioning business. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during the Vietnam era.

Whittaker was born Jan. 31, 1948, in Dowagiac, and lived in the Niles area all his life.

Survivors include two sisters, Sue Campbell of Miller, Mo., and Nancy Hilderbrant of Olympia, Wash., and two brothers, Leonard Whittaker Jr. of Niles and Gary Whittaker of Niles.

Friends may call two hours prior to the service at the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Arrangements were made by the Halbritter Funeral Home of Niles.

Lloyd E. Whitcomb
July 24, 1904-Sept. 17, 1975

Niles Daily Star, Friday, September 19, 1975,  page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Lloyd E. Whitcomb, 71, of 1604 Regent St., died at 11:55 p.m. Wednesday at the Univeristy of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, after an extended illness.

He was the retired owner of Feaser Whitcomb, Inc., and was born July 24, 1904 in Elkhart, Ind. He had lived in Niles since 1940, coming from Elkhart.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia; a stepson, Phillip A. Parker of River Vale, N.H.; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Cluen of Elkhart, and Mrs. F.W. Boville of Prescott, Ariz.  

and eight step-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. John R. Wyngarden of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.

Memorials may be given to the Pawating Hospital Scholarship Fund or the Berrien County Cancer Service Inc.

Friends are calling at the funeral home.

Filbert Williams
Jan 15, 1889-Aug. 19, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Friday, August 20, 1954,  page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Filbert Williams,1342 Silverbrook avenue, died at 1:45 p.m. Thursday in his home after an extended illness.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Williams, of Niles; his wife, Grace; his children, Naomi, David, Charles and Donna, at home and Harold, Milford and LaVerne, of Niles; 13 grandchildren; four brothers, Henry, of South Bend, Benny, Lloyd and Edgar, of Niles; . . [illegible].

He was born on Jan. 15, 1889, in Michigan City, Ind., and came here from Michigan City. He has lived here most of his life, and was a painter and decorator by trade.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be held at 4 p.m Saturday. Elder W.J. Coad, pastor of the Full Gospel Assembly on North Eleventh street, will officiate, and burial will be in the Silverbrook Cemetery.