Obituaries

Flora J. Kist
Nov. 24, 1894-May 12, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 13, 1952, page 2 col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Flora J. Kist, 57, a life-long resident of Niles, died Monday at 4:30 p.m. at her home, 314 Woodruff street. Death followed an illness of five years.

Funeral servcis will be held at St. John's Evangelical and Reform church at 3 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. H.A. Meussling officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home until 1 p.m. Thursday.

Surviving are: her husband, Henry; a daughter, Mrs. Clayton P. Hill, of Niles; and a brother, Frank F. Schanbacher, also of this city.  Mrs. Kist was born in Niles on Nov. 24, 1894, and married Henry Kist on Feb. 23, 1921.

She was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reform church., the St. John's Women's guild, and American Legion auxiliary.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 14, 1952, page 2 col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

OTHER SURVIVORS

Other survivors of Mrs. Flora J. Kist, 57, of Niles, who died Monday afternoon at her home are two grandchildren. Due to an oversight on the notice from the funeral home the grandchildren were not listed as survivors in Tuesday's Niles Daily Star.

Thomas Ray Chapman
March 2, 1900-May 4, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, May 5, 1952, page 2 col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Thomas Ray Chapman, of 1997 Baldwin drive, died at 7:55 p.m. Monday in Pawating hospital after a month's illness.

He is survived by his father, A.B. Chapman of Virginia, Ill.; his widow, Matilda B. Chapman, of Niles; six brothers, John, of Jacksonville, Ill., Dean, of St. Charles, Ill., Donald, of Pontiac, Orville, of Roodhouse, Ill., Neil, of Moline, Ill., and Wilbur Chapman of Merdosia, Ill., and four sisters, Mrs. Fay Nicholson, of Roodhouse, Ill., Mrs.Homer Rohn, of Beardstown, Ill., Miss Peggy Chapman, of Virginia,Ill., and Mrs. James Taliente, of Chicago.

Chapman was born on March 2, 1900, in Virginia, Ill., and came here from Evanston,Ill, nine years ago.  He was employed at the Niles post office.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Vern Barr, pastor of the First church of Christ.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Larry Wayne Dixon
April 18, 1952-April 20, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 21, 1952, page 2 col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Larry Wayne Dixon, two-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dixon, of 1547 Huron street, died at 11:35 p.m. at Pawating hospital Sunday.

Commital[sic] rites will be held at Silverbrook cemetery at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. The body is at the Kiger funeral home.

Surviving, besides the parents are: two sisters, Linda Ramsby and Sandra Kay Ramsby, both at home; the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Dorothy Webber, of Niles; and the paternal grandfather, Wade Dixon, of South Bend.

Emily Kubeck
June 23, 1901-April 10, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 10, 1952, page 2 col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Emily Kubeck, of 311 North Eighth street, died at 5 a.m. today in Pawating hospital. She had been ill since March.

Surviving are her husband, James; two daughters, Mrs. Jack Dalenberg and Mrs. Rex Weller, both of Niles; five grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Ellen Berg, of Grand Rapids; Mrs. Walter Jenney, of Warren; Mrs. Frank Payne, of East Jordon; Mrs. Charles Heffron, of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Ernest Blohm, of Lansing, and one brother, Carl Olson, of Frederic.

Mrs. Kubeck was born on June 23, 1901, in Dollarville, and came here from [illegible] 23 years ago.  She had been employed at the Powell hotel, and was a member of the Eagle auxiliary, and the Grand Lodge of Lady Switchmen of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. R.M. Greenhoe, Presbyterian pastor, Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Benjamin Erickson
Oct. 17, 1865-April 7, 1952

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 7, 1952, page 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Benjamin Erickson, 86, of 604 South St. Joseph street, died Sunday at 11:54 p.m. at Kalmazoo following a three years illness.  Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. G.A. Steeby officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Erickson was born October 17, 1865, in Oslo, Norway.  He came to Niles in 1884, and was employed at the French Paper Company for 23 years.

Surviving are: his wife, Jennie; three daughters, Mrs. Howard Pugh, of Niles, Mrs.Joseph Beidinger, of Mishawaka, Ind. and Mrs. Thomas Stakley, of Niles; six sons, Harold, Schuyler, C.J. and Edward, all of Niles, Charles, of Dayton, O., and Elmer of Gary, Ind.; 19 grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.

Kneeland Sweet
1794-July 9, 1881

Berrien County Record, Thursday, July 14, 1881 page 3

Kneeland Sweet, a veteran of the War of 1812, died Saturday night.

Niles Democrat, Saturday, July 16, 1881 p.3

Kneeland Sweet, who had been a resident of this city for a number of years, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J. B. Fitzgerald, on Saturday last, in the 88th year of his age.
He served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a quiet and highly respected ?.

Niles Democrat, Saturday, Jan 7, 1882 p.3

July 9, 1881, Kneeland Sweet, 87 years

Niles Weekly Mirror, Wednesday,  July 13, 1881 p. 4

In this city, on Saturday last, Kneeland Sweet, father of Mrs. J. B. Fitzgerald, aged 87 years. Mr. Sweet was an old settler here. He was in the War of 1812 and drew a pension.