Obituaries

Mable E. Stock
Nov. 10, 1901-June 12, 1964

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 13, 1964, page 2, col. 5-6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs.  Mable F. Stock, 62, who with her husband formerly owned the Stock Food Market, 202 Grant St., died unexpectedly at 1 p.m. Friday in her home in Miramar-Hollywood, Fla.

Mrs. Stock was born Nov. 10, 1901 in Jason. She came to Niles from that city in 1938.

Survivors include her husband, George; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Lowery, Niles; three sisters, Mrs. Eva Shaper, Lansing, and Mrs. Joseph Kramer and Mrs. Mollie Smith, both of Jackson; four brothers, George Cook, Tampa, Fla., Willard Cook, Dearborn,, William Cook, Flint, and Frank Cook, Lansing; five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Kiger Funeral Home. The Rev. earl J. Wickstrom, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial wll be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends will be received at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Monday.

Frank J. Treiber
Aug. 13, 1880-Jan. 1, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January  2, 1974, page 2, col. 6-7, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Frank J. Treiber, 93, of 2710 Winn Rd., died at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday in Pawating Hospital after an illness of one month.

A farmer, M. Trieber was born Aug. 13, 1880, in Niles Township and had lived in this area all his life.  On June 18, 1913, in Niles, he married the former Bessie E. Schnoor, who died in 1964.

Mr. Treiber was a member of the Niles Moose Lodge, the Golden Age Club, the Berrien County Farm Bureau, the Bend of the River Grange and the First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include two sons, Frank J. and Richard Treiber, both of Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Stickney of Niles, 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Wyngarden of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Fern R. Tyson
Oct. 11, 1893-May 13, 1964

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 14, 1964, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Fern R. Tyson, 70, of 62 Marmont St., died at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient since April 21.

She was born Oct. 11, 1893 in Buchanan Township and came to Niles from Benton Harbor in 1937.  He was married to George Tyson, who died May 16 1961.

She is survived by two children, Mrs. Richard Anderson, Kalamazoo, and Maurice Shepardson, Benton Harbor; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; a brother, Charles Conrad, Niles, and two sisters, Mrs. Rita Kaiser and Mrs. Gertrude Munroe, both of Niles.

She was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church and the Golden Age Club.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at her church.  The Rv. John G. Carlton, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Phillip Unruh
1863-July 18, 1933

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, July 19, 1933, page 3, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

UNRUH FUNERAL THURSDAY

Funeral services for Phillip Unruh, 25 North State street, who dropped dead Tuesday morning in the yard at his home, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Troost & Turner funeral chapel. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Elmer Unruh, son of the deceased, accompanied by his wife and her father, William Brown, Muncie, Ind., arrived in Niles Tuesday afternoon. Friends may view the body at the chapel.

Norma Utter
Aug. 12, 1903-Feb. 26, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 27, 1974, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Mrs. Norma M. Utter, 70, of 2887 Detroit Rd., died at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday in the Cardinal Nursing Home, South Bend, after an illness of several months.

A retired employe of Simplicity Pattern Co., Mrs. Utter was born Aug. 12, 1903, in Lawrence, and had lived here since 1929, coming from Benton Harbor. On Nov. 17, 1922, in St. Joseph, she married Jack L. Utter, who died in 1947.

Surviving are two sons, William of Niles and Charles of Dowagiac; a daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline Wheeler of Niles; two brothers, Lee and Lester Nower of St. Joseph; five sisters, Mrs. Donna Eiserman of Florida, Mrs. Ruth Day, Mrs. Virginia Agens, Mrs. June Dreeves and Mrs. Shirley Hosner, all of Benton Harbor, and one grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ralph Pletcher of Coulter's Chapel officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call beginning Thursday at the funeral home.

Lena B. Vandenburg
Feb. 26, 1889-Oct. 30, 1976

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 1, 1976, page 8, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Miss Lena B. Vandenburg, 87, of 41 S. Third St., died at 6:10 a.m. Saturday at Unity Hospital, Buchanan after an extended illness.

A former clerk at the Fair Stor[sic] of Niles, she was born Feb. 26, 1889 in Berrien township and had lived in the area her lifetime.

She is survived by two brothers, Lester and Henry, both of Niles.

Funeral services will be at  2 p.m. today at the Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. David L. Litchfield of the Grace United Methodist Church officiating. Burial was to follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church.