Charles A. Hess
Feb. 13, 1877-Aug. 28, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 28, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

CHARLES HESS, 67, ROUTE 3, STRICKEN

Charles A. Hess, 67, of the Maple Grove farm, Route 3, died at 12:06 this morning in his home after three months' illness.

Born in Niels Feb. 13, 1877, Hess moved to Mishawaka and returned to Niles 25 years ago.  He was employed at The Kawneer Company and was a member of the 25-Year club there. Hess also was a a member of the Elks, the Masonic lodge and the Bend of the River grange.

He was married Aug. 31, 1899, to Imogene Babcock in their present home.  Thursday would have been their 45th wedding anniversary.

Surviving besides the widow, area a daughter, Mrs. William Karstens and a grandson, James George Karstens, Niles; two brothers, Fred Hess, St. Joseph, Mo., and Frank Hess, Minneapolis; a sister, Clara Hess, Niles, and a niece, Mrs. Gordon Bachman, Niles.

Friends may call at the family home . . . [illegible] . . . conducted in the Price and Kiger chapel Wednesday at 3 by the Rev. O. H. Gerstenkorn. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 31, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

HESS RITES

Services for Charles A. Hess, 67, of Route 3, were conducted in the Price and Kiger chapel Wednesday at 3 by the Rev. O.H. Gerstenkorn. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.  Hess died in his home Monday.  Pallbearers were John Pfeil, Bruce Ward, Howard Nieb, Maurice Lolmaugh, Charles Conrad and M.F. Osborne.

Frank J. Miller
Nov. 16, 1890-Aug. 14, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 15, 1944, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

FRANK MILLER, 53, MACHINIST, DIES

Frank J. Miller, 53, of 316 South State street, for 35 years a machinist at the French Paper company, died suddenly Monday afternoon at 5 in his home.

Miller was born in St. Joseph county, Indiana, Nov. 16, 1890, and had lived in Niles virtually all his life. He started working at the French Paper company when he was 15. He was married in Niles, May 31, 1912, to Clara Anderson. Surviving besides the widow, are his mother, Mrs. Clara Miller, Niles; three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Boyce, Niles; Mrs. Lyle Bachman, Route 4, South Bend, and Mrs. Beauford Richey, Twelve Mile, Ind.; four sons, Francis W., Richard and Frank Miller, Jr., all of Niles, and Technical Sergeant Paul Miller, Tonapah, Nev.; a sister, Mrs. Glen Blake, Jackson, and a brother, Ray Miller, Jonesville.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home.

Funeral services will be conducted there Thursday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. O.H Gerstenkorn. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 17, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

MILLER SERVICES

Services for Frank J. Miller, 53, of 316 South State street, were conducted this afternoon at 2 at the Price and Kiger funeral chapel by the Rev. O.H. Gerstenkorn.  Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.  Miller died in his home Monday. Pallbearers were Peter Mark, Edward Larson, Ward Calligan, Clifford Strong, Oscar Johnson and Edward Holmes.

Lizzie Bell Allen 
Aug. 28, 1866-Aug. 31, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 31, 1944, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

LIZZIE ALLEN, 78, STRICKEN IN HOME

Mrs. Lizzie Bell Allen, 78, of 1121 Broadway, died this morning at 12:35 in her home. Her husband, Charles J. Allen, whom she married in Niles July 21, 1885, died March 8, 1939.

Mrs. Allen was born in Lawton Aug. 28, 1866, and came to Niles from South Haven in 1882.

Surviving is a brother, Louis J. Salee, Niles.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home until Saturday morning when the body will be taken to the family home where services will be conducted Sunday at 3 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the Methodist church of which Mrs. Allen was a member.

Burial will be in Silverbrook, with the Eastern Star, of which she was a life long member, in charge.

Frank H. Bair
Aug. 5, 1861-Oct. 11, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 11, 1944, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

FRANK H. BAIR, 83, DIES TODAY

Frank H. Bair, 83, of 226 North Sixth street, died at 9:30 this morning in Pawating hospital following an operation two days ago.

Born near Canton, O., Aug. 5, 1861, Bair moved to Michigan at the age of 17 where he lived on a farm north of Niles. He retired from the Michigan Central railway in 1931.

Surviving are two sons, Gordon and Edwin T. Bair, both of Niles. His wife died April 28, 1942.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home. Services will be conducted there at 2 Friday by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the Methodist church which Bair was a member. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, October 14, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

BAIR RITES

Funeral services for Frank H. Bair, 83, of 226 North Sixth street, were conducted Friday afternoon at 2 in the Pifer funeral home. Burial was in Silverbrook. Bair died Wednesday morning in Pawating hosptial[sic].  Pallbearers were John Scamehorn, Albert Gross, Leland Funk, Henry Starke, Ralph Quick and Rolfe Taylor.

Henry J. Baker
Oct. 22, 1878-Nov. 8, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, November 9, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

SPANISH WAR VET DIES WEDNESDAY

Henry J. Baker, 66, a Spanish War veteran, died Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the family home at 1160 Lambert street where he had been ill for two months.

A retired government employe, Baker was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Born in Bremen, Ind., Oct. 22, 1878, he came to Niles from New Buffalo in 1930.

Surviving are the Widow, Mina; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Kienzie, Niles; one grandchild; a brother, Andrew Baker, Kenosha, Wis., and three sisters, Mrs. Vern Goodrich, Jackson, Mrs. Mary Smith, Coldwater, and Mrs. Clarence Brooks, Kenosha, Wis.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the Methodist church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 11, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

BAKER RITES

Henry J. Baker, 66, of 1160 Lambert street, was buried this afternoon in Silverbrook cemetery following services in the Pifer funeral home with the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster officiating. Baker died Wednesday morning in his home.  Pallbearers were Arthur Drewer, Joseph Merrick and William Burgoyne, of the Spanish American War Veterans,and Theodore Aberman, George Dayhuff and Floyd Ausmus of the VFW.

Kenneth Melville Barron
Aug. 6, 1899-Dec. 13, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, December 14, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

FORMER NILES MAN DIED IN LANSING

A former Nilesite, Kenneth Melville Barron, 45, died at 2:40 Wednesday morning in Lansing where he had served as secretary and treasurer of the Industrial Welding and Brazing corporation.

Niles survivors include his mother, Mrs. Walter S. Barron; a sister, Mrs. Robert Long, and two brothers, Rex and Frank Barron, He also leaves the widow and two daughters, Verna Jean and Mary Jane Barron, Lansing.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Episcopal church in Lansing. Committal services will be in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Harry Nicholson officiating.

Note:  Date of birth from Michigan Death records.