We now have over 7,000 obituaries collected about the interred here at Silverbrook Cemetery.
The obituaries are transcribed by the volunteers of the Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery from various sources. If you see an opportunity for an addition or a correction, please email our obituary editor at obits@friendsofsilverbrook.org.
Elijah P. Barker
Oct. 20, 1807-April 25, 1860
Niles Republican, Saturday, April 28, 1860, page 3, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
On the 25th of April, at his residence near Union Park, ELIJAH P. BARKER, in the 52d year of his age.--Chicago Tribune.
His remains were brought to Niles, on Friday for interment.
Frederick Hudson Barker
Sept. 2, 1887-March 27, 1919
Niles Daily Sun, Friday, March 28, 1919, page 1, col. 3-4, microfilm Niles District Library
Frederick Hudson Barker, a former resident of the country east of Niles, died suddenly Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Rochester, Ind., after a brief illness with an acute attack of indigestion. Mrs. Barker was born on the Barker farm east of Niles on the Edwardsburg road, Sept. 2, 1887. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Barker. He had but recently received his discharge from military service and was engaging in farming near Rochester. He is survived by his father, who is at Knox, Ind., by four brothers, two of whom are in Colorado, one in the east and the other, Peres Barker, of Niles.
The body will be brought to Niles tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and taken directly to Silver Brook cemetery for burial where Rev. H.T. Scherer, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will conduct services, Mr. Barker having been a member of the Trube Memorial Presbyterian church at Indianapolis.
Mrs. Joseph T. (Harriet) Barker
March 16, 1861-July 28, 1892
Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 29, 1892, page 3, col. 2, reprinted Niles Weekly Mirror, Wednesday, August 3, 1892, page 5, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library;
Mrs. Jos T. Barker, residing on the Edwardsburg road four miles east of Niles, died very unexpectedly last night, in the 31st year of her age. She leaves a husband and five little boys, the oldest of which is about nine years, to mourn her untimely death.
Niles Weekly Mirror, Wednesday, August 3, 1892, page 5, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
The funeral of Mrs. Barker, who died near Edwardsburg, occurred at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The burial took place at Silver Brook cemetery.
Mary McGill
1820-July 19, 1892
Niles Weekly Mirror, Wednesday, July 27, 1892, page 5, col. 1, microflim Niles District Library
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The funeral of Mrs. Mary McGill occured[sic] this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. B.F. Hutson. Rev. Thoms. Cox, of the Methodist church delivering the sermon. The remains were interred at silver brook[sic] cemetery.
Margaret Roach
Jan. 25, 1877-Aug. 15, 1968
Niles Daily Star, Friday, August 16, 1968, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Margaret Roach, 91, of 529 Sycamore St., died yesterday in her home. She had lived most of her life in Niles.
Mrs. Roach was born Jan. 25, 1877, in Toronto, Canada, and came to Niles from Indiana. She was married to Arthur Roach, who died in 1933.
Mrs. Roach was a lifetime member of the Niles Musical Club, the Eastern Star and a past Worthy Matron.
Survivors include two granddaughters: Mrs. William Frank of Dearborn, Mich. And Mrs. Rowland Jackson of San Bernardino, Calif., and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home with Rev. George L. Beacock, former pastor of the Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 tonight.
Eva B. Weaver
Dec. 15, 1879-Aug. 16, 1968
Niles Daily Star, Friday, August 16, 1968, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Eva B. Weaver, 88, of 122 Parkway St., died at 9:20 today in her home. She had been ill for two years.
Mrs. Weaver was born Dec. 15, 1879, in Berrien County and spent her lifetime in this area. On Nov. 28, 1900, she married William N. Weaver, in Niles. Mr. Weaver died May 4, 1951.
She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church, The Women's Christian Temperance Union and of the Golden Age Club.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Edmond Holmes and Mrs. Marguerite Benjamin, both of Niles; two sons, Donald and Lynn, both of Niles; eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Grace Methodist Church with the Rev. Leonard F. Putnam officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Halbritter-Swem Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Saturday.
Infant Son Webb
Jan. 7, 1958
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 7, 1958, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
INFANT'S RITES SET
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home here for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Webb, of 902 Michigan Street, who was stillborn today at Osteopathic Hospital, South Bend. The Rev. Theodore Laesch, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
