Lucille McLaughlin
Feb. 2, 1945-Feb. 2, 1945

Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 2, 1945, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

Babe Stillborn at South Bend Hospital

Lucille McLaughlin, infant daughter of Mr.and Mrs. George McLaughlin, 204 Parkway, was still born at 12:05 this morning in Epworth hospital, South Bend.

One sister, Georgia May McLaughlin, also survives.

The Rev. . . [illegible]. . will officiate at prayer service at 2 p.m.m Saturday in the Pifer funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Morrison Glen Mell
Sept. 14, 1907-March 21, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 21, 1974, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Morrison Glenn Mell, 66, 1636 Hickory St., died at 7 p.m. Thursday at Pawating Hospital shortly after he was admitted.

Born Sept. 14, 1907 in South Bend, he was a tool and die maker retired in 1972 from the Kawneer Co., after 32 years of service. He lived most of his lifetime in Niles.

On Sept. 1, 1934 in St. Clair, Mich., he marred the former Minnie V. Varnum, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Jack of Niles and Richard of Pompano Beach, Fla.; two brothers, Alfred and Raymond, both of Jackson; two sisters, Mrs. R.J.  (Cleo) Beckwith of Niles and Mrs. Paul (Nelladean) Warner of Rockford, Mich. and four grandchildren.

Mr. Mell was a member of St. Joseph Valley Masonic Lodge, Niles Commandery and St. Joseph Valley Royal Arch Masons.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald E. Gordon of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Masonic rites will be conducted by the St. Joseph Valley Lodge,. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday.

John Mereness
Nov. 16, 1877-June 1, 1926

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 3, 1926, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

The body of John Mereness, a former resident of Niles, was brought here today and taken directly to Silver Brook cemetery for burial in the family lot. Mr. Mereness died in Westly hospital in Chicago on Monday, after three days of illness.  Mrs. Ellen Lovejoy Mareness, mother of the deceased, and Mr. and Mrs. Schriver, friends, accompanied the body to Niles.  Mr. Mareness was employe [sic] while in Niles at the French paper mills, and also conducted a news depot here.

Note:  Last name on Illinois Death Record is Mereness; dob is from death record.

Caroline Rollo Beer
Jan. 24, 1839-May 9, 1926

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 11, 1926, page 4, col. 4&5, microfilm Niles District Library

DAUGHTER OF PIONEER ROLLO FAMILY IS BURIED IN NILES

The body of Mrs. Caroline Rollo Beer, who died on Sunday afternoon at the home of her nephew, Chester R. Hodgkins, at Quincy, Illinois after several weeks illness with pneumonia, arrived in Niles this morning at 11 :00 o'clock, and was taken to the Rutherford Funeral Home.  Burial was made in Silver Brook cemetery this afternoon at 3: 00 o'clock. No services were held here as services had been held in Quincy.

Mrs. Beer was a member of the pioneer Rollo family of Niles, and had many friends in the city. She spent practically all of her childhood and early womanhood here. She was the daughter of late Chester and Fannie Rollo, deceased. She was born in Ypsilanti, January 24, 1839.  A few years later the family moved to Niles. She was a consecrated member of the Niles Presbyterian church and was prominent in the work of that church.

In 1864, she was married to George M. Coan, at one time organist of the Presbyterian church, and lived here until his death in 1881; after which she went to make her home at Rushford, Minnesota. She was married there to W.W. Beer, who died in 1912.  Since Mr. Beer died she had been making her home with her nephew, C. R. Hodgkins, at Quincy, Ill.  No children survive her, her nearest living relatives being Mr.and Mrs. Hodgkins and their daughter, Mrs. H.D. Lapp, of Chicago, who accompanied the  body to Niles.

Caroline Bond
1849-Apr. 30, 1926

Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 30, 1926, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

CAROLINE BOND TAKEN BY DEATH

Pioneer School Teacher Is Suddenly Stricken

Miss Caroline Bond, after 24 hours of illness died this morning at 6:30 o'clock at her apartment at 14 S. Seventh street. The cause of death was heart affection which followed an attack of indigestion suffered yesterday.  Her condition became alarming at once, and the attending physician put an nurse on the case early last evening. She suffered the heart attack about 6 o'clock and died before the physician reached her bedside. Miss Bond was in advanced  years.

The funeral plans have not been completed pending the arrival of Mrs. Carrie DeWeese, of Buffalo, N.Y., a niece, who will leave that city for Niles this evening. The services will probably be held on Monday.

Miss Bond was a member of one of Niles pioneer families, her father having been John Bond. She was born in Niles, was educated in the Niles public schools, and was for many years a teacher in the Niles schools. The family home was near Seventh and Broadway until recently when it was sold by Miss Bond. For two winters Miss Bond was in Florida on acount[sic] of her ill health.  She was the last of a family of five girls, one of whom was the wife of Major L.A. Duncan, deceased.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 1, 1926, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral on Monday

Funeral services for Miss Caroline Bond will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at this Presbyterian church. Rev. .T. Scherer will officiate.  Burial will take place in Silver Brook cemetery. The plans for the funeral were made after the arrival here from Buffalo, N.Y., this morning of Mrs. Truman De Weese, a niece of the deceased.  The body may be viewed at the church on Monday between the hours of 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock.

William Burt
June 11, 1867-May 23, 1926

Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 24, 1926, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

WM BURT FOUND DEAD IN YARD

Body Discovered by Nephew at 1302 N. Fifth Street

William Burt, 68, was found dead Sunday morning in the yard at the home of his nephew, Charles Burt, 1302 North Fifth Street. The family retired about 10 o'clock, Saturday night and on Sunday morning about 6:30 o'clock, members of the household found him sitting on a bench in the yard, dead.

Coroner Hardy Langston was notified but he decided that an inquest was not necessary. The deceased had been in ill health for some time, and was known to have suffered with heart disease.

The body was removed to the Troost and Augustine undertaking rooms and the funeral services will be held there tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will take place in Silver Brook cemetery.

The deceased was born in Essex County, N.J. on June 11, 1867. He was brought to Niles by his parents, Martin and Mary Burt when he was about two years old and had had since resided here. For 14 years, he had resided with his nephew, Charles Burt. He followed the occupation of a painter. He is survived by two brothers, Ed Burt, of Omaha, Neb., and Aleck, of Illinois, and by nieces and nephews as follows: Martin Burt, California; Charles, Niles; Mrs. Roy Scott and Mrs. Neola Martin, South Bend; Mrs. Viola Hessen and Mrs. Edna Colburn, Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Myrtle Clark, Denver, Colo.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 25, 1926, page 4, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

FUNERAL TODAY

Funeral services for William Burt were conducted this afternoon at the Troost and Augustine undertaking rooms, with Rev. H.T. Scherer officiating.  Burial took place n Silver Brook cemetery.