Obituaries

We now have over 7,000 obituaries collected about the interred here at Silverbrook Cemetery.

The obituaries are transcribed by the volunteers of the Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery from various sources.  If you see an opportunity for an addition or a correction, please email our obituary editor at obits@friendsofsilverbrook.org.

Mervine, Lillie Mae

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Lillie Mae Mervine
March 7, 1884-March 24, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 25, 1952, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Lillie Mae Mervine, of rural route two, died at 1 p.m. Monday in her home. She had been ill for six months.

Surviving are her husband, William S. Mervine; and her children, Raymond Moore of Lakeville, Ind., Mrs. Nellie Davis, of Barron lake, Mearl Moore, of Sumnerville, Mrs. Mildred Dean, of South Bend; Cloyd Moore, of Niles, Floyd Moore, of South Bend; and Lester and Chester Mervine, of South Bend.

Also surviving are four brothers, James and Jacob Barnes, of Wabash, Ind., and William and Roy Barnes of Akron, Ind.  Mrs. Mervine was born on March 7, 1884, in Akron, Ind., and came to Niles from Indiana 28 years ago.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. H.A. Meussling, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

 

Munroe, Harry W.

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Harry W. Munroe
Dec. 23, 1877-March 20, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 21, 1952, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Harry W. Munroe, 74, of 1 Parkway, died Thursday at 1:07 p.m. at his home after an illness of several years.

Munroe was born on Dec. 23, 1877, in Kalamazoo and came here from South Bend 34 years ago.     Surviving are: his wife, Gertrude; three children, Ralph Munroe, of Niles; Willis Munroe, of Kalamazoo; Theodore Munroe, of Kalamazoo; and one sister, Mrs. Edith Rimpler, of Goshen.

Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home until the services there at 3:30 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Theodore Eisen officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

All members of the New Century Rebekah lodge are requested to meet a 2:45 p.m. Saturday at the Kiger funeral home to attend 3 p.m. services for Munroe.  The request was made this morning by Mrs. Lawrance Bachman, noble grand.

 

Phillips, Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Phillips
1819-Jan. 10, 1892

Niles Mirror, Wednesday, January 13, 1892, page 5, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library; same appeared in Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 11, 1892, page 3.

Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, widow of the late Wm. Phillips, of Bertrand, died on Sunday morning, aged about 73 years. She was buried in Silver Brook cemetery. Mrs. P. has no relatives in this country, but has been in receipt of a large income from property in England. She owned a farm of about 40 acres in Bertrand township and had considerable property besides, and there is no one in this country to see to it.

Smith, Charles

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Charles Smith
June 17, 1882-March 26, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 26, 1952, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles Smith, 69, of 704 North Fifteenth street, died suddenly at his home today at 5 a..m.

Smith was born at Kalamazoo on June 17, 1882. He was employed at the Simplicity Pattern company here. He was married to Ruth Gleason, April 18, 1939, in Niles. She survives.

Also surviving are: a stepson, Francis Gleason, of Niles; two sisters, Bemma L. Smith, of Niles, and Mrs. Annie Rhodes, of Burbank, Cal.; and one grandson.

Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Verne Barr, pastor of the First Church of Christ, officiation[sic]  Burial will be in the Silverbrook cemetery.

 

Stone, Charles B.

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Charles B. Stone
Oct. 5, 1883-March 19, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 20, 1952, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles B. Stone, 68, formerly of Niles, died at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Logansport state hospital in Logansport, Ind. He had been ill 21 years.

Stone was born Oct. 5, 1883, in Niles, and leaves no known survivors.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kiger funeral home with the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

 

Pletcher, Vena Faith

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Vena Faith Pletcher
Nov. 5, 1924-Nov. 2, 2004

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, November 3, 2004, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles
District Library

Funeral services for Vena Faith Pletcher, 79, of 2959 Hoyt Drive, Niles are 10 a.m. Saturday at Coulter's Chapel Church of God, Niles, by Pastor Wayne Mikel and Pastor Dave DeVoll.

Pletcher died Tuesday, Nov. 2, at her son's home, of natural causes.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Pletcher was born Nov. 5, 1924, in Brodhead, Wis.

She lived in Niles since December 1956.

On July 5, 1942, in Plymouth, Ind., she married Ralph Orlando Pletcher, who survives.

Pletcher was a member of Coulter's Chapel Church of God.

Survivors include, two sons, Ronald Eugene Pletcher of Edwardsburg and Philip Wayne Pletcher of Grand Rapids; two daughters, Darlene Esther Ferry of Edwardsburg and Pamela Sue Lingle of Niles; 12 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and two step great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, at Coulter's Chapel Church of God.

Memorial contributions may be made to Coulter's Chapel Church of God: Missions of the Church.

 

 

West, Fredrick L.

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Fredrick L. West
Jan. 20, 1918-Jan. 30, 1980

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 31, 1980, page 2, col. 6-7, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Fredrick L. West, 62, of 505 Hawthorne Lane, died at 9:19 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, following a brief illness.

A veteran of World War II, having served in the Air Force, Mr. West was the owner of West Motor Sales in Niles.

He was born Jan. 20, 1918 in Park Lake, Mich.,and had lived here since 1933, coming from Cadillac.

On June 1, 1937 in South Bend, he married Esther E. Dahlke, who survives.

Also surviving are his mother, Mrs. Estella West of Niles; a son, Michael D. of Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Linda Hanley of Dowagiac; a brother, Jesse West of Paw Paw; three sisters, Mrs. Victor Bella, Mrs. Phil Demeulenaere, and Mrs. Charles Boose, all of Niles; and three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bertrand Bible Church with the Rev. David G. Jenkins of the Bertrand Bible Church officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at the Halbritter Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Bertrand Bible Church Memorial Fund.

 

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