Victor E. Pinkerton
July 23, 1898-March 19, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 19, 1954, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Victor Earl Pinkerton, 1645 Cass street, died early this morning in his home.

Surviving are his son, James Earl Pinkerton, of Niles; one grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Mae Inman, of Dowagiac, and Mrs. Iva Blake, of San Leandro, Calif., and one brother, Russell Pinkerton, of Hillsdale.

He was born in Osceola, Ind., and was 58 years of age at his death. He was a yard conductor at the New York Central Railroad Company.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home. Services will be announced later.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 20, 1954, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Services for Victor Earl Pinkerton, 1645 Cass street, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, Presbyterian pastor, will officiate, and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Jessie Jones Pulley
Oct. 15, 1918-May 28, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 29, 1953, page 2,  col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Jessie Jones Pulley, 34, of 1040 Huntly road, died at 5 a.m. Thursday in the American Legion Hospital, Battle creek, where he had been a patient for several days.

Surviving are his wife, Bertha; three sons, Junior, Kenneth, and Harry, Benton Harbor; his father William A. Pulley, Benton Harbor; four brothers, [illegible] and two sisters, Mrs. Jack Parmer, Benton Harbor, and Mrs. William Burkhart, Elkhart, Ind.

Pulley was born on Oct. 15, 1918, in Waynesboro, Tenn., and came here from Savannah, Tenn., 11 years ago.

Services were held at 3 p.m. today at the Pifer Funeral home with [illegible] of Bethel Tabernacle, officiating.   Burial was in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Emil Schinke
Aug. 2, 1872-April 6, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 7, 1954, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Emil Schinke, 1301 Leeper avenue, South Bend, died at his home at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday. He had been ill for a number of years.

Surviving are his wife, Harriett J. Schinke. He was born on Aug. 2, 1872, in Germany, and had lived around South Bend most of his life. He was a candy wholesaler by trade.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, with the Rev. Theo. Eisen, retired pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Michael Shinall
March 23, 1954-March 25, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 27, 1954, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Michael Shinall, 3107 Owen court, died at 8:12 p.m. Friday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, where he was born prematurely on Wednesday.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shinall Jr., of Niles; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shinall Sr., of Niles, and Mrs. Lillian Fred, of Kankakee, Ill., and one sister, Judy Lee, at home.

Committal services were held at 4 p.m. today at Silverbrook Cemetery, with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe officiating. Arrangements were made by the Pifer Funeral Home.

Estelle E. Wainscott
Jan. 17, 1892-March 18, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 19, 1954, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Estelle E. Wainscott, 521 Cedar street, died at 3:55 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital. She had been in poor health for some time.

Survivng are her husband, C.A. Wainscott, two daughters, Mrs. Allen B. Robinson, of Newark, N.Y., and Mrs. Earl Boyersmith, Benton Harbor; three step-daughters, Mrs. Melvin Campbell, of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. J.M. Akins, of Dallas, Tex., and Mrs. George Remington, of Buchanan; nine grandchildren; one brother Wilbur Meldrim of Niles, and one sister, Mrs. Chick Bell, of Benton Harbor.

Mrs. Wainscott was born on Jan. 17, 1892, in Colorado Springs, Colo., and moved here from Benton Harbor in 1921.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. L.George Beacock, Methodist pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

John H. Webber
July 13, 1888-April 7, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 8, 1954, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

John H. Webber, 120 East Calvert street, South Bend, died in his home at 4:20 p.m Wednesday. He had been ill for 28 months.

Surviving are his wife, Kathryn; five children, Mrs. William Phillips, of Cincinnati, O., Mrs. Clarence Solf, of Forest Park, Ill., Mrs. Clayton Boht, of Niles, Mrs. Walter Ravish, of Buchanan, and Charles Webber, of Buchanan; two step-children, Mrs. Robert Kane, of Niles, and Francis Holloway, Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Warren Burrows and Mrs. Emma Bennett, both of Niles, and one brother, Luther Webber, of Niles.

Webber was born on July 13, 1888, in Niles, and had lived in South Bend for the past 17 years. He was a painter and decorator by trade.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. James H. Ellerbrook, of the Indiana Avenue Christian Church of South Bend. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.