Mary E. Gorton
Feb. 20, 1875-March 28, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 29, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs.  Mary E. Gorton, 88, formerly of 1222 Broadway, died at 10:50 p.m.  Thursday in a hospital in Toledo, Ohio.

She was born in Cass County, Feb. 20, 1875, and had lived in this area all her life.  Mr. Gorton died in 1930.

She is survived by her four daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Emmerson, Mishawaka; Mrs. Beatrice Stacey, Lake Side Calif.; Mrs. Beulah Casner, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Edith Almstead, Toledo, Ohio; one son, Howard G. of Milford; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Lora Hicks, Kalamazoo.

Funeral Services will be held at the Pifer Funeral Home at 2 p.m .Monday, Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after noon at the funeral home.

Etta Edwards Graham (Bowerman)
March 18, 1863-Nov. 10, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, November 12, 1953, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Etta Edwards Graham, 90, formerly of Niles, died Wednesday at Kalamazoo. She had been ill for eight or ten years.

Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Mae Murphy, of Berrien Center, and one brother, Floyd Bowerman, of South Bend.

Sevices[sic] will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Note: DOB from Michigan Death Records

Genevieve C. Hance (Corell)
Feb. 28, 1878-Nov. 27, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Friday, November 27, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Genevieve C. Hance, 75, of 23 North Fifth street, for 10 years curator of Fort St. Joseph Museum here, died at 10 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital following an illness of three weeks.

Mrs. Hance was born Feb. 28, 1878, in Niles, and lived here entire life here. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Fort St. Joseph Historical Association and the Seepewa Reading Club. Her husband, Thomas C. Hance, died in 1930.

Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs. Allen P. Balknap, Oak Park, Ill., and Mrs. Jack Rabe, Dearborn; two brothers, George E. Corell, Niles and Horace B. Corell, Lansing; a sister, Mrs. Frank Camron, Chicago; eight grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home here after 7 p.m. Today. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church with the pastor, the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

The family has requested that flowers be omitted, and that all money be given to the Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.

Marie E. Harrah
Dec. 31, 1874-March 17, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 18, 1963, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. W.F. Harrah, Widow of N-S Co-Founder, Succumbs

FUNERAL services for Mrs. W.F. (Marie E.) Harrah, 88, widow of William F. Harrah, co-founder of National-Standard Co., will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. John MacLachlan, pastor, will officiate.  Interment will be in the Harrah room of the Silverbrook Cemetery mausoleum.

Mrs. Harrah died at 7 a.m. Sunday in her home at Berrien Crest.

She was born Marie Even on Dec. 31, 1874 in Peoria, Ill.  She was married in February 1894 in Des Moines, Iowa, and came to Niles from that city in 1905.  Mr. Harrah founded the National Wire Cloth Co. in that year. It was later the National Cable Co., which merged with the Cook-Standard Tool Co. to become known as the National-Standard Co. She as the first secretary-accountant of he original companies.

Survivors include a son, Clayton C., of Niles, and two grandchildren.

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SHE WAS a lifelong member and was active in all activities of the Presbyterian Church, where she established and staffed an emergency hospital during the influenza epidemic in the winter of 1917-18, prior to adequate hospital facilities in Niles. She was in charge of Red Cross medical activities during World War I. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, the Sans Souci Dancing club, organized during the early war years, the Ladies Reading Club, and the Niles Club of Home Gardens.

Friends are being received at the Kiger Funeral Home.

Carl S. Hayes
Feb. 18 1885-March 6, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 6, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Carl S. Hayes, 78, of 1119 Wayne St., died at 8 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital. He had been ill since Tuesday, and in failing health about five years.

Mr. Hayes was born Feb. 18, 1885 in Ashville, N.C. He came to Niles from Hamlin, Ind., 40 . . .[illegible] . . .inspector for the New York Central Railroad in 1952.

Surviviors[sic] include his wife, Ava; a son, William, Phoenix, Ariz.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Birdie Pulito, Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Don Young, Ashville; and a brother, Conrad, Alexandria, N.C.

He was a member of the Pioneer Association.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m  Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Earl Wickstrom, pastor of the First Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Maggie Margaret Haynes
Sept. 14, 1890-April 10, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 11, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Maggie Margaret Haynes, 72, of 2256 Mulder Drive,  died at 8:25 p.m. Wednesday in her home.  She had been ill one month.

Mrs. Haynes was born Sept. 14, 1890, in Almo, Ky. She came to Niles from Cairo, Ill., in 1928. She was married to the Rev. George L. Haynes April 28, 1928, in Benton, Ky. He survives.

Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Emma Green, Chicago; three nieces and three nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m .Saturday in her church. The Rev. Theodis Hadley will officiate, assisted by the Rev. S.F. Smith, pastor.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Kiger Funeral Home.