Jo Hand
Dec. 3, 1857-April 4, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 5, 1944, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

JO HAND, RETIRED FARMER, STRICKEN

Jo Hand, 86, retired farmer, died in his home at 1311 Regent street, Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 after an illness of eight months. He was born in Berrien county Dec. 3, 1857, the son of the late Michael and Marietta hand, and came to Niles from Berrien Springs 36 years ago.

He was married to Ella Green, Dec. 14, 1881. They celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary last December.

Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Carl W. Dick, Niles; a son, Merl Hand, Berrien Springs; four grandchildren, Joseph A. Hand, Lakewood, Ohio; Robert M. Hand, with the army in England; Leroy W. Hand, in the navy overseas, and Carl H. Dick, Niles, and one great-grandchild.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger chapel, where services will be held  Friday at 2:30 with the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

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

AID AT FUNERAL

Pallbearers for the funeral of Jo Hand, 86, retired farmer who died in this home at 1311 Regent street Tuesday afternoon, will be Harry Dick, Roscoe Lybrook, William Maunder, J.W. Snyder, S.M. Simpson, and E.E. Garlanger. Services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 in the Price and Kiger funeral chapel.

Ethel Hendershot
June 4, 1869-Feb. 25, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 25, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

ETHEL HENDERSHOT TAKEN BY DEATH

Mrs. Ethel Hendershot, 74, wife of George Hendershot, 1350 Regent street, died early this morning in her home after an illness of three years.

Mrs. Hendershot was born on the Isle of Guernsey near England June 4, 1869, the daughter of William and Selina Maunder, who brought her to this country when she was a year old.

Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E.J. Liebetrau and Mrs. Elmer Sherman, Niles; two grandsons, William Liebetrau, machinist's mate, stationed at San Diego, Calif., and Richard Liebetrau, Niles, and two brothers, Will Maunder and John Maunder, Niles.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger chapel. Funeral services will be conducted there at 2 Monday afternoon by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Nancy Lee Huffman*
May 17, 1944-May 20, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 22, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Huffman Girl Dies; Funeral Thursday

Nancey Huffman, infant daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Cleo Huffman. . .[illegible] . .born Wednesday in Pawating Hospital died Saturday night at 9 in the hospital.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Price and Kiger funeral home  Tuesday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. Theodore Laesch, of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

* Death record says Nancy Lea

Clyde Jacks
Jan. 27, 1875-April 2, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 3, 1944, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Clyde Jacks, 69, Niles Ex-Resident, Dies in Maywood

Clyde Jacks, a former resident of Niles, died in his home in Maywood, Ill., Sunday morning.  Jacks was born in Niles about 69 years ago, the son of Bert Jacks and Alice Chambers Jacks, and lived here several years before  moving to Maywood.

Surviving are his wife, Margaret; two sons, Clyde Jacks, Jr., and Arthur Jacks, both of Maywood; and a daughter, Mrs. Charles Fredenberg, also of Maywood, and four grandchildren.

The body arrived from Maywood early this morning, and will lie in the Price and Kiger funeral home, where friends may call. Services will be held there Thursday afternoon at 2, and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 5, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

JACKS RITES

Funeral for Clyde Jacks, 69, former resident of Niles who died in his home in Maywood, Ill., Sunday morning, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 in the Price and Kiger chapel. The Rev.  Harry L. Nicholson will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Note: DOB from Illinois Deaths.

Otto A. Koloff
April 23, 1864-May 29, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 31, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Otto A. Koloff, 80, father of Henry Koloff, Niles, who died in this home west of Galien Monday will be conducted Thursday afternoon with a prayer at the home at 1:30, and a service at 2 at the Latter Day Saints church in Galien, with Elder J.W. McKnight, officiating.  Pallbearers will be Walter and Albert Doehrer, Martin and Paul Luther, Carl Benson and Emil Smaltz.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles.

Fred C. Luther
May 1, 1860-May 18, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 19, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Fred Luther, 84, Niles  Ex-Resident, Dies Near Galien

GALIEN, May 19—Fred C. Luther, 84, a retired farmer, whose daughters, Miss Agnes Luther and Mrs. Charles Loose, live in Niles, died Thursday night at 11 in this farm home at the edge of Galien. He had been in ill health the last few years.

He was born in Germany May 1, 1860, and left Niles for Galien 33 years ago, where he had lived since on a small farm.

Surviving are two other daughters, Miss Lena Luther, South Bend, and Mrs. Bodie Foster, Galien; a son, Frank Luther at home and six grandchildren.

Friends may call at the R.J. Kenney funeral home in Galien, where services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. Emerson Minor, Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 23, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

LUTHER FUNERAL

Services for Fred C. Luther, 84, retired farmer of Galien who died Thursday night were conducted in the Kenney funeral home in Galien Monday afternoon.  Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery here.  Survivors include two daughters from Niles—Miss Agnes Luther and Mrs. Charles Loose.