Margaret D. Cook
May 17, 1865-Sept. 13, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 15, 1943, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Margaret Cook, 78,

Niles Ex-Resident,

Dies; Rite Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret D. Cook, 78, a former resident of Niles, will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 in her home at 1243 Van Buren street, South Bend. The body will be brought to Silverbrook cemetery for burial.

Mrs. Cook, who removed to South Bend 37 years ago from Niles, died Monday afternoon in her South Bend home. She was a native of Germany where she was born May 17, 1865.

Surviving are nine children--William L. Cook, Henry J. Cook, Mrs. George Geissler, all of South Bend; Mrs. Joseph Schroer, Mrs. Arthur Greig and Leroy S. Cook, all of Detroit; Carl F. Cook, Western Springs, Ill.; Mrs. Harold Marquis, Los Angeles, Calif., and Miss Marguerite Cook, Palmvale, Calif.

She also leaves 15 grandchildren. Her husband, Charles H. Cook, died in 1936.

Florence Claudine Coolidge
Dec. 15, 1868-Aug. 7, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 8, 1956, page 2 col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Member of a Pioneer Family Dies

Florence Claudine Coolidge, 87, of 10 Grand Avenue, daughter of Judge Orville W. and Katie Pettingill Coolidge, one of Niles' pioneer families, died at 10:40 p.m., Tuesday in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient since June 14.

An author and always prominent in civic, church and social affairs of the city, Miss Coolidge was born Dec. 15, 1868, in Niles and had lived her entire life here. She is [illegible].

A teacher of literature and public speech in the local schools, she received her education background . . .[illegible] French school in Cincinnati, the University of Chicago and Columbia College of Expression at Chicago.  Keenly interested in American Indian folklore, her book, "Little Ugly Face," was published in 1925 and is still available.

She had been a member of the First Presbyterian Church for 70 years, representing a longer association with the church than any other member. An active worker in the Woman's Progressive League and the League of Women voters, she also was an associate member of the American Association of University Women and directed several plays to raise money for that organization. At the time of her death she was an honorary member of the Ladies Historical Society and of the Niles Club of Home Gardens, both of which she had been a member for many years. As a young woman she worked in the Presbyterian Sunday School and was actively engaged in church work.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Chester Wetzel, assistant pastor, officating[sic]. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home beginning this evening. The casket will remain closed.

Estella Davis
Jan. 16, 1879-Aug. 5, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 6, 1956, page 2 col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Estella Davis, 77, of 1215 Bybee Court, died at 12:25 a.m., Sunday in Pawating Hospital.  She had been ill since July 27.

Mrs. Davis, a member of the First Baptist Church in Niles, was born Jan. 16, 1879, in Knox, Ind., and moved to Niles in 1916.  Surviving are: five sons, Harley, Hal and Bert Davis, all of Niles, and James and David Davis, both of Jackson, Mich.; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Humphrey, Mrs. Stanley Suridge and Mrs. Albert Priebe, all of Niles, and Mrs. Ivan Minderhout, of Benton Harbor; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four brothers, William Clements, of Iowa, Abner Clements, of Bertrand; Andrew Clements, of Toledo, O., and Marvin Clements, of South Bend, and a sister, Mrs. Rebecca Alexander, South Bend.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray McCoy; pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Emma Fitzgerald
Aug. 20, 1884-July 12, 1972

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 13, 1972, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Mrs. Emma Fitzgerald, 87, 0f 1474 Barron Lake Rd., died at 7 a.m. Wednesday in Pawating Hospital, where he[sic] had been a patient for three weeks.

Born Aug. 30, 1884, in Cass County, Ind. Mrs. Fitzgerald had lived here since 1922. Her husband, Nathan L., died in 1943.

Surviving are four sons, Ray, Charles and Harvey, all of Niles and Cecil of Syracuse, Ind.; four daughters, Mrs. Nellie Houghteling, Mrs. John Hopper, Mrs. Alvin Weiderman and Mrs. Charles Robbins, all of Niles; two brothers, Joseph Toothman of Marion, Ind., and Edward Toothman of Hoover, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Thorrington of Logansport, Ind., and Mrs. Erma Walls of Logansport, Ind., 12 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ray Cunningham of the First Baptist Church officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Eva M. Fitzgerald
Sept. 18, 1912-Jan. 18, 1980

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, Jan. 19, 1980, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Eva M. Fitzgerald, 67, of 625 Chicago Rd., Niles, died at 10:45 a.m. Friday in Pawating hospital following a long illness.

She was born Sept. 18, 1912 in Brohman, Mich. and had spent most of her life in the Niles area. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Anna Robbins of Niles; two sons, Cecil of Nappanee and Edward of Fort Wayne; two brothers, Floyd and Frank Robbins of Niles; four sisters, Mrs. Helen Kline of Niles, Mrs. Isabell Dittmar of Niles, Mrs. Arnetta Bjorkley of Grand Rapids, Minn., and Mrs. Mable Robbins of Joliet, Ill.; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. Officiating will be Elder Ola D. Robinson of the Niles Westside Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Sunday.

Frank Fitzgerald
abt. 1850-Jan. 12, 1868

Niles Weekly Times, Thursday, January 16, 1868, page 3, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

In this city on the 12th inst, of consumption, FRANK, son  of Lucy and the late General Thomas Fitzgerald, aged 18 years.