Obituaries

David Vaughan Pierce
April 22, 1954

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

David Vaughan Pierce was stillborn at 1 a.m. today at Pawating Hospital to Mr.and Mrs. Glen Pierce, 2212 North Fifth street.

Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Pierce, of Dowagiac, and also surviving is one brother, Thomas Garth Pierce, at home.

A prayer service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. John G. Carlton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery

Lucille Pinch
May 17, 1907-April 14, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 15, 1954, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Lucille Pinch, Sarasota, Fla., died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Municipal at Sarasota. She had been there since January. Mrs. Pinch moved from Niles to Sarasota four years ago.

Surviving are her step-mother, Mrs. Harley Garland,Niles; two sons, Jerry, Niles, and Daniel, at home, and one daughter, Mary Beth, at home. Her husband, Kingerman, died May 29, 1946. Mrs. Pinch was born May 17, 1907, in Chicago.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.  The body will arrive here at the Pifer Funeral Home sometime Friday.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 16, 1954, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Pinch Rites Set

Services for Mrs. Lucille Pinch, Sarasota, Fla., who died Wednesday, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Cletus M. Rose, pastor, officiating.

Friends may call at Pifer Funeral Home starting Sunday afternoon. Rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

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.