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.

Ramos, Silvester

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Silvester Ramos
Dec. 31, 1908-March 28, 1971

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 30, 1971, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Funeral services for Silvester Ramos, 62, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Pifer Funeral Home.  He died Sunday night at his home at 734 N. Fourth St.

A metal worker at Garden City Fan Co., Mr. Ramos had lived at Niles since 1955, coming here from Lima, Ohio. He was born in Mexico Dec. 31, 1908.

Surviving are a son, Silvester Jr. of Niles; five daughters, Mrs. John Recio, Miss Estella Ramos and Miss Trina Ramos, all of Niles; Mrs. Robert Hernandez of South Bend and Miss Isabell Ramos of St. Louis, Mich.; two brothers in Mexico and 10 grandchildren.

The Rev. Fr. Robert L. Epping, assistant pastor of St. Mark's Catholic Church, will officiate at the services and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

 

Randall, Betsey

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Betsey Randall
abt. 1815-February 15, 1892


Niles Daily Sun, Tuesday, February 16, 1892, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library


Miss Betsey Randall, residing in West Niles, and who has been a charge on the city for many years, died last night, aged about 75 years.


Niles Republican, Thursday, February 18, 1892, page 5, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library


Miss Betsey Randall, residing in West Niles, and who has been a charge on the city for many years, died Monday night, aged about 75 years.

Rokop, Mildred

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Mildred Rokop
Feb. 14, 1916-Nov. 12, 1970

Niles Daily Star, Friday, November 13, 1970, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Mrs. Mildred Kokop, 54, of 2200 N. Fifth St., died at 9:10 p.m. Thursday in Berrien General Hospital, after an illness of about 11 months.

Born Feb. 14, 1916, in Grandville, Mich., Mrs. Rokop had lived here for 50 years, coming from Grandville.  On June 17, 1947, in Niles, she married Ignatius Rokop, who survives.

Also surviving are four sons, Andrew and Frank Sarratore, both of Niles, Thomas Johnson of Chicago and Dean Johnson of Stevensville; a daughter, Mrs. Carole Ferry of Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Basso of  Niles and Mrs. Charles Bruycker of Oxford, Mich., and 14 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with burial in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

 

Wlodarek, Theodore

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Theodore Wlodarek
Nov. 23, 1953-March 28, 1971

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 30, 1971, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Funeral services for Theodore "Spike" Wlodarek, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Casimir Wlodarek, 3102 S. 11th St., who died Sunday afternoon, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Bertrand Bible Church.

Officiating will be the Rev. Harold Asire. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Welsheimer North Funeral Chapel, 52803 US-31 North, South Bend.

 

Note:  Date of birth from Michigan Death Records.

Shaler, Susan

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Susan Shaler
June 18, 1956-Sept. 4, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, September 6, 1956, page 2, col 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Susan Shaler, 2-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dolan Shaler, of 1331 Wayne Street, died at 2:15 a.m., Wednesday in Pawating Hospital following an illness since birth. She was born June 18 in Benton Harbor and besides her parents is survived by a sister, Judy, at home; and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. [illegible], Niles and Mrs. Mina Shaler, of Boyne City, Mich.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral home with  the Rev. Chester Wetzel, assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

 

Skinner, Shirley Sarah Ann (Iverson)

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Shirley Sarah Ann Skinner (Iverson)
March 7, 1933-Nov. 21, 2004

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 23, 2004, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Services will be held today at 2 p.m. at Brown-Pifer Fuenral Home and Cremation Services, Niles, for Shirley Sarah Ann (Iverson) Skinner, 71, of Hively Street, Elkhart, Ind.  A time of visitation  will take place two hours prior to the service. Interment will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Skinner, formerly of Florence, S.C., died Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004, at Rosewood Terrace Nursing Home.

She was born on March 7, 1933, in Madison, S.D. to the late George and Lena (Ostrander) Iverson.

A retail clerk for many years, she also enjoyed going to garage sales, auctions, flea markets, working crossword puzzles and watching NASCAR races.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers: Melvin, Richard,and George Iverson, Jr., and a sister Margaret Okerbloom.

Survivors include her husband: Marvin L. Skinner, Sr., a son Marvin L. Skinner Jr., a granddaughter Samantha Skinner, four great-grandchildren, all of San Joe, Calif., a brother Leon (Judith ) Iverson of Yorkville, Ill., two sisters Ruth Utley of Elkhart, Ind. and DeEtta Hunt of Florence, S.C., and many loving nieces and nephews.

Memoral contributions can be made in her memory to the American Lung Association.

 

Smith, Richard Lee

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Richard Lee Smith
April 5, 1947-April 6, 1947

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 7, 1947, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

COMMITTAL RITES TUESDAY

Committal services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Silverbrook cemetery for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Benny Smith, rural route two, who died Sunday at Pawating hospital.

The child was born on Saturday.  Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home.

 

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