Claude D. Bisby
May 23, 1881-July 24, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, July 24, 1948, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Claude D. Bisby, 67, of 10 River street, died at 2 a.m. today at his home. He had been ill one year.

Born in Allegan county on May 23, 1881, he came to Niles 37 years ago from Chicago. He was in the laundry business here until his retirement a few years ago.

Surviving are his wife, Frieda, two children, Mrs. Louie Morse and Joseph Bisby, both of Niles, and seven grandchildren.  A brother, the Rev. Harry M. Bisby, of Ukiah, Cal., also survives.

Friends will be received at the Kiger funeral home where services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday.  The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Kristy Lynne Manchow
June 17, 1959-Aug. 26, 1995

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 28, 1995, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Kristy Lynne Manchow
1959-1995
Nurse practioner

Funeral services for Kristy Lynne Manchow, 36, of 119 N. Lincoln St., Niles, will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m at First Baptist church in Niles.

Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Ms. Manchow died at 3:15 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Medical Center in South Bend, Ind.

She was born June 17, 1959, in Niles

Ms. Manchow was a nurse practitioner at St. Joseph Medical Center in South Bend for 10 years.

She was a member of First Baptist Church, Niles, and Order of Easter[sic] Star in Niles.

Survivors include her mother, Gleda Manchow of Niles, Her father, Fred Manchow of Sun City Center, Fla.; a brother, Vince Manchow of Elkhart, Ind.; and paternal grandmother, Mildred Manchow of Niles.

Friends may call today from 4-8 p.m. at the Pifer-Smtih Funeral Home in Niles.

Memorials may be made to the Neo-Natal Department of St. Joseph Medical Center in South Bend.

Orson McKay
March 6, 1851-Oct. 22, 1932

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 24, 1932, page 1, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

ORSON MC KAY, 80, IS DEAD IN CHICAGO HOME

Former Niles Hotel Keeper To Be Buried Here Tuesday

Orson McKay, 80, a former resident of Niles, and an uncle of S.M. Montague and Alfred Johnson, of Niles, died on Friday evening in his home, 6451 Ellis Ave., Chicago, after about a year of illness.
The body will be brought to Niles tomorrow morning on the Michigan Central train due at 11:10 and will be taken directly to Silverbrook cemetery for burial in the family lot.  Masonic services will be conducted at the grave and the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, will be the officiating minister.
Mr. McKay was many years ago proprietor of the hotel known as the Bond house and located at Second and Sycamore streets until it was destroyed by fire. He was married in Niles to Mamie Johnson, a member of a pioneer Niles family, who survives him. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Kay left Niles 45  years ago to make their home in Chicago. He was for many years in the employe of the Santa Fe Railroad company.
This evening Masonic funeral services for Mr. McKay will be held in the Masonic temple in Chicago.
Mrs. McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bonslett and Mrs. Charles A. Johnson will accompany the body to Niles, Mrs. Bonslett is a niece of Mrs. McKay, formerly having been Edna Kimmell of Niles.

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James William Miller
Aug. 15, 1890-Nov. 18, 1946

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 18, 1946, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

James W. Miller Succumbs After Year's Illness

James William Miller, 56, of 520 Grant street died today at 9:45 a.m. in Pawating hospital following a year's illness.

Miller came to Niles in 1941 from Ellisville, Ark., and was formerly employed by the Clark Equipment company. He was born Aug. 15, 1890, in Clark county, Ill., and was married to Mainie Clark in 1909. He was a member of the Penecostal [sic]church.

Services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Kiger funeral home. The Rev. Robert Hazen pastor of the Church of God, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, his mother, Mrs. David Miller, of Niles, and the following children: Mrs. Clarence E. Haight, Mrs. Robert Gazell, Mrs. Paul Gobble, Lester E. Miller,and Wayne Miller, and nine grandchildren, all of Niles; four brothers, Walter and Howard of Niles, Willis, Linsman, Ark., and Milo, Fordyce, Ark., and four sisters, Mrs. Thomas Rigney, Mrs. Elmer Regenos, Mrs. Clifford Hill, all of Niles, and Miss Natalie Miller, Fordyce, Ark.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

John Quincy Mikels
April 6, 1853-Nov. 1, 1946

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 2, 1946, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

John Mikels, 93, Succumbs After Year's Illness

John Quincy Mikels, 93, died at 11:30 p.m. last night in Pawating hospital. He had been ill for over a year.

Mikels made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Edith Evans, 334 South Fourth street. Also surviving are two grand children, John Evans, Niles, and Mrs. Fred Carroll, South Bend, and four great grandchildren.

Services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Pifer funeral chapel where friends may call. The Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, Presbyterian pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mikels was born in Darlington, Ind., April 6, 1853.  He came to Niles from Lafayette, Ind., in 1929. He was a life long member of the Lafayette Presbyterian church.

Marie Ann Morgan
Feb. 20, 1948-June 28, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 28, 1948, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Marie Ann Morgan, four-month-old daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Ward Morgan, 1634 Taft street, died at 5 a.m. today at home. The child was born February 20, 1938, in Niles. Surviving are the parents, two sisters, Vada and May, at home; and grandparents, Mr.and Mrs. John Keyes, Niles; and Mrs. Josephine Morgan, Kalamazoo. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pifer funeral home; the Rev. J.B. Alexander, pastor of Second Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.