Obituaries

Clara R. Smith
April 6,1879-Feb. 22, 1951

Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 23, 1951; page 2, col. 5, microfilm, Niles District Library (from K. Alton)

Mrs. Clara R. Smith, 71, of 1015 ½ Lake Street, died at 6:45 p.m. Thursday at her home.  She had been ill for several years.

Mrs. Smith was born on April 6, 1879 and came here from Union in 1914.  She married the late William C. Smith who died in 1915.  She was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Daughters of America.  

Surviving are: three sons, E. Elton, of Niles, Russell G., of South Bend, and C. Ralph, of Milwaukee, Wis.; one daughter, Mrs. George McKenzie, of Detroit; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Squibb and Mrs. Laura Nowels, both of Elkhart; one brother, Roy S. Planck, of Fremont, Neb.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday.  The Rev. T. M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Circle 45 of the GAR will meet at 7:30 p.m.  Sunday at the Kiger Funeral home to conduct memorial services for Mrs. Smith

Alice Sherman
Nov. 18, 1905-Feb. 1, 1951

Niles Daily Star Friday, February 2, 1951; page 2, col. 5, microfilm, Niles District Library(from K. Alton)

Mrs. Alice Sherman, of 308 North Sixth street, who had been ill since Thanksgiving day, died at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Osteopathic hospital, South Bend.

Surviving are her father, Oscar Reid, and her husband, William Sherman, both of Niles; her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Ostrander, of Niles; two step-sons Elmer E. and Vern R. Sherman, both of Niles; two brothers Harold and Foster Reid, of Niles, and two sisters, Mrs. Lyle Hoover, of Berrien Springs, and Mrs. Edith Johnson of Niles.

Mrs. Sherman was born on Nov. 18, 1905, in Mendon, and had lived here most of her life.  She was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren church.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. G. A. Steeby, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren church.  Burial will bin in Silverbrook cemetery.

Everett E. Seals
July 3, 1873-Feb. 22, 1951

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 22, 1951; page 2, col. 4, microfilm, Niles District Library (from K. Alton)

Everett E. Seals, 77, of 1110 Phoenix street died at 12:55 a.m. today in Pawating hospital, after an illness of four weeks.

Surviving are his five daughters (illegible) Stemman and Mrs. Clair McIntyre, of Cassopolis, Mrs. Hubert Cole, of Chesney, and Mrs. Frank Leonard of Niles, and three sons, Frank, Allie and Eugene Seals, all of Niles.

Surviving are 25 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. William Witters, of Franklin, OK, and Mrs. Ruth Burch, of Texas, and three brothers, Warren and Harry Seals, of Attica, Ind., and Robert Seals, of South Bend.

Seals was born on July 3, 1873, in Warrant county, Ind., and came here from Illinois in 1928.  He last was employed as a guard by the Kawneer company.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. T. M. Greenhoe, Presbyterian pastor.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mrs. Effie Rush
April 1869-March 3, 1951

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 5, 1951; page 2, col. 7, microfilm, Niles District Library (from K. Alton)

Mrs. Effie Rush, 81, mother of Mrs. Carl VanSkiver, of Niles, died Saturday in Miami, Fla.  She was born in April, 1869, in Marion, Ind.

Also surviving are two daughters, Miss Marie Rush and Mrs. S.M. Auerbach, both of Miami; three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

The body will arrive at the Kiger funeral home Wednesday morning.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Frank E. Probst
Dec. 28, 1900-Feb. 24, 1951

Niles Daily Star,  Saturday, February 25, 1951; page 2, col. 5, microfilm, Niles District Library

Frank E. Probst, 50, of 1118 Maple street, died at 6 a.m. Friday in Veterans hospital at Excelsior Springs, Mo.  He had been ill one month.  Probst was born in South Bend on December 28, 1900.

Surviving are: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank X. Probst, of Niles; four brothers; George, Joseph, Fred, and Raymond, all of Niles; and a sister, Mrs. Raymond Claeys, (illegible) funeral home where full military services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday by the American Legion.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

R. Jewett Jones
1885-1950

Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 13, 1950; page 2, col. 3, microfilm, Niles District Library(from K. Alton)

Burial services for R. Jewett Jones of St. Louis, Mo., were to be held at the family lot in Silverbrook cemetery this afternoon.  He was born in Niles, but moved away many years ago.