Fred Brown
Nov. 13, 1906-Nov. 15, 1991

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 19, 1991, page 2, col. 1, cemetery files.

Funeral services for Fred Brown, 85, of 1637 Huron St., Niles, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home.

Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Mr. Brown died Friday at Three Rivers Area Hospital, Three Rivers.

He was born Nov. 13, 1906, in Helena, Ark., and lived in this area 15 years, coming from Florida.

On June 3, 1950, in Florence, Ariz., he married Cozetter Coker, who survives.

Other survivors include three daughters, Debra Brown of Three Rivers, Betty Brown of Niles and Ola Mae Griffin of Chicago; two brothers, John Edward Brown of South Bend, Ind. and Lawrence Brown of Tuscon[sic], Ariz.; 15 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home.

Lillian L. Helmick
Feb. 4, 1878-Dec. 31, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 2, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Lillian L. Helmick, 84, of 131 Ontario St., died at 2:15 p.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital, following an extended illness.

Mrs. Helmick was born Feb. 4, 1878, in Carmel, Ind.  She came to Niles from Dowagiac 40 years ago. She was married to Myron Helmick on Aug. 30, 1927, in South Bend. He died in 1957.

Survivors include five sons, Claude, LeRoy and Albert Havener, all of Niles, Elmer Havener, Kalamazoo, and Ernest Havener, Pokagon, three daughters, Mrs. Terence Newton, Hart, Mrs. Hazel Goss, Mishawaka, and Mrs. Florence Carpenter, Niles, 33 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren, and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Orlen L. Njus, pastor of the Bertrand Bible Church will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Nellie M. Curtis
April 21, 1889-Jan. 1, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 2, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Nellie M. Curtis, 73, of 1925 M-40 North, died at 8:45 p.m., Tuesday. She had been in ill health about four years.

Mrs. Curtis was born April 21, 1889, in Three Oaks. She had been a Niles resident since 1922. She was married to Wray Curtis March 2, 1906 in Three Oaks. He survives.

Other survivors include eight sons, Chester, Floyd, Manley, Dale, Robert, Donald, Edward, and Dean, all of Niles; a sister, Mrs. Henry Mangold, Three Oaks; two brothers, Ross and Bert Rohl, both of Decatur; 29 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home. The Rev. Gordon Everett, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends will be received at the funeral home beginning this evening.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 3, 1963, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Additional survivors of Mrs. Nellie M. Curtis, 73, of 1925 M-40 North, who died Tuesday, include four daughters, Mrs. John Whiteleather, Columbia City, Ind., Mrs. Robert Gridley, South Bend, Mrs. Robert Fairchild, Niles, and Mrs. Clarence Rowe, Dowagiac.

Charles Feuchter
Oct. 7, 1883-Jan. 1, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 3, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles Feuchter, 79, of 722 N. 4th St., died at 11:20 p.m., Thursday in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient two weeks.

Mr. Feuchter, a retired employe of the Simplicity Pattern Co., was born Oct. 7, 1883, in Germany. He came to Niles from Moberly, Mo., in 1929.

Survivors include three sons, John Charles, College Park, Ga.; Carl, Memphis, Tenn.; and Homer, Grapevine, Tex.; a daughter, Mrs. Viola Crenshaw, Forestbrook, Ga.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Melvin, Webster, Niles, with whom he made his home; two step-sons, Hubert Way, South Bend, and Minor Way, Walkerton,; 23 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home. Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Harper H. Trask
Dec. 8, 1869-Jan. 6, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 8, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Committal rites will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday at Silverbrook Cemetery for Harper H. Trask, 93, former Niles resident who died Sunday in Decatur, Ill. The Rev. Kenneth Kline, asistant[sic] pastor of First Methodist Church, will officiate.

Mr. Trask was born Dec. 8, 1869, in Ionia County, and lived a number of years in Niles. He was a retired warehouse superintendent for the Rock Island and C. & E. I. railroads. His wife, Clara Keisler Trask, whom he married on Jan. 1, 1901, in Tewana, Mich., died in 1953.

Surviving are two daughters in Decatur, Ill., several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a brother in Aberdeen, Wash.

Arrangements are being made by the Pifer Funeral Home.

Joseph Probst
Sept. 28, 1906-Jan. 10, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Friday, January 11, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Joseph Probst, 56, of 307 Michigan St., died at 8:20 p.m., Thursday, in Berrien County Hospital where he had been a patient two months.  He was in failing health for four years.

Mr. Probst, a mason tender, was born Sept. 8, 1906, in South Bend and moved to Niles from there in 1922.

Surviving are: his widow, Mildred, and three brothers, George, Fred and Ray Probst, all of Niles.

Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday with the Rev. Earl J. Wickstrom, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.