Obituaries

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.

Gertrude Sheldon
Nov. 2, 1863-Feb. 19, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 20, 1934, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. George Sheldon Dies; Funeral Friday

Word was received Monday of the death at Morgan Park, Ill., of Mrs. George H. Sheldon of Rock Island, Ill.  Mrs. Sheldon, who was widely known here, was the daughter of the late Joseph and Harriet Bacon of Niles.

Besides her husband, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. F.H. Crosley, Evanston, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Blanchard, and Mrs. Rusten Carrier, Morgan Park; a son, George Sheldon Jr., Mount Vernon, N.Y., and a nephew, Frederick Crosley Jr.

The deceased spent her childhood and young womanhood in Niles and had many friends in this district.

Funeral services will be in Morgan Park Friday morning.  A short service will be held here at 2 o'clock at Silverbrook cemetery where interment will be made.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 21, 1934, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

SHELDON BURIAL HERE

The body of Mrs. George Sheldon, who died at Morgan Park, Ill., will be brought to Niles for burial in Silverbrook cemetery Friday afternoon.  Short services will be held at the grave at 2 o'clock.

Note:  DOB from Illinois Deaths

Oletha B. Stanard*
April 16, 1910-Jan. 22, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 22, 1934, page 1, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Miss Oletha Stanard Succumbs at Hospital

Miss Oletha Stanard, 24, 1421 Sheffield avenue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stanard, died this morning at [illegible] o'clock in Pawating hospital. Funeral services will be held in the Rutherford Funeral home chapel Wednesday afternoon.  Arrangements are not complete.

Besides her parents, the deceased is survived by a sister, Mrs. Clarence Meltzel, Greenville, Mich.  Miss Stanard was born April 16, 1910 at Sturgis, Mich.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 23, 1934, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

STANARD RITES WEDNESDAY

Funeral services for Miss Oletha Stanard, 24, 1421 Sheffield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stanard, who died at 3:45 o'clock Monday morning in Pawating hospital, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Rutherford Funeral home chapel. The Rev. W.H. Turner will be in charge.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Besides her parents, Miss Stanard is survived by a sister, Mrs. Clarence Meltzel, Greenville, Mich.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 24, 1934, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

HOLD STANARD RITES

Funeral rites for Miss Oletha Stanard, 24, 1421 Sheffield avenue, who died at 3:45 o'clock Monday morning in Pawating hospital, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Rutherford Funeral home chapel. The Rev. W.H. Turner officiated. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Note:  Cemetery record has name recorded as Standard; Michigan Death Record and obituaries have name spelled Stanard.  1920 and 1930 census records show Oletha in the household of Frank and Beulah Stanard.