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Obituaries

We now have over 7,000 obituaries collected about the interred here at Silverbrook Cemetery.

The obituaries are transcribed by the volunteers of the Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery from various sources.  If you see an opportunity for an addition or a correction, please email our obituary editor at obits@friendsofsilverbrook.org.

Hendershot, Ethel (Maunder)

editor Obituaries January 8, 2014

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.

Huffman, Nancy Lee

editor Obituaries January 8, 2014

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

Jacks, Clyde

editor Obituaries January 8, 2014

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.

Koloff, Otto A.

editor Obituaries January 8, 2014

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.

Luther, Fred C.

editor Obituaries January 8, 2014

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.

Maxant, Paul E.

editor Obituaries January 8, 2014

Paul E. Maxant
July 3, 1877-May 18, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 19, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

PAUL MAXANT, 66, TAKEN BY DEATH

Paul E. Maxant, 66, was stricken with a heart attack and died suddenly in his home at 12 Marmont street Thursday afternoon at 6. He had been in poor health the last two years.

He was born in Paris, France, July 3, 1877, and came to Niles from Chicago 20 years ago. He was employed in the window department of The Kawneer Company prior to his death.

He married Miss Amanda Ledue in Chicago in 1904.

Surviving are the wife, a daughter, Mrs. Fred A. Wait, Kalamazoo, and three grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home, where services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the First Methodist church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

McBain, Rose Ann

editor Obituaries January 8, 2014

Rose Ann McBain
Jan. 20, 1944-March 25, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 25, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

McBain Baby Dies; Burial Rite Monday

Rose Ann McBain, two-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett McBain, Route 1, died in Pawating hospital this morning at 7:35.

She was born Jan. 20 in Howard township, Cass county.

Besides her parents, she is survived by five sisters, Marian, Mary, Evelyn, Doris and Norma Jean, and three brothers, George, James and Charles.

A committal service will be conducted at the grave Monday afternoon at 3:30 by the Rev. J.W. Hyink, pastor of the Bertrand community church. Burial will be in the Truitt chapel cemetery, Route 4. Friends may call at the Price and Kiger chapel.

Note: Although obituary says that burial was in Truitt chapel cemetery, this burial appears in the Silverbrook records.
  1. Messner, Ada
  2. Nelson, Jon Scott
  3. Righter, Harry E.
  4. Roebeck, Fred William

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