Hillard Settles
July 15, 1876-May 12, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 13, 1943, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

HILLARD SETTLES, ROUTE 1, STRICKEN

Hillard Settles, 66, Route 1, died at 8:10 Wednesday night in Pawating hospital of complications after an illness of pneumonia.

A retired furniture buyer, Mr. Settles came to Niles from Chicago. He was born July 15, 1876 in Ripley, Ohio.

Surviving with his widow, Mrs. Alice Settles, are eight brothers and sisters--William, Fred and Edward Settles and Mrs. Josephine Sneed, all of Ripley; Frank Settles, Brooklyn, N.Y.; E.K. Settles and Mrs. Alice Johnson, Chicago, and Mrs. Dorothy Berry, Dayton, Ohio.

The body is in the Rutherford funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 14, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Settles Rites

Funeral services for Hillard Settles, Route 1, will be conducted Saturday morning at 10 in the Rutherford funeral home by the Rev. A.J. Jelks, pastor of the Franklin A.M. church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Settles died Wednesday night in Pawating hospital after an illness of pneumonia.

Grace Gustine Smith

Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 10, 1943, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Grace Smith Dies in Elkhart After Indigestion Attack

Mrs. Grace Gusine Smith, resident of Niles for a number of year[sic], died suddenly this morning at 6 in the Elkhart home where she and her daughter, Kathryn, had been living temporarily.

Mrs. Smith apparently was recovering from a fractured leg suffered in an automobile accident in Elkhart two weeks ago and died unexpectedly a half-hour after suffering an attack of acute indigestion.

Widow of the late Charles E. Smith, former Niles wood products manufacturer, Mrs. Smith had spent the winter months in Florida and the summer at the family's Birch lake cottage since Mr. Smith's death about 12 years ago.

Surviving are two other daughters, Mrs. Grace E. Haase, Oak Park, Ill, and Mrs. Mary Louise Marshall, Chicago; a son, [illegible] Smith, Elkhart, and two grandchildren.

The body will be brought to Silverbrook cemetery for burial after rites Wednesday afternoon in the A.G. Zelle funeral home, Elkhart.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 12, 1943, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Smith Burial Rites

Committal rites for Mrs. Grace Gustine Smith, widow of the late Charles E. Smith, former Niles wood products manufacturer, were conducted this afternoon in Silverbrook cemetery. The funeral services was in the A.G. Zelle funeral home, Elkhart.  Mrs. Smith died in Elkhart Monday after an attack of acute indigestion.

Mary C. Stome
1847-June 19, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 24, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Burial rites for Mrs. Mary C. Strome, 96, who died Sunday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Brohman, near Berrien Springs, were conducted Wednesday afternoon in Silverbrook cemetery after the funeral in the Brohman home. Pallbearers were Paul Brohman, Lester Brohman, Ernest Brohman, Jack Tusing, Glen Costs and Nathaniel Chapman, all of Berrien Springs.

Dora Toney (Geideman)
March 11, 1868-May 5, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 5, 1943, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

DONA TONEY, 75, STRICKEN TODAY

Mrs. Dora Toney, 75, of 1014 North Tenth street, a life-long resident of Niles, died this morning at 10:40 in Epworth hospital, South Bend, after an illness of 10 weeks of complications.

Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geideman, she was born in Niles March 11, 1868. Her husband, the late Frank S. Toney, to whom she was married May 22, 1889 in Kensington, Ill., died Dec. 4, 1917.

Surviving are three sons and a daughter, Henry W. Toney and Mrs. George R. Kneeshaw, Niles; H.F. Toney, Albuquerque, N.M., and Edward Toney, Pittsburgh, Pa.

She also leaves five brothers and a sister, Mrs. J.B. Keller and Henry, Edward, Frank, Rudolph and George Geideman, all of Niles. . .[illegible]. .

Mrs. Toney was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church and was active in its Woman's guild.

The body is in the Rutherford funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 6, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

SET TONEY FUNERAL

Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Toney, 1014 North Tenth street, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 3:30 in St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church, it was announced today. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of the church, will officiate with burial in Slverbrook cemetery. Friends may call tonight in the Rutherford funeral home.  Mrs. Toney, life-long resident of the city, died Wednesday morning in Epworth hospital, South Bend.   

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 7, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

BROTHERS PALLBEARERS

Brothers of the late Mrs. Dora Toney--Frank, Edward, Henry, George and Rudolph Geideman and a brother-in-law, John B. Keller--served as pallbearers this afternoon at funeral services in St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

William Alton Vandygriff
Feb. 2, 1885-May 4, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 5, 1943, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

W.A. VANDYGRIFF TAKEN BY DEATH

William Alton Vandygriff, 58, died Tuesday night at 8 in his home on Route 3 after a week's illness. He was stricken April 26 with a stroke of apoplexy.

Born in Summitville, Tenn., Feb. 2, 1885, he came to the Niles community from Summitville in 1935.  He was employed in the drill department of the Clark Equipment company plant in Buchanan.

Mrs. Vandygriff, the former Pearl Ellis to whom he was married July 31, 1903, in Cornwall, Tenn., survives.

Father of Seven

He also leaves seven children--William A. Vandygriff, Jr. and Mrs. Albert Lakey, Niles; Ralph, Oline and Bessie Mae Vandygriff, at home; Howard Vandygriff, serving in the navy,and James Vandygriff, who is in the southwest Pacific area with the army.

Also surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Earl Duffield, Mrs. Chess Duffield and Mrs. Mitchell Parker, all of Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Walter Briley, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Mrs. Mary Hendricks, Summitville and four brothers, John Ruff and George Vandygriff, all of Summitville, and James Vandygriff, Tullahoma, Tenn.

Friends may call in the Rutherford funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 6, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

VANDYGRIFF RITES

Services of William Alton Vandygriff, Route 3, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 in the Rutherford funeral home. Capt. R.H. Lustvig, of the Niles Salvation Army post, will officiate with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.  Vandygriff died Tuesday night in his home.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 7, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

SERVE AT FUNERAL

Serving as pallbearers this afternoon at funeral services for William Alton Vandygriff, Route 3, were W.B. Bryant, Curt Johnson, Adam Alexander, Joseph Davis, W.M. Lovell and Robin . .[illegible].. the Niles Salvation Army post officiated at the rites in the Rutherford funeral home.

Jerry Lee VanLue
July 24, 1934-March 17, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 18, 1943, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

JERRY VANLUE, 8, TAKEN BY DEATH

Jerry Lee VanLue, eight-year-old son of Mr.and Mrs. William VanLue, Barron lake, died Wednesday night at 11 in Pawating hospital, after a week's illness of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix.

The boy was born in Niles, July 24, 1934, and was a third grade student in the Allen school.

Surviving with his parents are five brothers, Joe, Jack, Jimmy, Billy and Larry VanLue, all at home, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Stick, St. Joseph, former residents of Niles.

Friends may call in the Rutherford funeral home until Saturday afternoon when the funeral will be conducted at 2:30 in the Pokagon Methodist church.

The Rev. R.C. Puffer, Dowagiac,  will officiate with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.