Bert Dickeson
March 23, 1886-Oct. 19, 1977

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 19, 1977, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Bert Dickeson, 91, of 911 S. Third St., died at 6:35 a.m. Wednesday at the Michigan Skilled Care Center following an extended illness.

A retired railroad employe, he was born March 23, 1886 and had lived in Niles since December, 1973, coming from Buchanan.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Silverbrook Cemetery mausoleum with the Rev. Arnold O. Schaap of Edwardsburg officiating.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Robert Dixon
Aug. 19, 1892-Feb. 22, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 23, 1954, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Robert Dixon, 61, an employe of the Four Flags Hotel here for 26 years, died at 6:35 p.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital following an illness of one year.

Dixon was born Aug. 10, 1892, in Henderson, Ky., and came here from South Bend in 1925. Surviving are: his wife, Melba; five daughters, Mrs. Rufus Leath, Mrs. Leon Scott and Mrs. George Mason, all Niles and Mrs. Oscar Jones Jr., and Mrs. Whitman Franklin, both of South Bend; seven grandchildren; two brothers, and two sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m.Thursday in Mount Calvary Baptist Church here with the pastor, the Rev. Richard Alexander, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home.

Rose Domer
Aug. 31, 1897-Dec. 3, 1987

Niles Daily Star, Friday, December 4, 1987, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Rose Domer, 90, 17 N. Seventh St., Niles died Thursday at Pawating Hospital after a long illness.

She was born August 31, 1897 in Procterville, Mo. and had lived in the area since 1937, coming from North Dakota.

She married Ralph Domer Sept. 6, 1923 in Minnewaukan, North Dakota. He died April 1, 1965.

Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. Rev. Fred Smith of the South Niles Community Church, where she was a member, will officiate.

Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Friday.

Eileen Doudt
Feb. 11, 1918-Dec. 19, 1987

Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 21, 1987, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Eileen N. Doudt, 69, 1219 Rose Drive, Niles, died at 4:23 p.m. Saturday in Pawating Hospital following an extended illness.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church where she was active in the choir and Morning Circle.  She was also a member of the Cosmopolitan Club and a 1937 graduate of Elkhart, Ind. High School.

A former clerical employee for the Chicago Telephone, Elkhart, Ind., she was born Feb. 11, 1918 in Kendallville, Ind. She moved to Niles in 1957 coming from Garver Lake. She was married Dec. 5, 1957 in Eklhart[sic] to Max Doudt who survives.

Other surviving relatives include: a stepdaughter, Shirley Crissy, Jackson; a brother, Fred Croninger, Elkhart; and two grandchildren.

Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, the Rev. Clayton D. Fairo, First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.  Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Berrien County Cancer Service.

Carl Dubert
Sept. 15, 1879-Jan. 16, 1959

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 17, 1959, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Carl Dubert, 79, of rural route three, Niles, died at 2:25 p.m. Friday in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center, where he had been a patient for the past week. He had been ill for a year.

Mr. Dubert, a retired carpenter, was born Sept. 15, 1879, in Niles and had lived his entire lifetime in this community. Surviving are: a sister, Mrs. Charles Umholtz, of Niles, and a half-brother, Fred Steinbauer, rural route three, Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Herbert Meussling, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed), officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Dorothy W. Dubert
Oct. 1, 1877-Oct. 21, 1942

Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 23, 1942, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

DOROTHY DUBERT TAKEN BY DEATH

Miss Dorothy W. Dubert, 65, died Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 in her Route 3 home, after an illness of a year and one-half.

A life-long resident of Niles, she was born here Oct. 1, 1877.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Charles Unholtz, Niles; a brother, Carl Dubert, Route 3; two half-brothers, William Steinbauer, Baroda, and Fred Steinbauer, at home; three step-brothers, George, Louis and Christ Steinbauer, Niles, and a niece, Mrs. Fred Solloway, Niles.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home where the service will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.