Laura Brandenburg
Oct. 15, 1881-Jan. 30, 1939

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 31, 1939, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Laura Brandenburg Will be Buried Here Thursday

Mrs. Laura Brandenburg, a native of Niles and a sister of Frank Mattiford, Niles, died Monday afternoon in St. Luke's hospital, Chicago. She had been in ill heath for the last two years.

Mrs. Brandenburg was born in Niles Oct. 15, 1881. She was the daughter of the late William and Mary Mattiford.  She had lived in Chicago for the last 30 years.

Beside her brother living here, she leaves one son, Francis, and a daughter, Mrs. Jack Summers, both of Chicago; also one granddaughter.

Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in Chicago. The body will then be brought to Niles for burial in Silverbrook cemetery at 4 o'clock.

The Rev. Fr. Fred Berger of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church will have charge of the committal services.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 3, 1939, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

ATTEND BURIAL RITES

A number of relatives came from out-of-town Thursday  to attend burial services at Silverbrook cemetery for Mrs. Laura Brandenburg, who died Monday in Chicago. They included, Mr.and Mrs. Francis Brandenburg, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sommers and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Carter Corcoran and daughter, Mr.and Mrs. Roy Graham and daughter, Mr.and Mrs. Earl Courtney and Mrs. James Walsh, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Weller, Michigan City, and Mrs. Ruth Danaher and Mrs. Anna Mae Smith, Jackson.

Joseph Breninger
Jan. 10, 1873-June 19, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 20, 1963, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Joseph Breninger, 90, of 74 N. St. Joseph Ave., died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center, where he had been a patient since May 16.

Mr. Breninger was born Jan. 10, 1873, in Ohio.

Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Ollie Merrill, South Bend.

Committal rites will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Silverbrook Cemetery. Captain William Stuart of the Salvation Army will officiate.

Friends are being received at the Kiger Funeral Home.

Dr. Eugene R. Butts
May 1, 1881-June 2, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 3, 1963, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Dr. Eugene R. Butts, 82, of 2600 Walton Road, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wedneday[sic] in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. John MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

He died at 2 p.m. Sunday in his home. He had been in ill health several years.

Dr. Butts, a retired dentist, was born May 1, 1861, in Niles Township. He was a lifetime resident of this area. He graduated from the Chicago Dental College in 1905.

Survivors include his widow, Ruth; three step-sons, Gerald Gaul, Niles, Roy Gaul, Cassopolis, and Fred Fuller, Chicago; and five grandchildren.

He was a member of the Aaron Blue Lodge No. 913, Order of Free and Accepted Masons, the Medina Shrine Temple of Chicago, the Niles Shrine and the Niles Elks Lodge. He was a life member of the American Dental Association.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Austin A. Fowler
June 27, 1852-Feb. 1, 1939

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 2, 1939, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library

Austin A. Fowler, 86, Stricken; Rites Friday Afternoon

Ill a month, Austin A. Fowler, 86, of 631 Poplar street, died at 1:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Berrien county hospital near Berrien Center. He had been there 17 days for treatment.

Mr. Fowler, a retired toolmaker, had lived in Niles since 1910, when he moved here from Yorktown, Ind., where he had been employed in a glass factory. He was born June 27, 1852, in Ashtabula county, Ohio, a son or Mr.and Mrs. Luther Fowler.

His wife, the former Rose Geiger, whom he married March 4, 1883, in Three Rivers, died Feb. 9, 1937.

Survivors are a son, Frank, Niles; a brother, Carlos Fowler, Greenville, Pa., and two grandchildren.

The Rev. T.O. Lee, of the Methodist Episcopal church, will conduct rites at 2 o'clock Friday in the Price and Kiger chapel. Burial will be in Silverbrook.

Friends may call at the chapel.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 3, 1939, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

SERVE AS PALLBEARERS

Carl Evick, Thurston Gentry, and Ralph, Alfred, Laverne, and Clarence  . . .[illegible]. .  this afternoon at the funeral services of Austin A. Fowler, 86. The Rev. T.O.Lee conducted the service in the Price and Kiger funeral home. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Fowler died Wednesday afternoon in the Berrien Center hospital.

Gertrude Garland
Sept. 6, 1899-Dec. 22, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, December 23, 1954, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Gertrude L. Garland, 55, of 1337 Eagle street, was pronounced dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday after suffering a cardiac attack at her home. She had been ill for several years.

Mrs. Garland was born Sept. 6, 1899, in Niles, and had lived her lifetime here.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Womens Benefit Association, Mothers of World War II and the Rebekah Lodge. Her husband, Harley, died July 31, 1950.

Surviving are: three sons, F. William Felden Jr. and George D. Felden, both of Niles, and Richard L. Felden of Glenview, Ill.; five grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Albert Strang, of Niles, and a brother, Henry Exner, also of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the First Presbyterian Church with the pastor, the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home. All members of the Rebekah Lodge are requested to meet at 3:45 p.m.  Friday at the church to attend services in a body, according to Mrs. Fred Monahon.

John Johnson
Dec. 2, 1883-Dec. 22, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Friday, December 24, 1954, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

John Johnson, 71, retired New York Central Railroad engineer, died at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at his home in St. Petersburg, Fla., where he had lived for the past three and a half years, moving there from Niles.

Johnson was born December 2, 1883, in Germany, and had also worked as head of maintenance for Niles Public Schools. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and St. Paul's Lutheran Church here. He also held a membership in Grace Lutheran Church, St. Petersburg.

Surviving are: his wife, Helen; three sons, Arthur, of Charleston, W.Va., the Rev. John Johnson, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Edwin, of Bay City, and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church here with the Rev. Theo Laesch officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home beginning Sunday afternoon.