Obituaries

William B. Hoyt
July 30, 1933-Dec. 7, 1933

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, December 7, 1933, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

HOYT SON DIES

William B. Hoyt, four months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Hoyt, 315 North Fifteenth street, died early this morning from ensethelitis. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday at Price and Kiger Funeral home. The Rev. Theo Eisen of St. John's Evangelical church will officiate.  Burial will follow in Silverbrook cemetery.

The parents and a brother, 15 months old, survive with the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Berle Hoyt, Sumnerville, and William Dickeson, Niles.

PER DEATH CERTIFICATE THIS CHILD WAS BURIED AT SUMNERVILLE; NO RECORD OF BURIAL AT SILVERBROOK IN CITY RECORD.

Mary F. McKay
1853-Feb. 11,1934

Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 12, 1934, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Orson McKay Dies Early Sunday

Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Orson McKay, who was born in Niles and lived here many years ago, at her home in Chicago Sunday morning. Following funeral services there, the body will be brought to Niles and interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning.

The deceased is survived by a brother, Charles A. Johnson, Chicago; and two nephews, C.M. Montague, and A.H.Johnson, both of Niles.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 13, 1934, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

IS BURIED HERE

The body of Mrs. Orson McKay, former Niles resident who died at her home in Chicago Sunday morning, was brought here this morning  and interment was in Silverbrook cemetery.  Mrs. McKay lived here many years ago.

(Daughter of Alfred Johnson and Desire Howe per Illinois Death record.)

Catherine Geiger Asmus
Sept. 6, 1854-Jan. 26, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 27, 1934, page 1, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Catherine Asmus Dies; Funeral Monday

Mrs. Catherine Geiger Asmus, 80, 1708 North Eleventh street, died at 5 o'clcok Friday afternoon at the home.

The deceasd is survived by five children: Mrs. Rose Evick, Mrs. Delia Punderson, Charles Asmus, all of Niles; and John Asmus, Kalamazoo; a sister, Mrs. Rose Fowler, Niles; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Two children preceded her in death.

Mrs. Asmus was born Sept. 16, 1854, at Jersery City, N.Y. She was married to August Asmus at Three Rivers on May 13, 1875.

A short funeral service will be held for the children at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, followed by services at 2:30 o'clock in the St.John's Evangelical church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Members of the Ladies' Aid society of St. John's church will attend the funeral in a body.

*This is in grave search both as Katherine Asmus per photo and Catherine Ausmus per cemetery record.  Death certificate says Catherine Geiger Asmus.

Stella Bishop
Aug. 4, 1863-Dec. 19, 1933

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, December 20, 1933, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Stella Bishop Dies After Illness

Mrs. Stella Bishop, 70, died at the Berrien county infirmary at 1:25 Tuesday afternoon following a seven months illness of cancer. She was removed to the infirmary from Niles Dec. 12. The deceased was born August 4, 1863 in Niles and was the widow of Manley Bishop who died about two years ago.

Mrs. Bishop is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Blimpka and Mrs. Dinah George, Niles, a stepbrother, Roy Ervan, River Bluff, and a grandson, Carl Moore, Niles.

The body was brought to the Price and Kiger funeral home where funeral ...[illegible]. .Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Robert E. Meader officiating.  Burial will follow in Silverbrook cemetery.

Kate Sherrill Boardman
Nov. 25, 1865-Jan. 27, 1934

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 27, 1934, page 1, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Kate Boardman Dies From Pneumonia

BUCHANAN, Jan. 27—Mrs. Kate Sherrill Boardman, 68, wife of D.L. Boardman, a Buchanan pioneer merchant, died at 3 o'clock this morning following a few days' illness from pneumonia.  Mrs. Boardman contracted a cold which beginning last Sunday and became seriously ill shortly after.

The deceased was born Nov. 25, 1865 in Three Oaks and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sherrill, pioneers there.  She was married to Mr. Boardman on Oct. 2, 1889, in Niles where she taught music in the Niles high school. She was a Three Oaks high school graduate and completed her musical education at the Michigan State Normal school at Ypsilanti and Kalamazoo college.

Mrs. Boardman was a prominent member of the Niles Garden club and the Thirty Literary club of Buchanan.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian church here.

She is survived by five nephews and one niece, Mrs. Ruth Ellsworth, Grand Rapids, whom she raised to womanhood.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Dortha Lucas
Feb. 20, 1908-Oct. 15, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 16, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Dortha Lucas Dies at South Bend

Daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Scofield, 515 Howard street, Mrs. Dortha Welch Lucas, 36, of Osceola, Ind., died suddenly Sunday evening at 6:20 in St. Joseph hospital, South Bend, four days after giving birth to a son, John Mason Lucas.

Born in Toledo, Ill, Feb. 20, 1908, Mrs. Lucas lived in Osceola for seven years.

Surviving are the son, the husband, Thomas; her mother, Mrs. Anna Welch, a brother, Fred L. Welch, and a sister, Mrs. Yvonne Gise, all of Washington, D.C., and her father, Edward Welch, Mattoon, Ill.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home.