Albert B. Gimlin
Feb. 14, 1871-July 16, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 17, 1950, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

BUCHANAN, July, 17--Albert B. Gimlin, 79, of 413 East Front street, died at 8:45 a.m. yesterday at Pawating hospital, Niles. He had been ill for several weeks.

Gimlin was born Feb. 14, 1871, in Pana, Ill., the son of Elijah and Mary Gimlin. He married Bessie McIlvain Oct. 12, 1893, at Augusta, Kans., She died on June 4, 1947. They moved here from Chicago in 1935,  Gimlin was an appraiser of printing plants and equipment.

Surviving are a son, Guy M., of Oak Park, Ill.; a daughter, Miss Henrietta, at home; a grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Swem funeral home. The Rev. T.M. Greenhoe will conduct services at the funeral home at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Bessie M. Gimlin
1870-June 4, 1947

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 17, 1950, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

BUCHANAN, June 4--[Special]

Mrs. Bessie M. Gimlin, 413 East Front street, died today at 3:40 a.m. in the Niles Pawating hospital where she was taken Tuesday, following  an apoplexy stroke. She never regained consciousness.

Services will be held Friday at . . .[illegible] . . .with the Rev. Malcolm D. McNeal, First Presbyterian pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Niles Silverbrook cemetery.

Mrs. Gimlin was born . .[illegible] . . ven, Ind., a daughter of John and Mary McIlvain. The family moved to Buchanan 12 years ago from Oak Park, Ill. She married Albert B. Gimlin, Oct. 12, 1893, in Augusta, Kan.

Surviving are the husband; a daughter, Henrietta, at home; a son, Guy M. Gimlin, Oak Park, Ill.; a grandson, and two great-grandchildren. On other son, Capt. Forrest G. Gimlin, died May 21, 1945 in Manila, P.I.

Elizabeth Gitchell
Dec. 19, 1855-July 25, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, July 26, 1950, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Elizabeth Gitchell, 94, of 215 Parkway, a lifelong Niles resident, died at 5 p.m. yesterday at Pawating hospital after an illness of four months.

She was born here Dec. 19, 1855, and married David Gitchell here on Nov. 18, 1885. He died Feb. 20, 1924. Mrs. Gitchell was a member of the Maccabees.

Surviving are two daughters, Miss Hilda Gitchell and Mrs. Charles H. Shockley, both of Niles, and two sisters, Mrs. David Reid and Miss Adelaide Deutsch, both of Niles.

Services will be held at 2 p.m Friday at the Kiger funeral home, with the Rev. Percy Jones officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Edith Ives Gresk
Feb. 13, 1861-April 27, 1947

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 28, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Services will be held here Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Edith Gresk, 86, former Niles resident, who died Sunday at 3:30 a.m. at her residence in South Bend, following a six weeks' illness.

Born Feb. 13, 1861, in Buchanan township, she had moved to South Bend from Niles in June 1943.  Her husband, Chester, died in 1934. Survivors include: three daughters, Maude Ives, New Troy; Mrs. Jerry Mossholder and Mrs. O.W. Ludwig, South Bend; a granddaughter; a brother, Bert Ives, Niels and sister, Mrs. Edward Moritz, Middlebury, Ind.

She was a member of the Royal Neighbors and the Spanish-American War auxiliary, a charter and life member of the Pythian Sisters, and a charter member of the Women's Benefit association of South Bend.

Mrs. Elmer Ward Cole, South Bend, will conduct the rites here Tuesday afternoon in the Kiger funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.  Friends may call at Kiger's.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 29, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

WAS GAR FOUNDER HERE

Mrs. Edith Ives Gresk, for whom rites were conducted here this afternoon, was a charter member and first president of Nils Circle No. 45 of the GAR, besides other affiliations listed yesterday.

Ruth L. Hulin
July 1856-March 16, 1930

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 17, 1930, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

MISS RUTH L. HULIN, FORMER LIBRARY AID, IS TAKEN BY DEATH

Death claimed a beloved resident of Niles when Miss Ruth Louise Hulin died at her home 42 S. Fourth street, on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Miss Hulin relinquished her work as an assistant in the public library in Niles on Jan. 1 of this year on account of ill health and since that time she had steadily grown weaker and her death had not been unexpected.

Miss Hulin was born on a farm four miles east of Niles, a daughter of Henry and Mary Park Hulin. The former was a pioneer brick maker of this section, a thriving industry in an early day.  After his death the family moved to Niles and Miss Hulin had since lived here.  Her mother died about 20 years ago in Niles.  Miss Hulin has for several years been the last surviving member of a family of six children. When Miss Hulin was a young girl she entered the employe of E.B. Ives, a pioneer photographer in Niles and learned the business to a marked degree of proficiancy[sic].  She continued in Mr. Ives employe until his death. Later for four years she was employed as a secretary in a hospital in Salem, Or.  Soon after returning to Niles she began her work of assisting in the library, a work in which she continued until Jan. 1.

Miss Hulin was a life long member of the Presbyterian church. For many years she was a teacher in the Sunday school and had also served in the office of secretary of the Sunday school. She was devoted to the church and had served in numerous capacities in carrying forward the activities of the church.

Surviving Miss Hulin is a niece, Mrs. John Glenan, of Dowagiac, and a nephew, F.E. Hulin, of Cadillac.

The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in the Presbyterian church. The Rev. G.W. Simon will officiate. Burial will be made in the family lot in Silver Brook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 18, 1930, page 4, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

News in Brief: FUNERAL MISS HULIN

Funeral services for Miss Ruth Louise Hulin were held in the Presbyterian church this afternoon. The Rev. G.W. Simon, pastor of the church, officiated. A.H. Gallup was at the organ and played before and after the service. The following were pallbearers; Charles Silsbee, Zetto Allen, Fred Emmons, Thos. C. Hance, Edward Wesselhoft, and Dr. B.D. Giddings. Burial was made in the family lot in Silver Brook cemetery.

LaVoyne E.B. Jester
March 8, 1900-April 25, 1947


Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 28, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

LaVoyne E. B. Jester, 47, former Niles resident, was to be buried in Niles today after funeral services this afternoon in Michigan City, ind., where he died on Friday. He had been ill for several years.

Born in Niles March 8, 1900, he spent most of his life in the vicinity of South Bend. Survivors include his stepfather, Edward Smithers, Cassopolis; five children, Clarence L., James Dean, Joyce, and Mary Jane Jester and Mrs. Betty Uplinger, all of Elkhart; and two stepchildren, William L. Crill, Ardmore, Ind., and Mrs. Dorothy Edwards, Michigan City.