Walter Hayes McLaughlin
May 20, 1875-May 1, 1943

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 1, 1943, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

W.H. McLAUGHLIN, ILL A WEEK, DIES

Walter Hayes McLaughlin, 67, 218 Parkway, a resident of Niles 16 years, died this morning at 12:45 in Pawating hospital. He had been ill one week.

He was born May 20, 1875, in Lisbon, O., and came to Niles from Tennessee.  He was employed by The Kawneer Company.

Surviving with his wife, the former Rose Blackburn, to whom he was married July 22, 1900, in Morrison, Tenn., are six children--George, Clifton and Ray McLaughlin and Mrs. Minnie Stickrod, all of Niles, Mrs. Alma Stroud, Buchanan; and Mrs. Helen Hoisington, Chicago Heights.

Rites Tuesday

He also leaves two sisters and two brothers, Frank H. McLaughlin, Niles; Mrs. Mattie Sweeney, Tullahoma, Tenn.; and Mrs. Anna Kennedy, East Liverpool, O., and W.A. McLaughlin, Cushing, Okla., and 17 grandchildren.

Friends may call in the McLaughlin home until noon Tuesday when the body will be returned to the Pifer funeral home for services at 2. The Rev. Lehr, pastor of the Buchanan Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mehitable Pool
1797-Oct. 31, 1875

Niles Democrat, Saturday, November 6, 1875, page 3, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

DIED

On Sunday, Oct. 31st, at the residence of her son-in-law, Wm. L. Taggart, in this city, Mrs. MEHITABLE POOL, aged 78 years.

Carl M. Bassett
June 17, 1891-Aug. 14, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 14, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Carl M. Bassett, 65,of 615 North Fifth Street, died at 8:50 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient for the past two weeks.

Bassett was born June 17, 1891, in Clarendon, Mich., and came to Niles 11 years ago from South Bend. He was a member of St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4, F. and A.M.  Surviving are: his wife, Lois; a  daughter, Mrs. Charles Couzens of South Bend; one grandson, and a sister, Mrs. George Turner, of Algonac, Mich.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home with ther Rev. Herbert Muessling, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery with Masonic rites at the graveside. Friends may call at the funeral home.

George J. Haslanger
April 27, 1877-July 31, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 1, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

George J. Haslanger, 79 of 3240 Detroit Road, died at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday in Pawating Hospital following a three-year period of poor health. He was a retired farmer.

Haslanger was born April 27, 1877, in Wurtenberg, Germany and came to Niles 36 years ago from Galien.  Surviving are: his wife, Elsie; two sons, Clarence and Homer Haslanger, both of Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Grant Moore, of Niles; eight grandchildren; two great grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. Emma House, of Niles, Mrs. Mary McGawn, of Galien, and Mrs. Sophia Nieb, of Santa Ana, Calif.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald Tepe, pastor of the Union Protestant Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, August 3, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services were held today for in the Fifer[sic] Funeral Home here for George J. Haslanger, 79, of 3240 Detroit Road, who died Tuesday in Pawating Hospital.  The Rev. Joseph Lindsay, retired pastor of the Union Protestant Church at Daily officiated and burial was in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Minnie Schuh Maxon
May 18, 1883-April 9, 1947

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 9, 1947, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Minnie Schuh Maxon, 63, of 1619 East Michigan street, passed away today at 3:05 a.m. at Pawating hospital, after an illness of three weeks.

She leaves her children, Raymond Schuh, Elkhart, Ind.; Orville, of Argos, Ind.; Cletus E., of Niles; Clifford, Fort Monmouth, N.J.; Walter, Michigan City, Ind.; Mrs. Claude Martin, Mishawaka, Ind.; and Mrs. Lee Jeffries, of Argos; 10 grandchildren; two great grandchildren, and one brother, Zeph Davis, Niles.

She was born in Nickerson, Kan., May 18, 1883, and came to Niles from Plymouth, Ind., 24 years ago.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home. Services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Hugh M. Lee, of the New Apostolic church and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.  Mrs. Maxon was a member of the Apostolic church.

Note: Also listed in grave search under Schuh as headstone reads "Minnie P. Schuh."

Charles Mengle
Nov. 3, 1882-Aug. 1, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Friday, August 3, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles Mengle, who formerly resided on South Fourth Street here, died in the State hospital at Kalamazoo on Aug. 1.

Born Nov. 3, 1882 in Snyder County, Pa., he is survived by a son, Winston Spencer, Dowagiac, and three sisters, Mrs. Alfred Rood, Niles, Mrs. Margaret Bougton, Three Rivers, and Mrs. Frank Barney, Cassopolis.

Private funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday at the Connelly Funeral home in Cassopolis. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.