Obituaries

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. 5^th 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.

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.

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.

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.

Gary Lee Jones
July 3, 1943-Nov. 9, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, November 10, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Jones Baby Dies; Funeral Thursday

Gary Lee Jones, four-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones, Yankee street, died in his home Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 after a brief illness. He was born in Buchanan July 3, 1943, and his family moved to Niles Aug. 28.

His parents, two sisters, Sharon and Joyce; and two brothers, Robert, Jr. and Richard, survive him.

The body is in the family home where residents may call. Services will be held in the home Thursday afternoon at 2 conducted by Dr. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, November 12, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Coroner Called

Coroner Adam Greenawalt, Cassopolis, was call to Niles Tuesday afternoon because of the death of Garey Lee Jones, four-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones, Howard township, who died Wednesday. He pronounced death due to pneumonia. Services were held this afternoon with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.

Lawrence A. Kendrick
May 13, 1907-July 30, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, July 30, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Lawrence A. Kendrick, 56, 109 N. 15^th St., died at 4 a.m. today in his home. He had been ill three years.

Mr. Kendrick, a former accountant at the French Paper Company here, was born May 13, 1907 in Cleveland, Ohio. He came to Niles from Porter, Ind., 55 years ago. He married Esther R. Peckinpaugh June 24, 1942 in Holland. She survives.

Also surviving is a brother, W. Howard Kendrick, Niles.

He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, the Elks Lodge, the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, and was a veteran of World War II.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church. The Rev. Ernest K. St. John, pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Joseph, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Kiger Funeral Home.