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.

Harrington, William

William Harrington
July 27, 1895-Oct. 8, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, October 8, 1943, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

William Harrington Dies in Dearborn; Rites at 2 Monday

William Harrington, 48 of 1324 Fort street, died in Veterans' hospital at Dearborn Friday afternoon after an illness of six months.

He as born at Galien, July 27, 1895, and is survived by his widow, his mother, Mrs. Lydia Kline; a stepson, Harry Shedrow; one brother, B.F. Harrington; and two sisters, Mrs. Millie Chapman and Mrs. Mae Gross, all of Niles.

The body is being sent to the Price and Kiger funeral chapel, where services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

 

Harter, Katherine (Huston)

Katherine Harter
Feb. 19, 1870-July 22, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 22, 1943, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Katherine Harter Dies in Berwyn; Burial Set Here

Mrs. Katherine Harter, sister of Mrs. Ralph Ballard, M-60 west, died this morning in Berwyn, Ill.

Born in Niles Feb. 19, 1870, she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Huston. Committal services will be conducted in Silverbrook cemetery Saturday afternoon at 3 with the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, officiating.

Surviving are four children, F.R. Harter, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Lewis A. Smith, Berwyn, in whose home she had been visiting; Mrs. H.A. MacEachern, Hermansville, Mich.; and Mrs. Charles Protzman, Baltimore, MD.; and six grandchildren.

Mrs. Harter was a school teacher . . [illegible] . . Kalamazoo, for many years before she retired.

Hartmann, Edith A.

Edith A. Hartmann
June 23, 1882-Sept. 26, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Friday, September 27, 1963, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Edith A. Hartmann, 81, of 728 Grant St., died at 2:35 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient one week.

Mrs. Hartmann was born June 23, 1882, in Libertyville, Ill. She came to Niles from that city 60 years ago.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Fred Eaton and Miss Bernice Hartmann, both of Niles, and Mrs. Louis Culp, Marion, Iowa; a brother, William Fick, Westboro, Wisc.; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. John MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Cremation will follow.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

(No cemetery record)

Heberle, Roy Edward

Roy Edward Heberle
Oct. 29, 1896-Sept. 13, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Friday, September 13, 1963, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Roy Edward Heberle, 66, of 7 N. 5th St., died at 3 a.m. today at Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient since Aug. 21. Mr. Heberle was born Oct. 29, 1896 in Rochester, N.Y. He came to Niles from South Bend in 1933. Mrs. Heberle was a retired salesman for the KeeLox Manufacturing Co., Detroit.

He is survived by his widow, Alice, one daughter, Mrs. Robert Whitmore and two grandchildren.

Mr. Heberle was a veteran of World War I, a member of the First Methodist Church, the St. Joseph Lodge 45, Free and Accepted Masons of South Bend, the South Bend Shrine Club, the Scottish Rite, South Bend, the Mizpah Shrine Temple, Ft. Wayne, Ind., and the Niles Shrine Club.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Kenneth Kline, assistant pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today.

Hoisington, Hattie E.

Hattie E. Hoisington
Sept. 25, 1892-July 31, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 1, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Hattie E. Hoisington, 70, of 732 Maple St., died at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Billings Hospital, Chicago, where she had been a patient since July 8, She had been ill two months.

Mrs. Hoisington was born here Sept. 23, 1892, and was a lifetime resident of Niles.

Survivors include her husband, Paul W., two daughters, Mrs. Alvie Williamson, Niles, and Mrs. Gar Dickerson, Albion; two sisters, Mrs. Willis Low, Niles, and Mrs. Henry C. Deever, Tucson, Ariz.; a brother, Robert Corey, Niles; and 11 grandchildren.

She was a member of the First Methodist Church and the church WSCS.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m .Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home. Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of her church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Johanson, Erik T.

Erik T. Johanson
Oct. 23, 1898-Dec. 19, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Friday, December 20, 1963, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Erik T. Johanson, 65, of 312 Barrett St., died at 12:45 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital, shortly after being admitted.

Mr. Johanson, who retired Nov. 1, following 30 years' service with the Kawneer Company here, was born Oct. 23, 1898, in Jonkoping, Sweden. He came to Niles from that city in 1927.

Survivors include his widow, Bertha; a son, Nils Erik Johanson, Huntington Beach, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Melvin, East Lansing, and Miss Linda Johanson, Washington, D.C.; and four grandchildren.

He was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, the elks Lodge, the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, the Eastern Star, the Kawneer Company 25-year and Management Club, and the Viking and Vasa Lodges of South Bend.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in his church. The Rev. Gordon D. Everett, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Kiger Funeral Home, where Eastern Star Memorial services will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Johnson, Yvonne Arlene

Yvonne Arlene Johnson
Aug. 22 1938-Aug. 11, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 11, 1943, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

YVONNE JOHNSON, 4, DIES OF DIABETES

Yvonne Arlene Johnson, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Johnson, Route 1, died this morning at 6 in Pawating hospital of diabetes, after being ill since Saturday.

She was born Aug. 22, 1938 in Leonidas, Mich., her parents coming to Niles 1 ½ years ago from there, and was a member of the First Evangelical Sunday school.

Surviving are the parents, the grandfathers, Oscar Reid, Niles, and Bert Johnson, Barron lake; a sister, June Marie, 11; and two brothers, Dale, 7, and Darrel, Jr., 2 ½.

The body is in the Rutherford funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2:30 Friday afternoon by the Rev. A.C. DeVries. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.