Cammy Jo Moore
Feb. 10, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 12, 1962, page 2,  col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Committal services were held this morning at Silverbrook Cemetery for Cammy Jo Moore, infant daughter of Mr.and Mrs. William Moore, 2009 Baldwin Drive, who was still born at 7:49 p.m. Saturday in Pawating Hospital.  The Rev. John Marvin, minister of education at First Presbyterian Church, officiated.

Surviving beside the parents are: two brothers, Kerry and Nathan, both at home, and the grandparents, William L. Moore Sr., New Carlisle, Ind., Mrs. Hannah Moore, South Bend, and Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Ashbrook, Stateline Road.

Arrangements were made by the Pifer Funeral Home.

James T. Patterson
March 25, 1890-Feb. 4, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 5, 1962, page 2,  col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Candy Firm Founder Dies

James T. Patterson, 71, of 330 N. Lincoln Av., well known businessman here for many years and founder of the Paris Candy Co., of Niles, died at 2:45 a.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient for 12 days. He had been in failing health for several months.

Mr. Patterson was born March 25, 1890, and had lived in Niles for the past 52 years, coming here from Lansing. He was a professional confectioner.

He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and the following Masonic orders--St. Joseph Valley Lodge, No. 4, F. and A.M., York and Scottish Rites, the Chapter Council, Consistory and Commandry, and the Shrine Club.

Surviving are: his widow, Josephine; two children, Mrs. Robert Richards, Dayton, Ohio, and Theodore J. Patterson, 336 N. Lincoln Ave.; nine grandchildren, and a brother, Pendel Patterson, Bay City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Trinity Episcopal Church with the rector, the Rev. John G. Carlton, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery with full Masonic rites at the graveside.

Friends are being received at the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home.

William Banks Shoop
March 27, 1878-Feb. 10, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 12, 1962, page 2,  col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

William Banks Shoop, 83, 519 Grant St., died at 10:55 p.m. Saturday in the home of his son, Homer I. Shoop, Berrien Springs.

He was morn[sic] March 27, 1878, in Dauphin County, Pa., and moved to Niles at the age of three. He retired in 1951 as superintendant of Michigan Wire Goods after 54 years of service. Mr. Shoop was a member of the Niles Elks Lodge and the South Bend Eagles Lodge. His wife, Grace, died Oct. 29, 1944.

Surviving besides his son, Homer, is another son, Ralph B. Shoop, 1110 N. 6th St.; four grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Long, 519 Grant St., and Mrs. Frank D. Jewell, 320 Fulkerson Rd.

Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home, where funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by Rev. John Guerney, pastor of Edwardsburg and Smith Chapel Methodist Churches. Burial will be in Silverbook Cemetery.

Minnie Ullery
Dec. 12, 1881-Feb. 4, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 5, 1962, page 2,  col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Minnie Ullery, 80, 527 Lake St., died at 12:45 p.m. Sunday at Pawating Hospital. She had been in poor health for several years.

She was born Dec. 12, 1881, in Niles, and had lived here all her life.

Surviving are her husband, Gordon, and a sister, Mrs. August Trockenbrod, 925 N. 5th St.,

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Fraser, pastor of the St. Johns United Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Sheri Marie VanSicklen
Nov. 2, 1960-Feb. 17, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 19, 1962, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tueday in the Pifer Funeral Home for Sheri Marie VanSicklen, 1 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David VanSicklen, 1121 Marion St., who died at 10 p.m. Saturday in Pawating Hospital after being stricken with meningitis. The Rev. Richard Fraser, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed), will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

The child was born on Nov. 2, 1960, in Los Angeles, Calif. Surviving beside the parents are: a brother and sister, David Martin and Robin Lynn, at home; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Sicklen, Santa Monica, Calif., Mrs. Marjorie Lein, Niles and Stanley Lien, Benton Harbor and the great grandparents, Mrs. Olive F. Meyers, Niles, Mr. and Mrs. David Croff, Holton, and Mrs. Mae Lein, Berrien Springs.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Leah Wertenberger
Jan. 16, 1897-Feb. 14, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 15, 1962, page 2,  col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home here for Mrs. Leah Wertenberger, 65, of 2728 S. 13th St. Road, who was dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital Wednesday morning.

Berrien County medical examiner Dr. Russell Vastine Jr. said today that investigation of the cause of death was being continued but that the preliminary autopsy indicated that the death occurred as the result of natural causes.

Mrs. Wertenberger was born Jan. 16, 1897, in Madison, Ind., and came to his community about a year ago from Warsaw, Ind.

Surviving are: her husband, Peter; a daughter, Mrs. William C. Brown, South Bend; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three brothers, Roy Waltz, Tampa, Fla., and Roe and Joseph Waltz, both Indianapolis, Ind., and two sisters, Mrs. Bernice Harrah, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Florence Simmons, Dennison, Iowa.