Grace E. Hamel
June 26, 1919-Jan. 27, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 27, 1962, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Grace E. Hamel, 42, of 2632 Lake Shore Drive, died at 4:55 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient since last Sunday.

Mrs. Hamel was born June 26, 1919, in Gould City and came to Niles in 1939.

Surviving are: her husband, Roger; two daughters, Miss Grace Hamel, South Bend, and Mrs. Mary Louise Heskett, 2632 Lake Shore Drive; her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Schroeder, Two Dott, Mont.,and a brother Harry Rosebush, 2419 Dick St.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home wiih the Rev. John Marvin, minister of education of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after noon on Sunday.

Rosalie C. Allen
Nov. 29, 1916-Jan. 28, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 29, 1962, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Rosalie C. Allen, 45, of 603 Monroe St., died at 11:40 p.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient for two days. She had been ill for more than two years.

Mrs. Allen was born Nov. 29, 1916, in Granger, Ind., and came to Niles in 1939 from Mishawaka, Ind.

Surviving are: her husband, Harold D.; three sons, Robert B. Allen, 1326 Fairfield Ave., M-Sgt. Norman E. Allen, with the Army in Germany, and Terence N. Allen, with the United States Navy at Memphis, Tenn.; nine grandchildren, and four brothers, Edward Claeys, Breman, Ind., Henry Claeys, Mishawaka, Ind., Dr. Robert Claeys, Wilmington, Ohio, and Richard Claeys, San Jose, calif.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.,. Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

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

Jewel Lewis
January 26, 1962

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 30, 1962, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

COMMITTAL RITES HELD

Committal services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Silverbrook Cemetery for Jewel Lewis, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Harold R. Lewis of Augusta, who was stillborn Friday in Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo.

Other survivors include paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Lewis, Niles, and maternal grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. George Rogers, Ovid, Mich., and formerly of Sumnerville.

Mortz Nils Andrewsen
Feb. 24, 1911-Feb. 21, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, February 21, 1963, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Nilesite Dies After Shoveling

M.N. Andrewsen Succumbs During Night

Niles police said snow shoveling apparently was a contributing factor in the death early today of Mortz Niles Andrewsen, 51, of 1020 N. 16th St.

Andrewsen, a retired Navy commander, was pronounced dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital at 1:20 a.m. His death was apparently due to a heart attack, police said.

MEANWHILE, a new cold wave is expected to send temperatures to 10 degrees below zero here tonight. Frequent snow flurries accompanied by strong northwest winds are forecast. Hazardous driving conditions will prevail with blowing and drifting snow and poor visibility.

Yesterday's snow storm dumped 7 inches of new snow on Niles.

Slippery roads and poor visability[sic] were blamed for 10 traffic accidents in this area yesterday, including four personal injury accidents which injured seven persons.

MRS. ANDREWSEN said her husband had complained of chest pain, after he had shoveled snow from his driveway about 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Police said he had a heart condition and received treatment last August at Great Lakes, Ill., Naval Hospital.

At 12:55 a.m. today, police were summoned to the Andrewsen home when Mrs. Andrewsen reported her husband had slumped over in a chair.  Patrolman Lee Spencer gave artificial respiration to the stricken man until an ambulance arrived.  Andrewsen was pronounced dead on his arrival at the hospital by Dr. John Strayer.

A salesman for Cutting Tool Inc., South Bend, Andrewsen came to Niles from Elkhart in 1960. He was born Feb. 24, 1911, in Elkhart.

Surviving, in addition to the widow, are two daughters, Diane McConnell, in nurse's training at Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, and Barbara McConnell, at home; and a sister, Mrs. Helen Schaff, Los Angeles, Calif.

Funeral arrangements are being completed by the Kiger Funeral Home, where friends are being received.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 22, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Mortz Nils Andrewsen, 51, of 1020 N. 16th St., who died of an apparent heart attack after shoveling snow Thursday, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Kiger Funeral Home.  The Rev. John G. Carlson . . Episcopal Church will officiate. Full military graveside rites will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Zephyre F. Martin
1912-Feb. 21, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 23, 1963, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Zephyre Martin, 50, route one, Berrien Center, who was killed in a traffic accident near here Thursday, will be conducted at 2 p.m., Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home.  The Rev. A.O. Marialke, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Claude Huff
July 12, 1893-Feb. 15, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 16, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Claude Huff, 69, of 2657 Lake Shore Drive, died Friday in Santa Cruz, Calif., while visiting his daughter, Mrs. Bernard Murray, Oakland, Calif.

Mr. Huff was born here July 12, 1893, and lived his lifetime in this area. He served as a Berrien County deputy sheriff form 1933 to 1941, and was chief plant protection manager for National-Standard Co., from 1941 until his retirement. He was married in May, 1943, to Wilma Winquist. She survives.

Other survivors include a son, Robert Huff, and a sister, Miss Viola Huff, both of South Bend and seven grandchildren.

The body is being moved to the Pifer Funeral Home. Arrangements are incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 19, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Claude Huff, 69, of 2657 Lake Shore Drive, who died Friday, will be conducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home. Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Committal rites conducted by the Niles Elks Lodge will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

He was a past exalted ruler of the Niles Elks, and a member of St. Joseph Valley Lodge, No. 4, Order of Free and Accepted Masons.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.