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.

Doris Helen Wright
July 14, 1911-Jan. 31, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 1, 1962, page 2,  col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Doris Helen Wright, 50, of 1110 Herbert St., died at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient since Jan. 23. She had been in failing health for six years.

Mrs. Wright, a member of ChiGanCy Lodge in Niles, was born July 14, 1911, in LaFayette, Ind., and came to this city in 1940 from Michigan City, Ind.

Surviving are: her husband, Harlan; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Blanford, South Bend; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Friend, 1110 Herbert St.,; a step-daughter, Mrs. Richard Thornton, San Francisco, Calif.; two step-sons, David Wright, Arlington, Va., and Richard Wright, Westville, Ind.; three brothers, Norman Friend, Hammond, Ind., and Kenneth and David Friend, both of Denver, Colo., and a sister, Mrs. Thelma Cota, Oak Park, Ill.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Assembly of God, Church with the pastor, the Rev. Albert Marialke, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Emily R. Young
March 1858-May 26, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 27, 1953, page 2,  col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Emily R. Young, 95 former Niles resident, died at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday in Detroit following an illness of three years.

Mrs. Young was born March [2?], 1858, in Iowa.  Her family pioneered in North Dakota in the 1880's and came to Michigan in the early 1890's. Mrs. Young was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here. She moved to Detroit to make her home with her daughter following the death of her husband, Eli Young, in 1924.

She is survived by: her daughter, Mrs. William Dove of Detroit; a son Orville Young of South Bend; five grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Chester Wetzel, assistant pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home Thursday evening.

Elmer E. Adams, 54
Oct. 1, 1899-April 10, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, April 10, 1954, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Elmer E. Adams, 1337 Maple street, died at 6 a.m. today in his home.  He had been in poor health for three months.

Surviving are his wife, Ruth A. , a stepson, Jack E. Perham, of Niles; two grandchildren; one brother, Allen Adams, of Oshtemo, and three sisters, Mrs. Addie Beebe, of Kalamazoo, Mrs. Delphia Cravens, of Georgetown, Ill., and Mrs. Edith Ulmen, of Cobleskill, N.Y.

He was born on Oct. 1, 1899, in Illinois, and moved here from South Bend about 20 years ago.  He was employed by the Gafill Oil Company.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, with the Rev. Hugh Lee, pastor of the New Apostolic Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.