Obituaries

Herman Clemence Bath
March 12, 1894-Dec. 17, 1976

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 18, 1976, page 3, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Herman Clemence Bath, 82, 104 Market St., died at 7 p.m. Friday at Pawating Hospital following an illness of two weeks.

He was a letter carrier at the Niles Post Office for many years before his retirement in 1959.

He was a member of the LaRue Messenger Post No. 26, American Legion, St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4, F.& A.M. and Knights Temple.

He was born March 12, 1894 at Shorton, England and had lived in the Niles area since 1908 coming from England.

On July 31, 1926, at South Bend, he married the former Olga Lydia Roebeck, who survives him.

Also surviving is one son, Charles F. Bath, of Greenville, N.C., one brother, Louis Bath of Spokane, Wash., two sisters, Mrs. Frieda Wedeven of Spokane, Wash. and Mrs. Chrissie Goddard of Dorset, England, and four grandchildren.

Services for Mr. Bath will beat[sic] 11 a.m. Monday at Trinty[sic] Episcopal Church, the Rev. Vincent Anderson, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Trinty[sic] Epsicopal[sic] Church memorial fund.

Winifred S. Bath
June 8, 1887-April 30, 1964

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 1, 1964, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Winifred S. Bath, 76, of 1536 Huron St., died at 7:55 a.m. Thursday in the Barrett Rest Home, Buchanan. She had been in failing health for four years.

A native of Wimbourne, England, she was born June 8, 1887, and came to Niles in 1909.  On May 20, 1909, she married Eugene R. Bath here in Niles. The husband survives.

Mrs. Bath was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Dwight Spencer, Niles; a son, Edwin G. Bath, East Lansing; a sister, Mrs. Ada Spencer, Wimborne; one brother, Charles Gilbert-Poole, Dorset, England; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. John G. Carlton, pastor, officiating. Burial in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends. may call at the Kiger Funeral Home.

Maude Blanchard
Dec. 24, 1874-June 4, 1964

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 4, 1964, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Maude Blanchard, 89, of 2405 Yankee St., died at 4:55 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient three days.

Mrs. Blanchard was born Dec. 24, 1874, in Davenport, Iowa. She came to Niles from Armour, S.D., 50 years ago. Her husband, Almond, died in  1953.

Survivors include a daughter, Miss Gussie Blanchard, at home; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Eernis, Corsica, S.D.; and three brothers, Frank Doty, Marysville, Calif., Clarence Doty, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Harry Doty, Corsica.

Funeral services will  be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home. Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officate[sic].

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Wiley N. Bryant
Dec. 23, 1878-Apr. 26, 1964

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 27, 1964, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Wiley N. Bryant, 85, of 1450 Jerome St., will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the First Methodist Church. The Rev. Kenneth Kline, assistant pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

He died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday in his home, following a three-year-illness.

Mr. Bryant, a retired stationary fireman with Buchanan Steel Products Company, was born Dec. 23, 1878, in Manchester, Tenn.  He came to Niles from that city in 1916.

Survivors include his widow, Eunice; seven sons, Lemuel, Wiley, Jr., and Edwards, all of Grand Haven; Lawrence Bryant and Arthur Line, both of Niles, Harry L., Muskegon, and Alex, Los Angeles, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Eugene Light and Mrs. James Layton, both of Niles; and Mrs. Clarance Keene, Jackson; 19 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Phillip Butt
March 15, 1895-Feb. 18, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 19, 1974, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

EDWARDSBURG--Phillip Butt, 78, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital, Niles, after a brief illness.

A retired Bendix Corp employe, Mr. Butt was born March 16, 1895, in Wabash, Ind., and had lived here for 15 years, coming from the Barron Lake area. On March 16, 1951, in Niles, he married the former Tennis Mae Miller, who survives. He was a member of the veterans of Foreign Wars, South Bend.

Also surviving, (in addition to his wife), are a son, Phillip L. of Niles; a step-daughter, Mrs. Erma Jean Taylor of Portland, Ore.; a brother, Albert of Peru, Ind., 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home at Niles, with the Rev. Jack E. VanArsdall of the Three Oaks Church of Christ officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niels.

Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral chapel.

Agnes Clark
Feb. 18, 1875-April 30, 1964

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 30, 1964, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

Miss Agnes Clark, 90, of 713 Sycamore St., died today in Berrien General Hospital, Berrien Center, following an extended illness.

Miss Clark, a retired South Bend department store clerk, was born Feb. 18, 1874, in Hamilton, Ont., Canada. She came to Niles from South Bend 27 years ago.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. John MacLachlan, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 1, 1964, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

The Niles Tent Hive No. 39, Maccabees, will meet at the Pifer Funeral Home at 1:45 p.m. Saturday for the funeral of Agnes Clark.