Obituaries

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.

Neil W. Merrick
Oct. 26, 1872-Aug. 14, 1956

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

Neil W. Merrick, 83, of 1236 South 11th Street, retired merchant policeman, died at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Cetner, following an extended illness.

Merrick was born Oct. 26, 1872 in Milford,Ind. and came to Niles 20 years ago from South Bend.

Surviving are: his wife, Margaret; three sons, Norman Merrick, of South Bend, Thornton Merrick, of Osceola, Ind. and Keith Merrick, of Cassopolis; two step-daughters, Mrs. Marie Wood, of LaPorte, Ind., and Mrs. Pearl Gunderson, of Neopit, Wis., and a step-son, Frank Barkley, of Big Bay, Mich.

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

Richard John Moore
Dec. 17, 1928-Nov. 28, 2004

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 30, 2004, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Richard John Moore, 75, of 2016 South 15th St., Niles, are 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, at Michiana Christian Embassy, by Pastor Jeff Whittaker.

Moore died Sunday, Nov. 28, at his home, in Niles of natural causes.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Moore was born Dec. 17, 1928, in Niles, where he was a lifetime resident.

On June 9, 1948, in Niles, he married Dorothy Johnson., who survives.

Moore was an entrepreneur and small business owner.  He and his family started Niles City Cab. He ran Cherry Street Auto Parts Exchange. He also had several different businesses including construction, roofing and oil drilling businesses.

Moore was a Merchant Marines Veteran.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include, one son, Richard Patrick Moore of Niles; one brother, Edward Moore of Niles; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

There will be no visitation.