Marie D. Schelkopf
May 1, 1914-June 12, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 13, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Marie D. Schelkopf, 39, rural route six, died at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Pawating.

She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.N. Ells, Chicago; her husband, Adolph; five children, Ronald, Michael, Robert, Donna and Craig, all at home; one sister, Mrs. Steve Lacoco, Chicago, and two brothers, Edward Lawlor, Glidden, Ia., and Thomas Lawlor, Chicago.

Mrs. Schelkopf was born on May 1, 1914, in Chicago and came to Niles from there 10 years ago.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be head at 2 p.m. Monday.  The Rev. Orlan Njus, pastor of the Bertrand Bible Church, will officiate, and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Marie Schmidt
July 11, 1897-July 14, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 15, 1963, page 1, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles Woman Killed in Missouri Crash

Mrs. Marie Schmidt, 66, 1611 Howard St., was one of three person killed Sunday in a two-car head-on collision on US-50, a mile east of Gerald, Mo., about 50 miles southwest of St. Louis.

Mrs. Schmidt was a passenger in an automobile being driven by Otto Wehmeyer, 68, of Gerald.  He was also killed. Driver of the other car was Johnny Blankenship, 19, of Cuba, Mo., who was killed.

A passenger in the Blankenship auto, William Timlin, 23, of Sullivan, Mo., was injured seriously and was not expected to live.

It was reported the auto with the young men came around a curve, was unable to stay in its own lane of traffic and crossed into the oncoming lane, hitting the Wehmeyer car.

Mrs. Schmidt, who was born in Tea. Mo., July 11, 1897, not far from Gerald, was visiting cousins in the area, and was staying at Owensville.

Mrs. Schmidt is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bennie Szweda, 724 Broadway, Niles; five brothers, Martin and Leonard Sieckman, both of Gary, Ind.;  Ray, of Bitely,Mich.; Edwin, of Valparaiso, Ind.; and Chester, of Lemon Grove, Calif.; as well as three sisters, Mrs. Joseph W. Wilson, Los Angeles; Mrs. Tillie Blade, Palm Springs, Calif., and Mrs. Linda English, El Cajon, Calif., and six grandchildren.

Mrs. Schmidt came here in  1837 from Gary, Ind., with her husband, Charles.  They bought a tavern at 701 N. 13th Sat. and operated it together.  He died in  1942 and Mrs. Schmidt continued to operate the tavern until she sold it in November, 1961, to John Frucci.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Theodore Laesch, pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, July 16, 1963, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Friends of Mrs. Marie Schmidt, 66, of 1511 Howard St., who died Sunday, are being received at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Schmidt was killed in a two-car head-on collision a mile past Gerald, Mo.

John F. Seagreaves
1876-Aug. 10, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 12, 1943, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Brother of Niles Women to Be Buried in Niles Saturday

Committal rites for John F. Seagreaves, Cincinnati, will be conducted late Saturday morning in Silverbrook cemetery by the Rev. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.

The body will arrive at the Michigan Central station at 11:09 Saturday morning and will be taken directly to the cemetery, it was announced today.  The funeral will be conducted in Cincinnati.

Mrs. Seagreaves, brother-in-law of Mrs. Harry Barman and Mrs. Silsbee, both of Niles, died Tuesday in his home in Cincinnati.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, August 14, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Committal Rites

Thomas Cain, Arthur Stone, L. S. Storms, Frank French, Robert Roebeck and P.L. Karling served as pallbearers late this morning at committal rites for John P. [sic] Seagreaves, Cincinnati, in Silverbrook cemetery.  The Rev. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated.

Volney C. Sisk
Aug. 7, 1874-Nov. 18, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, November 19, 1953, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Volney C. Sisk, Platt street, died Wednesday morning at the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center. He had been ill for five years.

Surviving are his wife, Elleanor; one daughter, Mrs. Dale Wey, of Niles; nine sons, Eugene, of DesPlaines, Ill., Walter, Aarad, Paul, Wilbur, James, and Lex Sisk, of Niles; and Robert and Gary, both serving with the Army in Germany; 18 grandchildren; one brother, Everett Sick, of Dayton, O., and two sisters.

Sisk was born on Aug. 7, 1874, in Kentucky, and came here from Sullivan, Ind., 10 years ago. He was a retired coal miner.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home. Service arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, November 20, 1953, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Sisk Rites Set

Services for Volney C. Sisk, 79, who died Wednesday morning, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. T. H. Greenhoe, Presbyterian pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Helen L. Stanton
Oct. 12, 1912-July 4, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 5, 19563, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Helen L. Stanton, 50, of 2806 Detroit Road, died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday in Billings Hospital, Chicago, where she had been for eight days. Mrs. Stanton Had been ill two months.

Mrs. Stanton was born Oct. 12, 1912 in Calvin Township. She came to Niles from California 18 years ago.

Surviving are her husband, Edward; her mother, Mrs. Mary R. Ash, Niles; and her daughter, Alice Mary Stanton, Niles.

Funeral services will be at the Trinity Episcopal Church at 10 a.m Saturday. The Rev. John G. Carlton, pastor, will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home.

Ruth Stowe
1899-1923

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 1, 1923, page 8, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Miss Ruth Stowe were conducted this morning from the home of her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Harry Stowe, North State street, by Rev. J.W. Sheehan, pastor of the Methodist church, in the presence of a large gathering of friends of the deceased.  A wealth of beautiful floral tributes attested the esteem in which the young woman was held.  The following from the Kawneer offices where Miss Stowe was formerly a stenographer, acted as pallbearers:  Messrs. H.H. Heinmann, H.L. Owen, F.R. Eaglesfield, R.D. Scamehorn, George Radewald and C.T. Johnson. The body was laid to rest in Silver Brook cemetery.