Obituaries

Mrs. Otto A. (Lina) Hinderer
1877-March 1947

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 6, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

INTERRED IN SILVERBROOK

The ashes of Mrs. Otto A. Hinderer, who died in Wolfesboro, N .H., early this week, were interred this afternoon in Silverbrook cemetery, with services conducted by the Rev. Theodore Greenhoe, of the First Presbyterian church.

Mrs. Helen Harrison, of Wolfesboro, and Mrs. Albert Hall, of New York city, nieces of the deceased, were here to attend the services, and were guests of the Misses Emma and Berta Hinderer, in their home at 221 Bond street.  Mrs. Hinderer was the wife of the Misses Hinderer's brother, Otto, who resided in Chicago.

Emma Hinkle
April 26, 1869-July 10, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 12, 1948, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Emma Hinkle, 79, 321 Brookfield, died at 4:07 p.m. Saturday at Pawating hospital after a brief illness. She was born in St. Joseph county April 26, 1869 and came here from Mendon in 1894. She was the wife of W.S. Hinkle who died Feb. 4, 1946. Surviving are one son, Vern Hinkle, of Niles; one grandson, and one sister, Mrs. Albert Gross, Niles. Services were to be held today at 4 p.m. at the Pifer funeral home; the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, where Mrs. Hinkle was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Maude R. Hoisington
Aug. 21, 1877-Nov. 11, 1946

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 11, 1946, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Hoisington, 69, Dies After 8-Month Illness

Mrs. Maude R. Hoisington, 69, of 732 Maple street, succumbed today at 10:45 a.m. at Pawating hospital after an illness of eight months.

A resident of Niles for the past 30 years, Mrs. Hoisington had come here from Berrien Springs in 1916. She had been born in Ovid, Aug. 21, 1877. Here she was a member of the First Baptist church.

Survivors include: four sons, Paul W. Hoisington, Niles; Perry F. Hoisington, Chambersburg, Pa.; Donald Hoisington, Kodiak Island, Alaska; and Earl L. Hoisington, Chicago Heights, Ill.; nine grandchildren, and a brother J. Clayton French, Lansing.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Clarence Graham officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Baby Girl Holt
June 6, 1960


Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 8, 1960, page 2, col 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Infant Rites Held

Committal rites were held Tuesday afternoon at Silverbrook Cemetery for the new born daughter of Mr.and Mrs. George Holt, 2260 Terminal Rd., who was stillborn Monday night at Pawating Hospital. Elton Rodgers, minister for the Church of Christ, officiated.

Surviving,  beside the parents are: two brothers and a sister, Michael, Les and Debra, all at home and the grandparents, Mrs. Lois Holt, Muncie, Ind., and Mr.and Mrs. Arthur Olson, Niles.

Ida M. Howard
Oct. 4, 1873-June 29, 1948

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 29, 1948, page 2, col 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Ida M. Howard, 74, of 10 South Fourth street, died at 4:45 a.m. today at Pawating hospital, after an illness of eight weeks.

Born in Buchanan Oct. 4, 1873, she had lived here most of her life. Surviving are two sons, Lee, of Kalamazoo, and Richard, of Niles, three grandchldren; a sister, Mrs. Lena Morris, Niles; and a brother, George Fowler, Alderson, W. Va.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be held at 4 p.m Thursday. The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church of which she was a member will [sic]..

Deborah Kay Howells
Sept. 1, 1952-April 30, 1981

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 2, 1981, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Deborah Kay Howells, 28, of Ludington, formerly of Niles, died Thursday evening in the Memorial Medical Center in Ludington from injuries suffered in an auto mishap.

She was employed as a planner-coordinator for the Mason County Intermediate School District in Ludington.

A 1970 graduate of Niles high school and a 1974 graduate of Grand Valley State College, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Niles, the Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education, a member of the Council for Exceptional Children and a member of the Association of Physically Handicapped.

She was born Sept. 1, 1952 in Niles and had lived in the Ludington area for the past six years.

She was the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Alfons A. Verwilst of Niles and the late Thomas E. Howells.

Survivors include her grandparents are Mr.and Mrs. John Weaver of Niles; a brother, David Howells of Ann Arbor, two stepbrothers, Michael Verwilst of Rochester and Richard Verwilst of South Bend; a sister, Mrs. Jan Marshall of West Lafayette, Ind., two step-sisters, Mrs. Nancy Queen, of Saratoga, Calif., and Mrs. Carol Eckstein of Menominee.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian Church in Niles. The Rev. William J. Fuerstenau will officiate.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.

The family suggests that memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.