Obituaries

Andrew Vincent Cleland
1855-May 8, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 10, 1943, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Andrew Cleland, Niles Native, Dies; Committal Here

Committal rites for Andrew Vincent Cleland, Minneapolis, Minn., who was born in Niles in 1855, will be early Tuesday afternoon in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mr. Cleland, son of pioneer Niles residents, the late Andrew J. Cleland and Mary Barron Cleland, died Saturday in Minneapolis where he had been manufacturing grain elevator machinery the last 50 years.

He first was associated in the manufacturing business with his father and brother, Herbert W. Cleland; and later by individual ownership of the Cleland Manufacturing Company.

Service Today

His wife, the former Emma Tuttle, daughter of the late J.S. Tuttle, Niles, died in Minneapolis five years ago. Surviving are two nephew[sic], Worth C. Harder, Indianapolis, and J. Harold Harder, Toledo, and a niece, Mrs. Marie Baron Hagee, St. Louis.

The funeral was conducted this afternoon in Minneapolis, The body will arrive in Niles at 12:29 Tuesday afternoon and will be taken directly to Silverbrook cemetery.

Seeley G. Deam
Aug. 16, 1866-May 24, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 25, 1943, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

SEELEY G. DEAM, 76, DIES SUDDENLY

Seeley G. Deam, 76, life-long resident of Niles and one of the most active members of Trinity Episcopal church, died unexpectedly this morning at 1 in his home, 510 Sycamore street.

Born in Niles Aug. 16, 1866, he was married here Oct. 5, 1898, to Charlotte Summers, who survives. He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Senior, Williamsville, N.Y., and a grandson, Robert J. Senior, Williamsville.

Retiring as a travelling salesman after 30 years in that field, Deam served as Niles representative of an insurance company 16 years.

Rites Thursday

One of Trinity's oldest members in years of service, Deam had served in virtually every capacity in the organization.  A Sunday school teacher many years, he had long been senior warden and served as assistant financial secretary. He also was a member of Masonic groups and of the United Commercial Travelers' association.

Friends may call in the Price and Kiger funeral home until noon Thursday when the body will be taken to Trinity church to lie in state until the hour of the funeral at 2.

The Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector, will officiate with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 27, 1943, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Final rites for Seeley G. Deam, 510 Sycamore Street, were conducted this afternoon at 2 in Trinity Episcopal church, of which he long had been a member. The Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector, officiated and Masonic lodge members were in charge of committal rites in Silverbrook cemetery.  Pallbearers were Fred R. Eaglesfield, Walter H. Parkin, R. Malcolm Hull, Lewis Walton, Bertrand Posthumus and Dr. John E. Ames.

Harriet Martin Halverson
July 22, 1887-April 18, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 19, 1943, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

HARRIET HALVERSON DIES DURING WALK

Mrs. Harriett Halverson, 56, of 104 1/2 North Second street, dropped diead of a heart attack Sunday night at 11 while walking in the 100 block on North Front street with her husband, Fred Halverson, and a friend, Mrs. Minnie Harrington.

Mrs. Halverson had been ill two years, and in serious condition for the last two weeks, but was believed improving.

Born in Earl Park, Ind. July 22, 1887, she came to Niles in 1929 from Kankakee, Ill. Her first husband, Zephyre Martin, Sr., died in 1915 and her marriage to Halverson was solemnized in Kankee[sic] in 1926.

Surviving with the husband are a son, Zephyre Martin, Jr., Niles; a brother, Oscar Butler, Goodline, Ind.,and six grandchildren.

Friends may call in the Rutherford funeral home. Although other arrangements are incomplete, burial will be in Kankakee.

Carol Kaye Hoese
Nov. 16, 1942-May 8, 1943

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

Hoese Baby Dies; Funeral Monday

Carol Kaye Hoese, 5 1/2 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen W. Hoese, 1211 Wayne street, died this morning at 12:30 in Epworth hospital after an illness of two weeks.

Surviving with the parents are five brothers--Walter, Robert, Virgil, Donald and Glen Hoese, Jr., all at home, and the grandparents, Frank Hoese, Niles, and Mrs. and Mrs. Walter Nichols, Mode, Ill.

The baby was born in Niles Nov. 16, 1942.

Friends may call in the Pifer funeral home where services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 11, 1943, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Infant Hoese

Final rites for Carol Kaye Hoese, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen W. Hoese, 1211 Wayne street, were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 in the Pifer funeral home. The infant died Saturday morning in Epworth hospital. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Lustella Johnson
Sept. 1, 1889-June19, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 21, 1943, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Lustella Johnson, Ill Six Weeks, Dies in Hospital

Miss Lustella Johnson, 53, 613 North Fourth Street, died Saturday night at 11:15 in Pawating hospital after an illness of six weeks.

A resident of Niles since 1934, Miss Johnson came here from Jackson where she was born Sept. 1, 1889. She was a retired registered nurse.

Her only survivors are two cousins, Mrs. David Bergstedt and Mrs. Gust Lundberg, both of Chicago.

Friends may call in the Price and Kiger chapel where services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2. The Rev. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate with burial in Silverook cemetery.

Vernon Kirk
Aug. 10, 1893-May 9, 1943


Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 10, 1943, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Vernon Kirk, Rail Inspector, Dies; Funeral Tuesday

Vernon Kirk, 49, Barron lake, a Michigan Central railroad car inspector the last 27 years, died at 4:30 Sunday morning in Pawating hospital after an illness of three months.

Born in Logansport,Ind., Aug. 10, 1893, he came to Niles from Logansport in 1913. Surviving is the former Lorine Kizer, to whom he was married April 9, 1914.

He also leaves his mother, Mrs. George Whitacre, Fort Recovery, Ohio; four children, June Kirk, at home; Mrs. Richard Milner, Buchanan; Norman Kirk, Dowagiac, and Maynard Kirk, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; a brother, Norman Kirk, Niles, and seven grandchildren.

He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America.

Friends may call in the Pifer funeral home, where the service will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2. William F. Putnam will officiate with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 11, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles Laudenslager,Michael Novak, Charles Schaber, earl Clark, Hartman Bachman and Frank Corey were pallbearers this afternoon at funeral services for Vernon Kirk, Barron lake, who died Sunday morning in Pawating hospital. Rites were conducted at 2 in the Pifer funeral home, with William F. Putnam officiating. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.