Obituaries

Mrs. Olga Beckman
Feb. 19, 1889-Aug. 26, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 27, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Olga Beckman, 67, of 1941 Yankee Street, died at 12:03 a.m Sunday in her home following an illness of four years.

Mrs. Beckman was born Feb. 19, 1889, in Sundavald, Sweden, and moved to Niles 35 years ago from Chicago. Surviving are: her husband, Fritz; a sister, Mrs. Christine Lundberg, of Niles; and a brother, John Sandberg, of Niles.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Kiger Funeral Home with the Rev. Tehodore[sic] Laesch, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.

Clarence E. Booth
Sept. 15, 1898-Aug. 8, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, August 9, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Clarence E. Booth, 57, of 1503 Platt Street, died . . [illegible] . . . he had been a patient since July 30.

Booth, a district sales representative for the Great Lakes Greyhound Company, was born Sept. 15, 1898, in Toledo, O., and move to Niles last January.   Surviving are: his wife, Mildred, and a brother, Arnold Booth, of Millersburg, O.

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

Harry E. Brelsford
Aug. 27, 1886-Jan. 15, 1980

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 26, 1980, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES-- Harry E. Brelsford, 93, formerly  of Niles, died unexpectedly Jan. 15 in Hendersonville, N.C.

He was born Aug. 27, 1886 in Jackson, and moved shortly thereafter to Niles. He was a research electrical engineer for Diamond Power Specialty.

Mr. Brelsford was a member of the Methodist church, the Masonic Lodge and the Niles Lawn Bowling association.

His wife, Irene Laberteaux, whom he married in January, 1914, preceded him in death.

Survivors include five sons, Clayton of Wilmington, N.C., Harry of Santa Monica, Calif., Quentin of Mt. Dora, Fla., Richard of Rochester, N.Y., and Thomas of Battle Creek.

Also surviving are three daughters, Harriet Boynton of Richmond, Va., Elizabeth Redecker of Hendersonville, N.C., and Mary Langerman of Walled Lake; and sisters-in-law Laura Peterson and Miriam Laberteaux, both of Niles.

Memorial services following cremation were conducted at Hendersonsville. Interment will be at a later date at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Roe E. Brenner
April 7, 1883-Aug. 27, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 27, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Roe E. Brenner, 73, of 612 North Fifth Street, former member of the Niles Police Department, died at 6:30 a.m. today in his home following an illness of nine months.

Brenner, also former owner of the Family Gardens Tavern from 1934 to 1944 and a cigar store from 1944 to 1951 when he retired from active business, was born April 7, 1883, in Berrien Center and had lived his lifetime in this community. He also had worked for the New York Central Railroad, and was a member of the Niles Elks Lodge.

He was married Nov. 1, 1930, to Dorothy Brugger in South Haven. She survives as does a daughter, Barbara Ann Brenner, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Grunder, of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Virgil Schwartz, of Elkhart, Ind.

Funeral services will be held in the Kiger Funeral Home with the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery with graveside rites by the Elks Lodge. Day and time of the services are to be announced.  Friends may call at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, August 26, 1956, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

BRENNER RITES SET

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday in the Kiger Funeral Home for Roe E. Brenner, 73 of 612 North Fifth Street, who died Monday after an extended illness. The Rev. L. George Beacock will officiate with burial in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Robert B. Carter
Aug. 23, 1921-Dec. 30, 1979

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 2, 1980, page 2, col. 5-6, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Robert B. Carter, 58, of 923 Sycamore St., died at 2:12 p.m. Sunday at Pawating Hospital.     A career serviceman, he was born Aug. 23, 1921 in French Camp, Miss., and had lived here since 1958.

Survivors include his father, Melton Carter of French Camp; a son, Livesteen Carter of Cleveland, Ohio; and two brothers, William C. Carter of Hamtramck, Mich., and James E. Carter of St. Louis, Mo.

He was a member of the Amon Brothers Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. W.L. Daniel officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Thursday.

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.