Lillie Dash
1856-Jan. 9, 1929

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 10, 1929, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Death of Mrs. Charles Dash

Mrs. Lillie Dash, 72, wife of Charles Dash, Fourteenth street and Silver Brook avenue, died at 5:30 last evening from complications developing from influenza.  Mr. and Mrs. Dash moved to Niles about two years ago from Frederick, Wis.  Mrs. Dash had been ill for about six weeks prior to her death. She is survived by her husband and by seven sons from two marriages.  The sons are Roy, Charles and Ralph Dash, George, Frank, Austin and Claude Cole. All live in Niles except Roy who is a resident of Frederick, Wis. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Ellis Wood, Muskegon, Frank Wood and Mrs. Laura Palmer, of Soring Valley, Wis., Mrs. Myrtle Croisant, of Cloverton, Wis. The funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Troost and Augustine chapel. Rev. E.O Saunders, pastor of the Pentecostal church, will officiate. Burial will be made in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 12, 1929, page 4, col. 1, micofilm Niles District Library

Funeral Mrs. Dash

Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Dash, wife of Charles Dash were held this morning. rev. O.E. Saunders, pastor of the Pentecostal church officiated.  Burial took place in Silver Brook cemetery. Mrs. Dash died on Wednesday evening at her home, 1360 Silverbrook avenue.

Marion J. Baxter Edwards
Feb. 22, 1848-Jan. 8, 1929

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 9, 1929, page 4, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

DEATH CLOSES LONG LIFE OF INVALIDISM

Mrs. Marion Edwards Dies at Broadway Home Tuesday Afternoon

Mrs. Marion J. Baxter Edwards died on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at her home, 516 Broadway, after many years of invalidism.

The funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. Rev. G.W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church will officiate. Burial will be made in the family lot in Silver Brook cemetery.

Mrs. Edwards was born on Feb. 22, 1848 in Sycamore, N.Y., a daughter of Bentley and Mary Baxter. She came to Michigan with her parents when she was seven years of age, the family having settled in Sumnerville where she grew to womanhood.  She was married to William Edwards on January 1, 1868. They moved to Missouri where they lived for eight years and then returned to Michigan  to the old Lewis Edwards farm where they lived for three years, afterward buying a farm near the Michigan Central railroad terminal where they spent most of their married life. In 1906, they moved to Niles where they lived until their deaths.  Mr. Edwards died in 1916.

Although an invalid for thirteen years, she was of a cheerful and kindly disposition under the care of her daughter, Clara, during these years.

She was a member of the Niles Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, for twenty-four years and also was a member of the Presbyterian church.

She leaves to mourn her loss, two sons and three daughters, Frank B. Edwards, Dowagiac; Geo N. Edwards, Niles; Ella Leach, Manton, Mich.; Addie Burkett of Benton Harbor, and Clara Jewell of Niles.  Also two brothers, Judge Chas. Baxter, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Judge George N. Baxter, of Washington, D.C.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, January 11, 1929, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

FUNERAL OF MRS. EDWARDS

Funeral services were held this afternoon at the home, 516 Broadway, for Mrs. Marion Baxter Edwards. Rev. G.W. Simon, pastor, of the Presbyterian church of which Mrs. Edwards had been a member for many years, officiated. Richard Gray sang. Burial was made in the family lot in Silver Brook cemetery.  Mr. and Mrs. John Burkett, of Benton Harbor, and Mrs. Boyd Gardner, of Rochester, Minn., were among those from out of the city  who attended the services. Mrs. Burkett is a daughter, and Mrs. Gardner, a niece of Mrs. Edwards.

Samuel L. Johnson
1840-Jan. 7, 1929

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 7, 1929, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

DEATH TAKES ANOTHER VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR

Samuel L. Johnson, 88, Dies This Morning at Union Place Residence

Samuel L. Johnson, 88, who had for several years been one of the few surviving veterans of the Civil war, in Niles, died this morning at 9:15 at his home, 527 Union place.  Mr. Johnson died from a second stroke of paralysis. He became ill last evening, and, this morning, it was decided to take him to the  hospital but he died just as the ambulance arrived.

Mr. Johnson was born on a farm north of Niles not far from the Johnson cemetery on the Niles-St. Joseph road, and named for the family of which he is a member. He had spent his entire life in Berrien county except during the time he served in the  war. He engaged in farming for a number of years in Oronoko township and reared his family there.  At the age of 21 years, he enlisted with Co. E. 12th infantry, or on Oct. 10, 1861. He was mustered into service on Jan. 8, 1862. During the war he was on duty from January to April in 1864 with the 11th Ohio Battalion. He was discharged at DeVall's Bluff, Ark., on Jan. 7, 1865.

Mr. Johnson built the house in which he died 30 years ago and has since lived there.  For a number of years he was engaged as watchman at the Big Four crossing on Main street until ill health prevented. Mr. Johnson was twice married. His second wife, who was formerly Mrs. Ida Bridge, of Elkhart, Ind., and to whom he was married 15 years ago, survives him. Besides the widow, he is survived by one son, Arthur Johnson, of St. Joseph, and one brother, James Johnson, of Niles, and two grandchildren; Mrs. Harold Spaulding and Harry Inglewright, of Berrien Springs. Mrs. M.S. Brickel and Mrs. Bernard Deegan, of Niles, are nieces.

The funeral plans are not completed but the services will be held, probably, on Wednesday afternoon in the home. Burial will be made in the family lot in Silver Brook cemetery.

