Zimri L. Cooper
Nov. 4, 1854-June 18, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 20, 1938, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Zimri R. Cooper, Former Resident of Niles, is Dead

Zimri L. Cooper, who was graduated from Niles high school with the late Congressman L.E. Hamilton in 1875, died Saturday afternoon in Epworth hospital,  South Bend. Complications following a major operation caused his death.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home.  The Rev. Guy W. Simon of the first[sic] Presbyterian church will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mr. Cooper was born in Pokagon, Nov. 4, 1854.  After his graduation from Niles high school he attended the University of Michigan and was graduated from the law school in 1878.

He served as attorney for the Missouri-Pacific railroad for several years. Later he came to Niles and entered the real estate, bond and insurance business.

He leaves two sons, Charles, Niles, Dr. H.L. Cooper, South Bend; two daughters, Mrs. Harry Schick, Niles, and Mrs. Russell Brown, Chicago; also four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1927.

Prior to entering the hospital Mr. Cooper made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schick, 553 Grant street.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 21, 1938, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

SERVE AS PALLBEARERS

Frank Skopec, Frank Martin, Carl Frazee, Claude Huff, Dr. J.G. Brodie and Melton Steers served as pallbearers at 2 o'clock this afternoon for the funeral services of Zimri L. Cooper, 83. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Guy W. Simon in the Rutherford funeral home. Burial was in Silverbrook Cemetery. A lifelong resident of Niles, Mr. Cooper died Saturday afternoon in Epworth hospital, South Bend.

Anna Z. Cooper
1858-Dec. 24, 1884

Niles Democrat, Saturday, December 27, 1884, page 5, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

We are pained to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Z.L. Cooper on Wednesday morning last. Mrs. Cooper was the daughter of Mr. Jared Hoadley, and numbered among the young people of this city many warm personal friends. Her husband and family have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement.

Niles Mirror, Wednesday, December 31, 1884, page 5, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Zimri L. Cooper died at their residence on Grant street, west side, Tuesday night of last week.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 1, 1885, page 3, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Zimri L. Cooper died at her father's home in West Niles, Dec. 24, 1884.

Etta M. Carrett
Nov. 2, 1860-June 4, 1951

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 6, 1951, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Etta M. Carrett, 90, died at her home in Staunton, Va., at 11 p.m. Monday. She was born in Howard township, Cass county, Nov. 2, 1860, and lived in Niles 70 years before moving to Staunton in 1945.  Mrs. Carrett also spent part of her summers here.

Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. M.B. Travis, of Staunton; a sister, Mrs. Anna Fox, of Denver, Colo.; a niece, Mrs. James Shipperly, of Niles, a nephew, John Clevenger, of Niles; and two grandchildren.

Committal services will be held at Silverbrook cemetery at 10 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Percy Jones, officiating. Arrangements are being made by the Kiger funeral home. The casket will remain closed.

Mitchell Walker, 90
June 3, 1921 — Jan. 22, 2012

Niles Daily Star, Published online 10:36pm Monday, January 23, 2012

Mitchell Robert Walker, 90, of Oak Creek, Wis., departed this life on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.

Walker

Mitchell was born June 3, 1921, to the parentage of Walter and Minnie (Mays) Walker in Woodstock, Tenn. His early years were spent in Missouri and Arkansas.

Mitchell did construction work as well as factory labor and retired from El Rico in Benton Harbor. He lived in Benton Harbor before moving to South Bend, and Milwaukee would become his home throughout his later years.

He is preceded in death by his brothers, James, John, Joseph, Walter and Roosevelt Walker, and sister, Luella Banks.

In 1966, Mitchell wed Janet Henry, who survives. He is also survived by three sons, Wesley (LaDonna) Henry, Roosevelt L. (Crystal) Walker and Robert James (Lisa) Walker, all of Benton Harbor; two daughters, Jean Henry of South Bend and Victoria (Maurice) Finley of Pensacola, Fla.; 26 grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren; brother, Alfred (Ruth) Walker of Niles; and a sister, Minnie Garrison of South Bend.

Funeral services to honor and celebrate Mitchell’s life will be held Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at BrownFuneral Home in Niles beginning at 2 p.m. Mitchell will be laid to rest at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Those wishing to leave a message for the family, upload a photo or write a letter of condolence may do so at www.BrownFuneralHomeNiles.com or on our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/BrownFuneralHomeNiles.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Brown Funeral Home in Niles.

Nellie Hunt
April 23, 1882-Oct. 26, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 28, 1974, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Nellie Hunt, 92, of 1220 S. 14th St., died at 7:50 a.m. Saturday at the Michigan Skilled Care Center, after an extended illness.

A homemaker, Mrs. Hunt was born April 23, 1882 in Indiana and lived in the area most of her lifetime.  On June 18, 1904 in Valparaiso, Ind. she married Robert E. Hunt, who died July 15, 1954.

She is survived by a son, Herman of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Edythe Rudolph and Mrs. Pearl McBain, both of Niles, nine grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. James B. Blair of Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends are calling at the funeral home.

Ora Lee Erving
Sept. 15, 1905-Oct. 25, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 28, 1974, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Ora Lee Erving, 68, of 2016 Fulkerson Rd., died at 11:20 a.m. Friday at Pawating Hospital after a short illness.

A member of Mt. Galilee Baptist church, Miss Erving was born Sept. 15, 1906 in Sunflower, Miss.  A homemaker, she moved to Niles in 1944, coming from Detroit.

She is survived by a cousin, Naomi Carter of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev.M.D. Forrest of Mt. Galilee Baptist Church officiating.

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