Frances Elizabeth Richardson
Sept. 24, 1868-Feb. 17, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 17, 1934, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Richardson Dies at Pawating Hospital

Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Richardson, 66, 1346 Ferry street, died at 2 o'clock this morning in Pawating hospital.  On February 9 she underwent an appendix operation but death was due to a heart attack.

She had lived in Niles for 17 years and was born at St. Catherine, Canada, on Sept. 25, 1868, coming to Michigan at the age of 11 years.  Had Mrs. Richardson lived 10 days longer, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson would have observed their forty-seventh wedding anniversary.

Besides her husband,James L. Richardson, she is survived by six daughters, . . .[illegible]. . . Mrs. Albert Krassow, Mrs. George Worm, Mrs. George Nevill, all of Niles, and Mrs. Frank Reading, Gary, Ind., and Mrs. Andas Durflinger, Watervliet; two sons, Arden Richardson, Buchanan, and Charles Richardson, Niles; a sister, Mrs. Hudson Kirk, Niles; three brothers, James Clark, St. Joseph, and Walter Clark, Benton Harbor, and 14 grandchildren.

Two daughters preceded her in death, Mable Richardson, who died in 1926, and Elizabeth Ruth Richardson, who died 42 years ago at the age of 10 months.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Rutherford funeral home with the Rev. R.E. Meader in charge. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. The body will remain at the home of a daughter, Mrs. A.N. Cochrane, 121 South St. Joseph avenue, until 10 o'clock Monday morning.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 19, 1934, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

RICHARDSON RITES TODAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Richardson, 1346 Ferry street, who died Friday morning in Pawating hospital, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Rutherford funeral home.  The Rev. R.E. Meader was in charge of the service.  Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Grace Lombard Rogers
Feb. 11, 1873-Feb. 7, 1949

Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 7, 1949, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Grace Lombard Rogers, 6 North Fourth street, died at 12:40 a.m. Today in Pawating hospital, after an illness of five days.

She leaves a sister-in-law, Mrs. Leila Lombard, of Grand Rapids. Born Feb. 11, 1873, in Niles, Mrs. Rogers had lived here all her life. She was a member of the Christian Science church.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral  home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday by Durlin N. Wheeler, Christian Science reader. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Isabella Rook
Aug. 19, 1907-Jan. 31, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 1, 1934, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Isabella Rook Dies Late Wednesday

Mrs. Isabella Rook, 26, 124 South Third street, died at the Pawating hospital at 6:15 o'clock on Wednesday night. Death followed an operation for the removal of her appendix performed at the hospital January 9. Mrs. Rook is survived by her husband Harold and by four children, Dolores, Patricia, Robert and Thomas.

She is also survived by three brothers, Clarence, Clayton and Carlton Keene, all of Niles and by two sisters, Mrs. Irene Hydorn and Mrs. Elsie Thomas of Niles. A grandmother, Mrs. Mary Heaton, also survives.

Funeral services will be held from the Rutherford Funeral home at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Rowe is to be in charge of he services.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 2, 1934, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

ROOK FUNERAL SATURDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Isabella Rook 26, 124 South Third street, who died at 6:15 o'clock Wednesday night in the Pawating hospital following an operation will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home. The Rev. Rowe will be in charge of the services.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 3, 1934, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

ROOK RITES ARE HELD

Funeral services for Mrs. Isabella Rook 26, 124 South Third street, who died at 6:15 o'clock Wednesday night in the Pawating hospital following an operation  were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home. The Rev. Rowe was in charge.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Lillian Pearl Salee
Feb. 10, 1881-Feb. 5, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 6, 1934, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

MRS. CLYDE SALLEE DIES

Word was received today by Miss Millie Sallee, 311 South Eleventh street, of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Clyde Sallee of Kalamazoo.  Clyde Sallee and another brother, Charles, of Elkhart, were former Niles residents.  Burial will take place in Kalamazoo.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 7, 1934, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

SET SALEE FUNERAL

Funeral services for Mrs. Clyde Salee, who died at Kalamazoo Monday will be held in Kalamazoo at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. The body will be brought here Thursday for burial in the Silverbrook cemetery.  Mrs. Salee is survived by her husband and a son. Other survivors include Charles Salee, a brother-in-law, of Elkhart, and Miss Millie Salee and Mrs. Mary Lamberton, sisters-in-law, 211 South Eleventh street, Niles, and a nephew, Roscoe Drew, Kalamazoo.

Note:  Cemetery record, death record and grave marker use Salee spelling. DOB from death record.

Anna B. Sanford 
1860-May 27, 1911

Niles Daily Sun, Monday, May 29, 1911, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

MRS ANNA SANFORD

Passed Away Saturday—Funeral Wednesday

Mrs. Anna B. Sanford, daughter of M.E. Demott and the late Mrs. Demott and sister of Messrs. Thomas and Harry Demott, Mrs. C.E. Fiske and Mrs. Geo. W. Rowlee, passed away Saturday, May 27, at the age of fifty-one years and one month.

The funeral services will be held at the home of her childhood in the bend of the river Wednesday, May 31, at 10:30 a.m. and the remains will be brought to Niles for burial in Silver Brook cemetery.

Rev. R.A. Wright of Niles Methodist church will conduct the funeral services.

Mrs. Sanford is survived by her husband and two children.

William Servis
1858-March 2, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 2, 1934, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

William Servis Dies; Funeral on Saturday

William Servis, about 76, well known Niles resident, died at 5:30 o'clock this morning at the county infirmery following several months of ill health.  Servis was for many years a member of the city street department.

There are no survivors. Servis never married and his mother's name in unknown.  His father was the late George Servis of New York city. The deceased came to Niles years ago from that state.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Rutherford funeral home with the Rev. Robert E. Meader, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in charge.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.