Lester Nisewander
Feb. 22, 1894-Dec. 27, 1928

Helen Nisewander
1893-Jan. 1, 1929

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 2, 1929, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Double Funeral Service

A double funeral service will be held in Niles on Thursday afternoon and another on Friday morning.  On Thursday afternoon funeral services for Lester I. Nisewander, and his wife, Helen, 36, of Pittsburgh, Pa., will be held at Troost and Augustine chapel at 2:30 o'clock.  The bodies will be brought to Niles this afternoon from Pittsburgh where their deaths occurred on Dec. 27 and Jan 1, respectively, following brief illnesses with influenza and pneumonia.  Mr. Nisewander was 34 years of age and a world war veteran, while his wife was 36. He was born in New Buffalo and she in Pittsburgh. They were married in LaPorte, Ind. in June, 1922.  Surviving Mr. Nisewander are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Nisewander, one brother, Lyle, of Niles, and four sisters, Mrs. Allie Ranschenback, Niles; Mrs. Charles Wingard, of South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. W.E. Brown, of Birmington, Ill., and Hilah Nisewander, of Niles. The two bodies will be buried in Silver Brook cemetery.  The services Friday will be for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zimmer.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, January 4, 1929, page 4, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

A double funeral service was held . . . [illegible] . . for Lester Nisewander and his wife Helen, ages 34 and 36 years, who died in Pittsburgh on December 27, 1928, and Jan. 1, 1929, respectively, from influenza. Rev. W.W. Slee, pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the services. Members of LaRue messenger post, American Legion acted as pallbearers, Mr. Nisewander having been a world war veteran. The bodies were brought to Niles from Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon. Lyle Nisewander, who resides on the Edwardsburg road, and is proporietor[sic] of a cafe on North Third street is a brother, and Mrs. Allie Rauschenbach, of Niles, a sister of Lester Nisewander.

Lester Nisewander
Feb. 22, 1894-Dec. 27, 1928

Helen Nisewander
1893-Jan. 1, 1929

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 2, 1929, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Double Funeral Service

A double funeral service will be held in Niles on Thursday afternoon and another on Friday morning.  On Thursday afternoon funeral services for Lester I. Nisewander, and his wife, Helen, 36, of Pittsburgh, Pa., will be held at Troost and Augustine chapel at 2:30 o'clock.  The bodies will be brought to Niles this afternoon from Pittsburgh where their deaths occurred on Dec. 27 and Jan 1, respectively, following brief illnesses with influenza and pneumonia.  Mr. Nisewander was 34 years of age and a world war veteran, while his wife was 36. He was born in New Buffalo and she in Pittsburgh. They were married in LaPorte, Ind. in June, 1922.  Surviving Mr. Nisewander are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Nisewander, one brother, Lyle, of Niles, and four sisters, Mrs. Allie Ranschenback, Niles; Mrs. Charles Wingard, of South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. W.E. Brown, of Birmington, Ill., and Hilah Nisewander, of Niles. The two bodies will be buried in Silver Brook cemetery.  The services Friday will be for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zimmer.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, January 4, 1929, page 4, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

A double funeral service was held . . . [illegible] . . for Lester Nisewander and his wife Helen, ages 34 and 36 years, who died in Pittsburgh on December 27, 1928, and Jan. 1, 1929, respectively, from influenza. Rev. W.W. Slee, pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the services. Members of LaRue messenger post, American Legion acted as pallbearers, Mr. Nisewander having been a world war veteran. The bodies were brought to Niles from Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon. Lyle Nisewander, who resides on the Edwardsburg road, and is proporietor[sic] of a cafe on North Third street is a brother, and Mrs. Allie Rauschenbach, of Niles, a sister of Lester Nisewander.

Note: DOB from WWI Draft Registration

Mildred Ada Radewald
1919-January 1, 1929

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 2, 1929, page 1, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

MILDRED RADEWALD, 9, DIES WHILE ON VISIT

Passes Away at Janesville, Wisc., at Home of Uncle

Mildred Ada Radewald, nine years, daughter of Mrs. Ada Amon Radewald, died on Tuesday afternoon at the home of the child's uncle, Roy Amon, in Janesville, Wis., where she was visiting.  The child's father, George Radewald, died in October, 1927.  Mrs. Radewald and her children had for some time resided with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Amon. The latter died on December 15 and after the funeral services Mrs. Radewald and her four children and her father went to Janesville, accompanying her brother, Roy, who had been here for the funeral services to spend the holidays. The four children all became ill with influenza and Mildred died a victim of complications arising from the disease.

The message announcing the child's death was received about 4:30 yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Anna Zimmerman, Grant Street, who had reopened the Amon home on Barrett street in preparation for the return of the family.

Mrs. Radewald stated that the body will be brought to Niles and that she would advise Mrs. Zimmerman further as to the funeral plans.

Mildred was a bright pupil of the third grade in the Fourth ward and was looking forward happily to resuming her work in school today.

Besides her mother, Mildred is survived by two sisters and a brother, Antoinette, Beatrice and George, all younger than she.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, January 4, 1929, page 4, col. 2-3, microfilm Niles District Library

The body of Mildred Radewald, nine, was brought to Niles this afternoon from Janesville, Wis., where she died on Tuesday afternoon at the home of her uncle, Roy Amon, where she had gone on a holiday visit. Her mother, Mrs. George Radewald and three children, Mrs. Radewald's father, George Amon, who were also in Janesville, and Mrs. Roy Amon and her children accompanied the body to Niles. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the George Amon home, 105 Barret street,  Burial will take place in Silver Brook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 5, 1929, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral Mildred Radewald

Friends of the late George Radewald in the Kawneer offices acted as pallbearers at the funeral services for his daughter, Mildred, nine.  The service was read by Rev. W. Keith Chidester, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, at the home of the child's grandfather, George Amon, 105 Barrett street, where the child's mother, Mrs. Mildred Radewald, and her children make their home. Burial took place in Silver Brook cemetery.