Hattie (Leitelt) Stoll
Oct. 17,1864-Dec. 9, 1931

Niles Daily Star, December 10, 1931, page 1.

MRS. MATHEW STOLL IS DEAD AFTER AN ILLNESS LASTING SEVERAL YEARS

Mrs. Hattie Stoll, 67, wife of former Mayor Mathew Stoll, died at 9:15 last evening in their home, 312 N. Fourth street. Mrs. Stoll had been in ill health for three years. For the past six months her death had not be unexpected.

Mrs. Stoll's maiden name was Hattie Leitelt. She was born in Austria on Oct. 17, 1864. When she was two years old her parents left Austria with their family and came to the Untied States. Their first home was in Grand Rapids. She was married to Mr. Stoll in Grand Rapids on May 30, 1886. For a time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stoll lived in in Buchanan but moved to Niles from Buchanan in 1895 when the Kompass & Stoll factory was established in Niles with Mr. Stoll as a member of the firm, until he retired two years ago. Of the 37 years in which they lived in Niles Mr. and Mrs. Stoll lived for 28 years in the home in which she died. The two children born to Mr.and Mrs. Stoll, Charles D. Stoll and Arthur Stoll, both of Niles, survive their mother. Besides the husband and sons, Mrs. Stoll is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Batt, of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Julia Buschner, of Kalamazoo, who are now the only members surviving of a family of 14 children.

Mrs. Stoll was a member of St. Mary's guild and of the Rosary society of St. Mary's church. She was also a life member of the Woman's Progressive league.  Mrs. Stoll was highly esteemed as a neighbor and in the church and social groups in which she moved. She was deeply interested in affairs of the city of Niles through contact with civic matters during the four terms her husband served as mayor and previoulsy as an alderman of the first ward.

The funeral services will be held on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Mary's Catholic church.  The committal will be in the mausoleum in Silverbrook cemetery.

Cornelious Donnellon
July 14, 1888-Dec. 6, 1947

Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 8, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Last rites for Cornelious H. Donnellon, 59, 318 Fort street, who died Saturday in his home after a two-year illness will be at 11 am. Tuesday in the Pifer funeral home.

Officiating will be the Rev. H.L. Nicholson. Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may pay last respects at the Pifer funeral home.

Mr. Donnellon was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 14, 1888, and he came to Niles 14 years ago from California.  He managed filling stations here, and had been a member of the Masonic lodge in Evanston.

Surviving are his widow, Ida; a son Sam, Tujunga, Cal.; and a brother, Sam, New Rochelle, N.Y.

Clarence B. Turner
April 28, 1887-Nov. 28, 1947

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 2, 1947, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Last rites for Clarence B. Turner, 59, 1308 Oak street, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Kiger funeral home.

The Rev. W.D. Turner, a brother and pastor of the Waco, Tex., Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Turner died Nov. 28 in a Waco sanitarium after an illness of two years. He was a retired Michigan Central railroad switchman, and had left Niles three months ago for the Texas city.  He was  born April 12, 1887 in Mt. Pelier,v Ind.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Fisher, Niles; three brothers, Walter of Kermit, Tex.; Richard of Dayton, O.; and the Re. Turner; a sister, Mrs. C.E. Kiser, DeQueen, Ark.,and a half-brother, James B. Fleagle, Brookfield, O.

Evan B. Shilladey
Sept. 13, 1870-Nov. 4, 1947

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 2, 1947, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

BURY SHILLADEY ASHES

The ashes of Evan B. Shilladey, Los Gatos, Cal, formerly of Niles, were buried this afternoon in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mr. Shilladey died in Los Gatos Nov. 4. The ashes were returned to South Bend where a  brother, William, made burial arrangements.

Born in Niles in 1870, Mr. Shilladay married Jessie Willson who survives, in Chicago. They had no children. He was employed by the Big Four railroad as a telegraph operator.

June (Weatherspoon) Calder
June 6, 1913-Nov. 30, 1947


Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 1, 1947, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

CALDER RITES TUESDAY

Mrs. June Calder, 34, of 32 Marmont street, passed away at 1:30 a.m. Sunday at Pawating hospital, after an illness since last September.

Mrs. Calder is survived by her children, Miss Barbara and Robert Calder, Niles; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weatherspoon. Niles; sisters, Mrs. Frank Wolkins, Niles; Mrs. Harl Robacher, Syracuse, N.Y., and Mrs. Edward VerWest, Los Angeles, Cal.; and a brother, Harry J. Weatherspoon, Barron lake.

The decedent was born in Niles on June 6, 1913, and has been a life-long resident here. She was a member of Daughters of America, who will meet at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at Pifer's funeral home, where they will attend the funeral services.

Friends may call at the funeral home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday by the Rev. L.George Beacock,. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

James Lewis Richardson
Aug. 18, 1863-Feb. 20, 1940

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 21, 1940, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

J.L. RICHARDSON, PIONEER, STRICKEN

James Lewis Richardson, 76, a member of a pioneer Berrien county family, died Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in his home, 524 South Fifth street, after an illness of six weeks.

Mr. Richardson was the father of 10 children, four of whom preceded him in death. Those surviving include Charles Richardson, Mrs. A. N. Cochran, Mrs. John Nevill, Niles; Arden Richardson, Buchanan; Mrs. Frank Reading, Gary, and Mrs. Audas Durflinger, Watervliet.

Two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Addie Stewart and Otis Richardson, Chicago, and Mrs. Edith Walker, St. Joseph, also survive with 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Mr. Richardson was born in Derby, near St. Joseph, where his parents were pioneer settlers, Aug. 18, 1863. He was one of 10 children.  He moved here 21 years ago from Chesterton, Ind., and was employed by the Clark Equipment company from which he retired 10 years ago.

Friends may call at the Nevill home, 1414 Lake Lake street, until the hour of the funeral Friday afternoon at 2:30 in the Rutherford funeral home. The Rev. T.O. Lee, Watervliet, former pastor of the Niles Methodist church, and the Rev. J.Kenneth Hoffmaster will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 22, 1940, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Richardson Rites Friday

Members of the family will serve as pallbearers for the funeral of James Lewis Richardson, 76, Friday afternoon at 2:30 in the Rutherford funeral home. The body will be taken from the John Neville home at 1414 Lake street Friday morning to the funeral home. Mr. Richardson, a member of a pioneer Berrien county family, died Tuesday afternoon.