Raymond H. Rowley
April 12, 1887-Aug. 23, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 24, 1961, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Raymond H. Rowley, 74, 74 N. St. Joseph Ave., died at 5 p.m. Wednesday in South Bend Memorial Hospital following an illness of six weeks.

Mr. Rowley, a veteran of World War I, was born April 12, 1887, in Chicago, and had lived here for 35 years.

Surviving are: two sisters, Mrs. Harry Olson, 75 N. St. Joseph Ave.,and Mrs. Julia Benson, Los Angeles, Calif., and two brothers, Arthur Rowley, Hemet, Calif., and Robert Rowley, Flossmoor, Ill.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Gordon Everett, pastor of First Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, with graveside rites by the American Legion.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Robert G. Rowley
Sept. 16, 1900-May 21, 1997

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 24, 1907, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Robert G. Rowley
1900-1997
Retired music salesman

No local services or visitation is planned for Robert G. Rowley, 96, 1700 Bronson Way, Apt. 135, Kalamazoo, and formerly of Niles.

Rowley died Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Bronson Place Care Center, Kalamazoo, of natural causes.

He was born Sept. 16, 1900 in Niles.

On April 11, 1923, in Niles, he married the former Amy Martin, who survives.

Rowley was a retired music salesman.  He was former member of the Chicago Musician's Union.

Survivors include a daughter, Ann Baer of Decatur; a son, Joel M. Rowley of Atlanta, Ga.; eight grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Cremation has taken place.

Memorials may be made to Bronson Place Retirement Community, Kalamazoo.

Mary A. Hoover
March 11, 1867-July 5, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 6, 1953, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Mary A. Hoover, 86, of 1411 North Fifth street, died at 1 p.m. Sunday at her home.

Mrs. Hoover was born March 11, 1867 [and moved here from] South Bend 45 years ago. Her husband, William, died in 1940. She was a member of the First Church of Christ.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bernice Norman, Niles, and Mrs. Ethel Smith, Three Oaks; two sons, Albert C., South Bend, and Henry H., Niles; a sister, Mrs Ida Connett, South Bend; a brother Charles Ernsperger, also South Bend; 11 grand children, and nine great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Kiger Funeral Home with the Rev. James Greenwood, pastor of the First Church of Christ in Buchanan, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence on Fifth street.

Capt. Joseph E. Johnston
April 27, 1892-Aug. 23, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 24, 1961, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

JOHNSTON RITES FRIDAY

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in Trinity Episcopal Church here for Capt. Joseph E. Johnston, 69, 991 S. 3rd St., who died early Wednesday in Pawating Hospital.

Capt. Johnston, curator emeritus of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle in the Detroit River, was a veteran salt and fresh water sailor and ship's officer. He retired in  959 after serving as curator of the marine museum housed in the schooner J.T. Wing, owned by the Detroit Historical Commission.

The captain went to sea in  1910 after experience on Mississippi River boats and later skippered a training schooner for a Wisconsin boy's camp.

He was widely known for his work in recruiting seamen for the War Shipping Administration during World War II, for the founding of the Great lake Maritime Institute, and as a consultant to various historical commissions.

His services as a consultant were extended to include the Fort St. Joseph Museum in Niles, after he moved here two years ago.

Friends are being received at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Fort St. Joseph Museum will be closed from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday, it was announced by museum officials.

Helen G. Wickler
Oct. 16, 1914-Aug. 3, 1997

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 5, 1997, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Helen G. Wickler, 82, of 251 Cass St., Niles, died Sunday at 9 p.m. at the home of her daughter in Mishawaka, Ind.

There will be no visitation or services.

Mrs. Wickler was born Oct. 16, 1914, in Jones. She lived most of her life in Niles.

On Nov. 19, 1932, in South Bend, Ind., she married Henry J. Wickler, who preceded her in death on Jan. 9, 1973. She was also preceded in death by a brother, George Sears.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Margaret) Thornton of Stevensville and Mrs. William (Betty) Krieg of Mishawaka; two sons, Larry and Lee Wickler of Niles; a brother, Leo Sears of Niles; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, Ind., 46637, or to the National Kidney Foundation of Indiana Ind., 850 Meridian, Suite 201, Indianapolis, Ind., 46204-1108.

Jennifer Jean Antisdel
Dec. 7, 1974-Aug. 7, 1997

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, August 9, 1997, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Jennifer Jean Antisdel, 22, 2101 E. Main St., Niles, are Monday at 10 a.m. at st. Paul's Lutheran Church, Niles.

Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Mrs. Antisdel died Thursday at 12:20 p.m. at Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, following an extended illness.

She was born Dec. 7, 1974, in South Bend, Ind. to Donald Bays and Vickie Dunnuck. She was a lifetime resident of Niles.

On July 17, 1995, in Niles, she was married to Rick R. Antisdel, who survives.

Mrs. Antisdel is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and a 1993 graduate of Niles High School. She played basketball from fourth grade through her freshman year.

Mrs. Antisdel was a former employee of Meijer on Grape Road, Mishawaka, Ind., and was a former waitress at the Bill Knapp Restaurant in Roseland, Ind.

Survivors, in addition to her husband, include her father, Donald Bays of Niles; her parents, Vickie and John Barker of Niles; three brothers, Shane Bays, John Barker Jr. and Lee Barker, all of Niles; grandparents Richard and Betty Dunnuck, Barbara and Jake Bays and Bill and Georgia Barker, all of Niles; her great-grandmother, Blanche Baske of Niles; and two nieces, Corissa Antisdel and Chelsea Barker, both of Niles.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Niles.