Elsie Weimer*
Oct. 11, 1885-April 29, 1963

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

Mrs. Elsie Wiemer, 77, of 1529 Michigan St., died at 10:45 a.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient since April 13.

Mrs. Wiemer was born Oct. 11, 1885, in Germany. She came to Niles from Chicago in 1950. Her husband, Kurt, died in 1957.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Margaret Hampel, Niles, and two nephews.

She was a member of the New Apostolic Church and the Golden Age Club.

Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m .Wednesday in her church. The Rev. Ernest Lindstedt, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow at 10 a.m. Thursday in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Pifer Funeral Home.

*Name is spelled Wiemer in this obituary but is listed in Weimer in cemetery records

Luther Welch
Aug. 14, 1907-Dec. 26, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 27, 1952, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Luther Welch, 1417 South Jerome street, died at 10 a.m. Friday  while visiting in a Sumnerville home. He had been ill a short time.

Surviving are two brothers, Jess Welch, Niles, and Joseph Welch, Dowagiac. He was born in Fowlerton, Ind., on Aug. 14, 1907, and came here 26 years ago. He was a plumber.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday by Lt. Arthur Homer, commander of the Salvation Army.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Hattie J. Wiars
Oct. 9, 1909-May 6, 1993

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 6, 1993, page 2, col. 7-8, microfilm Niles District Library

Hattie J. Wiars
1909-1993
Retired from
Woolworth's
Department Store

Funeral services for Hattie J. Wiars, 83, of 1209 Sycamore St., Niles, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Wesley United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Nolan R. Williams, church pastor, officiating.

Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Wiars died at 5:15 a.m. Thursday at Pawating Hospital following an extended illness.

Born Oct. 9, 1909, in Niles, she was a lifetime area resident.

On June 15, 1941, in Niles, she married the late Howard G. Wiars, who preceded her in death on March 4, 1988.

She was retired from Woolworth's Department Store after 44 years of service. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church,  Philathea Class of the Church and the American Association of Retired Persons.

Survivors include two nephews, Melvin Hurlbutt of Niles and Ray Hurlbutt of Niles.

Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Halbritter Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church.

Harlan Wingeart
Sept. 26, 1920-Aug. 16, 1989

Niles Daily Star, Friday, August 18, 1989, page 2, col. 7-8, microfilm Niles District Library

Harlan R. Wingeart, 68, of 2442 Stevens Ave., Elkhart, Ind., died at 1:15 p.m.  Wednesday at his home of natural causes.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a member of the Lodge No. 50, F&AM in Jackson.

Wingeart was a retired supervisor of Conrail.

Born in Niles, he lived here all of his life.

His wife, the former Evelyn M. Laudenslager, survives.

Others[sic] survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Edward (Lynne) Dunithan of Goshen, Ind.; two sons, Harmon R. Wingeart of Elkhart, Ind., and Daniel Wingeart of Crystal Falls; three sisters, Joyce Totten of Holt, Helen Young of Centerville, and Evelyn Gibbs of Niles; a brother, Jerald Wingeart of Parkton, Maryland; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wingeart of Niles; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services are 4 p.m.  (Mich. time) Saturday at Halbritter Funeral Home by Mrs. Merle Witham Miller, C.S.B., South Bend, Ind.  Burial is at Silverook Cemetery, Niles.

Friends may call one hour prior to service at Halbritter Funeral Home.     Contributions may be made to First Church of Christ-Scientist, Goshen, Ind.

Billy R. Worvey
Feb. 12, 1921-Feb. 20, 2006

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 22, 2006, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

Billy R. Worvey, 85, of Beeson Street, Cassopolis, formerly of Niles, died at 6:10 p.m on Monday, Feb. 20, at his home, after a short illness.

Cremation will take place with a Memorial Service at 1 p.m .on Friday, Feb. 24, at Penn Friends Community Church, in Cassopolis, with the Rev. Bill Bruneau, Pastor of the Church, officiating.

Military honors will be performed by members of William E. Lozier V.F. W. Post No. 10704 and by Efton James American Legion Post No. 206, both of Cassopolis, There will be no visitation.

Burial will be at a later date in Silverbrook Cemetery, in Niles.

On Feb. 12, 1921, in Niles, he was born to Orville Worvey and Emma (Horner) Worvey and was a lifetime area resident.

On May 30, 1940, in Niles, he married the former Clara L. Williams, who survives.

After 37 years of  service,  he retired from National Standard, of Niles. He was a member of William E. Lozier V.F.W. Post No. 10704 and a member of Bitely-Brohman Sportsman Club, in Baldwin.

He attended Penn Friends Community Church, in Cassopolis.

Preceding him in death was his sister, Betty Schrumpf and his brother, Bobby Worvey.

In addition to his wife of 66 years, Clara, his surviving family includes his two daughters, Mary (Vern) PeGan, of Cassopolis and Cathy (Irving) VanLew, of Easley, S.C.; his son, William Worvey, of Phoenix, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and his sister, Beulah Sobieralski, of Niles.

Memorial contributions in his memory, may be made to Cass County Hospice.

Arrangements were by Connelly Funeral Home, in Cassopolis.

Georgianna Zwergel
March 1, 1866-Dec. 19, 1942

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 19, 1942, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Zwergel, 76, Life Resident of Niles, Dies Today

Mrs. Georgianna Zwergel, 76, a lifelong resident of Niles, died this morning at 9:20 in the Berrien county hospital where she had been a patient the last year.

She was born in Niles March 1, 1866, and spent her entire life here.

Surviving are son, George Zwergel, Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Allene Burby, Beverly Hills, Calif., and three brothers, John Francis, Niles; Charles Francis, South Bend, and Herbert Francis, Elizabeth, N.J.

The body is at the Pifer funeral home.