Obituaries

Floyd Palmer
Aug. 29, 1892-Dec. 7, 1942

Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 7, 1942, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

FLOYD PALMER STRICKEN TODAY

Floyd Palmer .. [illegible]. .South Eleventh street, died in his home at 9:10 this morning. He had been ill about one week of a heart aliment[sic].

Palmer had been active in Niles approximately 24 years. He organized the Palmer transfer company shortly after entering the trucking and hauling business. He was born August 29, 1892, in Sumnerville and spent his entire life in the Niles area.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Eva Palmer and two sons at home--Charles and Clair and a sister Mrs. Malita Knauz, Detroit.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home from Tuesday afternoon until 2 Wednesday, when the service will be held in the chapel. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Verbie Reed
Oct. 20, 1885-April 14, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 15, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Verbie Read[sic] Dies; Retes at 2 Friday Afternoon

Funeral services for Mrs. Verbie Reed, 57, of 221 1/2 North Second street, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 in the Pifer funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mrs. Reed, who had been ill since Sunday night, died at 11 Wednesday morning in the Berrien county hospital. She was born in Branch county, Michigan, Oct. 20, 1885, and was a member of the Niles Salvation Army post.

Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Delia Digman, Jackson; a soon, Vere, Arnold, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Wilma Dickson, Stafford, Conn., and a brother, Vere Digman, who lives in Ohio.

Friends may call in the Pifer funeral home.

Anna Catherine Reum
April 23, 1875-April 6, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 7, 1943, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

MRS. ANNA REUM DIES; RITES FRIDAY

Mrs. Anna Catherine Reum, 67, who was born in Niles and had lived all her life, died Tuesday afternoon in her home at 910 Regent street after a two months' illness.

Born here April 23, 1875, she  was married in Niles April 17, 1906, to August F. Reum, who died April 20, 1935.

Surviving are a daughter, Miss Frieda Reum, Niles; a son, Armin Reum, Akron, Ohio; two step-sons, Herman and Louis Reum, both of Detroit, and seven grandchildren.

Friends may call in  the Rutherford funeral home where the service will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, of which Mrs. Reum was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 7, 1943, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Reum Pallbearers

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Catherine Reum, 910 Regent street, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 in the Rutherford funeral home. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, will officiate. Pallbearers include Henry Kaiser, Irvin Roebeck, Herman Reum, Louis Reum, Mark Thompson and Alex Zalai.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Charles D. Stoll
June 23, 1887-May 15, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 17, 1943, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

CHARLES STOLL FUNERAL TUESDAY

Private funeral services for Charles D. Stoll, 55, will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in his home, 530 North Fourth street. The Rev. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate with private burial rites in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mr. Stoll, a resident of Niles nearly 50 years, died Saturday afternoon at 5 in Epworth hospital, South Bend, after an illness of three weeks.

He was born in Buchanan June 23, 1887, and came to Niles during his childhood.  A member of the First Presbyterian church  and of the Niles Elks lodge, he was associated with the McCray Refrigeration company, Kendallville, Ind.

Call Until Noon

Surviving with his widow, Mrs. Lulu Stoll, are his father, Matthew Stoll; a son, Richard Stoll; a brother, Arthur Stoll, and two grandchildren, all of Niles.

Friends may call in the family home until noon Tuesday.

Serving as active pallbearers will be Claude J. Huff, Earl Zechlin, Walter H. Parkin, Fred B. Kompass, E.M. Bigelow and A.R. Rahn, all of Niles.

Honorary pallbearers wil include associates of Mr. Stoll in the McCray company--R.J. Rehwinkle, John W. Hart, Clarence and Harry Ziebell, Glenn Henry and Clifford Knight.

Beatrice Schroeder
Jan. 21, 1896-March 9, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 10, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Schroeder, Bertrand, Dies; Rites Thursday

Mrs. Beatrice R. Schroeder, 45, a Bertrand resident since 1938, died Tuesday night at 8:30 in the state hospital, Kalamazoo. She was the widow of Willard Schroeder, Sr.

Mrs. Schroeder was born Jan. 21, 1896 in Brooken, Okla., and moved to Bertrand from South Bend.

Surviving are a son, James Cates, South Bend; a sister, Mrs. Neal Gowen, Brooken, and two brothers, Richard Norman, Whitfield, Okla., and Frederick Norman, McAlister, Okla.

Friends may call in the Rutherford funeral home where the service will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30.

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.