Stella Randall Collins
Nov. 7, 1855-Jan. 1, 1944

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

STELLA COLLINS, 88, DIES, RITES TODAY

Mrs. Stella Randall Collins, 88, formerly of  1008 Oak street, died at 9 Saturday morning in the Quick Convalescent home after an illness of four years.

Widow of the Rev. Stanley Collins, who died 12 years ago, Mrs. Collins was born in Niles Nov. 7, 1855 and had spend virtually all her life here.

She is survived by a niece, Mrs. dean Randall Hawk, of California; three cousins, Mrs. William H. Dillon, South Bend; Dr. Harold Steffee, Chicago, and John Larabee, Lansing, and a nephew Fred Collins, Osceola, Ind.

Mrs. Collins was a member of the Niles Musical club and the First Baptist church.

Services were conducted at 2 this afternoon in the Price and Kiger funeral home by the Rev. Floyd W. Johnston. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Pallbearers were E.E. Dreher, George Champion, Hugh Willard, Charles Gillette, Robert Gano and John Young.

Emma Cook
April 16, 1876-April 8, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, April 8, 1944, page 12, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

MRS. EMMA COOK TAKEN BY DEATH

Mrs. Emma Cook, 64, of 512 Grant street, died in Pawating hospital Friday afternoon at 4:12. She had been ill since the latter part of November.

Mrs. Cook was born April 16, 1876, in La Porte, Ind., and came to Niles from Michigan City 37 years ago.

Surviving are her father, Charles Brockman, Battle creek; two sons, Howard Cook, of Niles and Lawrence Cook, Galien; a daughter, Mrs. Viola Calder, Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Adams, Niles and Mrs. Cora Shields, Battle Creek; a brother, Arthur Brockman, Kalamazoo; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 4 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the First Methodist church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mrs. Cook was a member of the Daughters of America and the Royal Neighbors.

Jack Edward Cooper
Jan. 13, 1944-March 26, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 27, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Cooper Baby Dies; Funeral Tuesday

Jack Edward Cooper, two-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cooper, 901 Michigan street, died in Pawating hospital at 2:25 Sunday morning.

He was born in Argos, Ind., Jan. 12, 1944. Surviving  are his parents and two brothers, William Jr. and Geary Lee.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger chapel, where funeral services will be conducted Tuesday morning at 1 by the Rev. Guy W. Simon.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Glen Oliver Crippen
Oct. 9, 1896-May 21, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 23, 1944, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

GLEN CRIPPEN, 47, FOUND DEAD IN BED

Glen Oliver Crippen, 47, was found dead in his home at Barron lake Monday afternoon at 3  by a friend.  The time of death was placed at sometime Sunday morning and was believed to have been caused by a heart attack.

He was born in Buchanan Oct. 9, 1896, and had lived in the vicinity of Niles for  40 years.  He was employed as a pressman by the Simplicity Pattern company at the time of his death.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Donald Harger, Niles; a son, Sgt. Richard Oliver Crippen, stationed with the army at a camp near Almagordo, N.M., and his father B.E. Crippen, South Bend.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home where services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Crippen was a member of the Eagles lodge and the Loyal Order of  . [illegible].

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 25, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Services for Glen Oliver Crippen, 47, who was found dead in his home at Barron lake Monday afternoon after a heart attack believed to have occurred Sunday, were conducted in the Price and Kiger funeral home this afternoon at 2 by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Pallbearers were Howard Scanlan, A.B. Michelson, Jacob Arkems, L.B. Guyott, I.R. Haley and Reggie McIntyre.

Irvin Emert
July 13, 1874-May 22, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 26, 1944, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

FIND IRVIN EMERT, DEAD THREE DAYS

Irvin A. Emert, 69, was found dead Thursday night at 8 in the home of his former wife, Mrs. C. F. Strait, on US 31, just outside the south city limits of Niles.  He was found sitting in a chair n the bedroom. Death was believed to have been caused by a heart attack Monday.

Neighbor children had gone to the home to buy some eggs Wednesday night, and received no answer to their knock.  They went over again Thursday night and heard the radio, but again no one came to the door when the knocked. They called their parents, and a neighbor, David Brady, who entered the house and found the body and notified state police.

Two Daughters

Surviving are the former wife, Mrs. Strait, who has been visiting a daughter in Kalamazoo several days, and two daughters, Mrs, Neil Boers, Kalamazoo, and Mrs. J.W. Wolfston, Birmingham, Mich.

Emert was born July 13, 1874.  Funeral arrangements have not yet been made, but the body will lie in the Pifer funeral home. The casket will not be opened.

Emert was born in Dayton, Ohio, July 13, 1874, and came to Niles from Dayton, a year and nine months ago.

The body is in the Pifer funeral home.  The casket will not be opened.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday morning at 10 in Silverbrook cemetery by the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church.

Leonore Griffith
Sept. 9, 1874-April 13, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 18, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

LEONORE GRIFFITH STRICKEN TODAY

Mrs. Leonore Griffith, 69, died in her home at 416 South St. Joseph avenue, Monday afternoon at 5:50. She had been in poor health two months.

She was born in Niles Sept. 9, 1874, and lived here all her life.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Walter Otteson, at home; two sons, Harry J. Griffith, Benton Harbor, and William H. Griffith, Wilmar, Calif.; seven sisters and Brothers, Mrs. Alma Bishop, Cassopolis; Mrs. Elmer, Cochran, Niles; Claude, Albert, Mark and Robert Moody, all of Niles; and Arthur Moody, Rockford, Ill., and eight grandchildren.

Her husband, William C. Griffith, died April 3, 1936.

Services will be conducted in the Pifer funeral home Thursday afternoon at 3:30 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mrs. Griffith was a member of the G.A.R.