Obituaries

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.

Daisy Strait
June 26, 1878-June 3, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 4, 1953, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Daisy Strait, 74, of 1417 South Eleventh Street, was found dead in her home at 5:49 p.m.  Wednesday. Death was attributed to congestive heart failure by Coroner Franklyn G. Rice.  She was found dead in her bed by a neighbor.

Mrs. Strait was born June 26, 1878, in Grant County, Ky., and came to Niles a number of years ago from Dayton, O. She had been a part time resident of Niles since 1913. He husband, Charles, preceded her in death.

Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs. J. Warner Wolfston, Birmingham, Mich., and Mrs. C.M. Boers, Whittier, Calif., and five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m Friday in the Kiger Funeral home with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.

Elizabeth Strauss
May 5, 1865-Oct. 28, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, October 29, 1943, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

ELIZABETH STRAUSS DIES; RITE MONDAY

Mrs. Elizabeth Strauss, 78, of 929 Regent street died in the Quick convalescent home north of Niles Thursday night at 10 after an illness of one year.

Born in Julietta [sic] county, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1865, she came to Niles in 1878 and had made her home here since that date. Her husband, Philip, died in 1922.

She is survived by a step-son, Henry, of Niles; and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Gearheart and Mrs. George Heltzel, South Bend, and Mrs. Emma Tennis, McAllisterville, Pa.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be conducted at 2 Monday by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the Methodist church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Note: Per info received 6/9/2019, she was born in Juniata County, PA.