Obituaries

Clara Gallagher
April 25, 1884-June 21, 1968

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 8, 1968, page 12, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Frank (Clara) Gallagher, formerly of Niles, died in Evanston, Ill. She was buried in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Note: DOB from Social Security Death Index.

George W. Hall
March 1, 1899-March 6, 1991

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 7, 1991, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

George W. Hall, 92, of 251 Cass St., Niles, died at 7:20 a.m. Wednesday at Pawating Hospital following a short illness.

He was born March 1, 1899, in Walbash, ind., and had lived in this area 16 years.

Mr. Hall was a self-employed carpet layer.

He married Clara (Jackie Dering) Hall in April 1980 in Niles. She survives.

Other survivors include a daughter, Barbara Carroll of Eldon, Mo.; a sister, Betty Duffy of Dowagiac; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Cremation has taken place. Visitation and services will not be offered.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Berrien County Cancer Service.

Arrangements were handled by Swem Funeral Home, Buchanan.

Cora Belle Hill
Sept. 4, 1878-Aug. 7, 1968

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 7, 1968, page 18, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Cora Belle Hill, 89, 712 ½ Grant St., died at 6 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital after a seven week illness.

Mrs. Hill was born Sept. 4, 1878 in Buchanan, and had lived all of her life in this area. She was married to the late Jacob Hill.

She is survived by five generations of her family. The are seven daughters, Mrs. Bessie Daisy and Mrs. Cuba Thomas, both of Benton Harbor; Mrs. Woodrow Shelby, Mrs. Forrest Porter, Mrs. Forrest Parkerton, Mrs. Ethel Schram and Mrs. Floss Hughes, all of Niles; four sons: Frank of St. Joseph and Floyd, Leon and Russel Davis a.ll of Niles; a half brother, William McGurk and a half sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jay, both of Niles; 33 grandchildren, 92 great-grandchildren and 44 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home with Mr. Joe Johnson, Church of Christ in Buchanan, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m

Henrietta Jones
Oct. 2, 1884-Aug. 13,1968

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 14, 1968, page 12, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Henrietta Jones, 83, 1328 Barron Lake Road, died at 9:40 p.m. yesterday in the Owens Nursing Home at Marcellus, Mich. where she had been a patient for several years.

She was born Oct. 2, 1884, in Chippewa County, Michigan and came to Niles from Edwardsburg.  She has lived here since 1900.

She was married to Bert Jones on Sept. 19, 1900.  He died Jan. 29, 1949.

Mrs. Jones is survived by a daughter: Mrs. Velma McCllen of Buchanan and two sons: Glenn and George, both of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Halbritter-Swem Funeral Home with the Rev. Leonard Putnam of Grace United Methodist Church, where she was a member, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. tonight.

Ole C. Otteson
June 6, 1874-Aug. 7, 1968

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 7, 1968, page 18, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

DOWAGIAC—Ole C. Otteson, 74, Magician Lake, Dowagiac, died at 1 a.m. Today in the Ideal Nursing Home where he had been a patient for the past four years.

Mrs. Otteson was born June 6, 1874 in Sweden. He married the former Mamie Anderson in 1898. She preceded him in death. He had lived in the Niles area for 28 years before moving to Dowagiac in 1946.  He was a lifetime member of the Odd Fellows of Niles.

He is survived by three sons: William of Watervliet, Walter of Los Angeles, and Walford of Dowagiac; a brother Joseph of Edwardsburg; two sisters: Mrs. Missie lewis, Morley, Mich., and Mrs. Eva Hhammar of Prescott, Ariz.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the McLauchlin Funeral Home with Rev. Dixon Stimpson officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday.

Edna Tuttle
Feb. 22, 1886-Aug. 17, 1968

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 19, 1968, page 10, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Edna Tuttle, 82, 2481 Yankee St., died Saturday in the Providential House East Lansing where she had been a patient for a year.

Mrs. Tuttle was born Feb. 22, 1886, in Three Oaks, Mich., and came to Niles from Dowagiac 55 years ago. She was married to the late Charles Tuttle who died April 25, 1956.  Mrs. Tuttle was a past matron and past president of the O.E.S. of Berrien County. 

She is survived by three daughters Mrs. John Forler of Niles, Mrs. William Crum of South Bend and Mrs. M.R. Taylor of Williamston, Mich., a sister, Mrs. O.M. Hayden of Modesto, Calif.; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home with Rev. John Wyngarden of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home.