Obituaries

Jesse S. Hill
Oct. 5 1889-Feb. 21, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 21, 1962, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Jessie S. Hill, 71, 1516 Ontario St., died at 3 a.m. Wednesday while en route to Pawating Hospital.

He was born Oct. 5, 1889, in Darke County, Ohio. He had lived most of his lifetime in the Niles area.  Mr. Hill was retired in 1954 as a Studebaker employe, after 31 years of service.  He was also a member of the Elks Lodge.

Survivors include his wife, Ruby; three daughters: Mrs. Dorothy Johnson, 305 Bertrand Rd., Mrs. Richard Howard, Edwardsburg, and Mrs. John Johnson, South Bend; three sons: T-Sgt. Phillip Hill, Amarillo, Tex., Airman 1C Roland Hill, Thule Air Base, Greenland, and Albert Hill Hurlbutt, Buchanan; a sister, Mrs. Frank Eckenrod, Florida; 30 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter funeral Home, where funeral services will be held but are incomplete.  The Rev. Edward Schantz, pastor of the First Church of Christ (Christian), will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Marion Clifford McBain
Jan. 30, 1884-Feb. 10, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 10, 1962, page 2,  col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Marion Clifford McBain, 78, of 929 Michigan St., retired farmer, died at 6:30 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient since Jan. 23. He had been in failing health for several months.

Mr. McBain was born Jan. 39[sic], 1884, in St. Joseph County, Ind., and came to Niles 45 years ago from New Carlisle, Ind. His wife, Ada, died on July 3, 1948.

Surviving are: six children, Mrs. Otto Everman, [illegible] McBain, Ray McBain, Joe McBain and Mrs. George Hempel, all of Niles, and George McBain, Berrien Springs; two sisters, Mrs. James Landis, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Mrs. Clarence Kelley, New Carlisle, Ind.; a brother, Lawrence McBain, South Bend; 27 grandchildren, and 45 great-grandchildren.

Funeral serices will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home here with the Rev. Kenneth G. Carey, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Oak Manor, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

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.