Minnie Young
April 7, 1860-Feb. 1, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 2, 1943, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

MINNIE YOUNG, 82, DIES IN BERTRAND

Mrs. Minnie Young, 82, widow of the late James Young, died Monday afternoon at 3:40 in her Bertrand home. She had been a resident of the community 25 years.

Born April 7, 1860, near Butler, Ind., Mrs. Young was married Oct. 12, 1907. Mr. Young died in 1939. The only survivor is a nephew, Paul Maxwell, Bertrand.

Friends may call at the residence until Wednesday afternoon when the body will be taken to the Bertrand Community church, of which she was a member, for services at 2:30.

The Rev. Joseph Hyink will officiate with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.

Norah B. Cox
Nov. 6, 1884-Oct. 19, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 19, 1953, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Nora B. Cox, 219 Sycamore street, died at 12:01 a.m. today at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. The body  was brought to the Kiger Funeral Home here where funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, October 20, 1953, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

COX RITES SET

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday in St. Mary's Catholic Church here for Mrs. Norah B. Cox, 68, of 219 Sycamore street, who died Monday in Memorial Hospital in South Bend.  The Rev. Lawrence Davis will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Kiger Funeral Home, where friends may call. Mrs. Cox was born Nov. 6, 1884,in New Troy and lived most of her life in Niles.  She was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, circle 45 and St. Mary's Catholic Church. There were no survivors listed.

Members of circle 45 of the GAR are requested to meet at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Wednesday for memorial services.

Bror C. Erickson
March 29, 1892-Sept. 19, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, September 19, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Bror C. Erickson, rural route three, Stafford road, died at 5 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital. He had been ill for three weeks.

Surviving are his wife, Anna; one daughter, Mrs. Leo O'Connor, South Bend; one son, Eric, in the Navy at Norfolk W. Va.; another daughter, Helen, at home; one grandchild, and one brother, Edwin, of Waukegan, Ill.

He was born on March 29, 1892, in Sweden, and came here from Chicago about eight years ago.  He was a farmer and was a member of the Berrien County Farm Bureau and of the Gloria Dei Swedish Lutheran Church South Bend.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home beginning Sunday noon. Services will be held at the Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Paul Berggren, of the Gloria Dei Church, presiding, and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Richard Edward French
Sept. 4, 1953-Sept. 6, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 8, 1953, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Richard Edward French, 1717 Howard street, died at 4 a.m. Sunday at Pawating Hospital after living for two days.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard French; a sister, Connie Sue, at home, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Cordell, of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle French, of Frankfort, Ind.

The child was born on Sept. 4 at the Hospital.

Services were held at 10 a.m. today at the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Kinner, pastor of the First Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Josephine Grasenack
June 19, 1893-Oct. 14, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 14, 1953, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Edwardsburg--Mrs. Josephine Grasenack, 60, rural route two, died today at Cass County Hospital, Cassopolis. She had been ill for the past two years.

Her husband, Gustave, died on June 16, 1947. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Allegra Grasenack, at home; two brothers, Ferdinand Pietales, of Tomahawk, Wis., and Louis Pietales, of Chicago, and one sister, Mrs. Clayton Mau, of Chicago.

Mrs. Grasenack was born on June 19,1893, in Chicago, and came here from Chicago 21 years ago. She was a member of Coulter's Chapel Church.

Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Coulter's Chapel, with the pastor, the Rev. A.J. Martin, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Elizabeth A. Kirkendall
July 19, 1878-Sept. 14, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 15, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Eliazabeth[sic] A. Kirkendall died at 8:30 p.m. Monday, rather suddenly, in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Warburton, Baron[sic] Lake.

She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Warburton; one son, Kenneth R. Kirkendall, of Niles; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Inez Butterworth, of Niles.

Mrs. Kirkendall was born on July 19, 1978, in Bradford County, Pa., and came here from Chicago in 1936.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home after 12 noon Wednesday. Services will be held at the Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday, with the Rev. L. George Beacock, Methodist pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.