Edward H. Poort
March 28, 1904-Nov. 12, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 13, 1961, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Edward H. Poort, 57, 1638 Huron St., died at 2:41 p.m. Sunday . .[illegible] . . . Hospital. He had been in poor health for the last six months.

Mr. Poort was born March 28, 1904 in Muskegon, and on Oct. 31, 1952 was married to Mildred Ellis in Niles. A resident of Niles for the last 30 years, he was employed by the Kawneer Co. He also was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church.

Surviving besides his wife are four daughters: Mrs. Willard Palen Jr., New Buffalo; Mrs. Alene Sheeley and Miss Eda Poort, both of Niles, and Mrs. Maurice Riggs, Dowagiac; two sons, Robert Ellis and Daniel L. Ellis, both of Niles; a sister, Mrs. Dena Carney, Muskegon; four brothers: Henry, Richard and Casey Poort, all of Muskegon and Herman Poort, Jackson, and nine grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the EUB Church, with the Rev. Gordon Everett, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the Smith Funeral Home, New Buffalo, from 7 p.m. today until 9 a.m. Wednesday, and then after 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 14, 1961, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

SERVICES WEDNESDAY

Funeral services will be held Wednesday in the First Evangelical United Brethren Church here for Edward H. Poort, 57, 1638 Huron St., who died Sunday. He and his widow, Mildred Elllis Poort, were married on Oct. 31, 1942, in Niles. The wedding date had been reported as 1952 in a previous announcement of the death.

Clara Price Hulce
Nov. 15, 1874-Nov. 13, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 13, 1961, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Clara Price Hulce, 85, 507 N. 5th St., retired Niles elementary public school teacher, died at 1:17 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient for three days.

Mrs. Hulce was born in Niles Nov. 15, 1874, and spent her lifetime here. She was graduated from the University of Chicago and Cleary Business College at Ypsilanti and . . .[illegible]. .. She taught kindergarten and first grade at the former Eagle Street School, retiring in 1930.

She was one of the first members of the First Presbyterian Church, joining in 1902. She was active in the Women's Association of the church, was a member of the What-so-Ever Class, and taught Sunday school for 28 years.

She also was a charter member and first president of the Progress Club and held memberships in the Niles Branch of the American Association of University Women, Business and Professional Women's Club, order of Eastern Star, Bend of the River Grange and the United Spanish American War Veterans Auxiliary, of which she was a past president.

Her husband, Fred T. Hulce, died May 27, 1956.

Surviving are a son, Ray Hulce, 1622 Cedar St.; four grandchildren, and a brother, Frank J. Treiber Sr., Winn Road.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Presbyterian Church with the pastor, the Rev. John P. MacLachlan, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home from 7 p.m. today to noon Wednesday.

Amelia R. Dick
July 16, 1892-Nov. 3, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 4, 1961, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Amelia R. Dick, 69, 3030 Pine Lake Road, died at 1:45 p.m. Friday in her home following an illness of eight years.

Mrs. Dick was born July 16, 1892, in Ohio and had lived in the Niles community for many years.

Surviving are: her husband, C. W. Dick; three sons, John Huss, Gobles, Andrew Huss, Cassopolis, and Roy Dick, Grant Street; 12 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; a  brother, Earl Dick, Bertrand, and a sister, Mrs. Oral Herman, Buchanan.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Cecil Scott, pastor of Pokagon Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery . Friends may call at the funeral home.

Herman R. Klopfenstein
Dec. 28, 1895-Oct. 31, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, November 1, 1961, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Herman R. Klopfenstein, 65, route six (Yankee Street), was dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday after being stricken ill at Silverbrook Cemetery, where he was employed.

Mr. Kolpfenstein was born Dec. 28, 1895, in Elkhart, Ind., and lived most of his lifetime here.

Surviving are: his widow, Margaret; three sons, Clayton Klopfenstein, 2717 Horton Court; Gorden Klopfenstein, 2254 White St., and Dale Klopfenstein, route two, Edwardsburg; four daughters, Mrs. Dora Hase, 1812 Cass St.; Mrs. Pat Cates, 1937 S. 13th St., ; Mrs. Richard Brown, 222 S. 15th St. and Miss Charlotte Klopfenstein, at home; 13 grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Anderson, 523 S. 5th St.,and Mrs. Pearl Chamberlain, Berrien Springs.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Harold Lewis, pastor of Bible Baptist Church of Augusta, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

Floradean G. Zehner
Aug. 12, 1919-Oct. 29, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 30, 1961, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Floradean G. Zehner, 42, 311 Parker St., Dowagiac, formerly of Niles, died early Sunday in Lee Memorial Hospital, Dowagiac, following an illness of several months.

Mrs. Zehner was born Aug. 12, 1919, in Niles, and had lived in Niles and Dowagiac all of her lifetime.

Surviving are; her husband, Glen; four children, Glen Jr., and Dorothy, both at home, Mrs. Nancy Baldwin, Dowagiac, and Larry, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.,; her mother, Mrs. Sylvia Binkley, Dowagiac; two grandchildren, and a brother, Cleo Binkley, Barron Lake, Niles.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. J. Blossomgame, pastor of Pentecostal Church, Dowagiac, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Gladys V. Bosler
Dec. 20, 1905-Oct. 27, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, October 28, 1961, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Gladys V. Bosler, 55, 17 N. 5th St., died at 10 a.m. Friday in Cullon, Ill., where she had lived since August. She had been in failing health for three years.

Mrs. Bosler, an employe at National-Standard Co. here for 18 years, was born Dec. 20, 1905, in Piper City, Ill. She had lived here for 35 years. Her husband, Elmer, died a number of years ago, and her only son, Robert, was killed several years ago in an auto accident near Elkhart, Ind.

Surviving are two grandchildren and a brother, Floyd Cook, Cullon, Ill.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home with Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of First Methodist Church, of which she had been a member, officiating. Burial will be in Silverook Cemetery.

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