Eunice Potter
1794-March 26, 1888

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 28, 1888, page 3, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

The funeral of "grandma" Potter will take place from the old Potter homestead, two miles west, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Niles Republican, Thursday, March 29, 1888, page 5, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Eunice Potter, mother of the late George W. Potter, Sr. whose home was a short distance west of this city, died suddenly last Monday, aged 93 years. She was probably the oldest person in this part of the county.

Niles Democrat, Saturday, March 31, 1888, page 5, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Eunice Potter, mother of the late Geo. W. Potter, died in Bertrand township on Monday afternoon, aged 93 years.

*Wife of John L. Potter, gravemarker states age to be 94 years.

Anna B. Griffiths
Aug. 20, 1882-Feb. 14, 1941

Niles Daily Star, Friday, February 14, 1941, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Griffiths, Niles Resident 20 Years, is Dead

Mrs. Anna B. Griffiths, ill 15 years of complications, died this morning at 3:40 in her home at 104 South Fourth Street. She came to Niles 20 years ago from Michigan City.

Mrs. Griffiths, the mother of seven children, was born Aug. 20, 1882 in Michigan City. She was married there May 25, 1908 to William G. Griffiths who survives.

The children include Miss Lois Griffiths and William Griffiths, Niles; Mrs. Gertrude Finch, Dowagiac; Mrs. Jeannette Haditz and John Griffiths, Benton Harbor; Mrs. Evelyn Duckwall, South Bend, and Mrs. Marjorie Messner, Grass Lake, Mich. She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Arthur Krumm, Mrs. John Krumm and Mrs. Theodore Sherwood, Michigan City, and five grand children, Billy and Patricia Griffiths, Niles, and Billy, Frances and Thomas Finch, all of Dowagiac.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home where services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 by the Rev. Theo Eisen, Pastor of St. John's Evangelical church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, February 15, 1941, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

GRIFFITHS FUNERAL

Nephews will serve as pallbearers Monday  at the funeral services for Mrs. William G. Griffiths, who died . .[illegible]. .at 104 South Fourth street. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, will officiate at the service at 2 in the Rutherford funeral home. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

William G. Griffiths
Jan. 31, 1876-Sept. 4, 1975

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, September 4, 1975, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--William G. Griffiths, 99, of 533 Michigan St., died at 1:45 a.m. today in the Dor-A-Lin Nursing Home after an extended illness.

A retired Penn Central railroad employe, he lived here since 1921, coming from Michigan City, Ind. He was born Jan. 31, 1876, in Michigan City. He married Anne B. Griffiths, who died Feb. 14, 1941.

Surviving are two sons, William of Niles and John of Mt. Prospect, Ill.; four daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Messner of Kalamazoo, Mrs. Evelyn Duckwall and Mrs. Gertrude Anderson, both of New Haven, Conn. and Mrs. Lois Morris of Vicksburg, Mich.; 13 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the [illegible] Funeral Home with the Rev. Vincent J. Andeson of the Trinity Episcopal Church officiating . Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 2 pm. Friday at the funeral home.

Harry J. Bernard
March 14, 1880-Oct. 22, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, October 23, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Harry J. Bernard, of 122 South Fifth Street, veteran Berrien County druggist, died at 8 p.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital following an illness of one day.

Bernard was born in Chicago and at the age of 14 moved to Berrien County where he started his career in a Benton Harbor drug store.  He owned and operated his own drug store in Berrien Springs for a number of years before moving to Niles where he remodeled the old State Bank  building. He also owned and operated here a drug store in the former Forler Hotel building and the Ready Theatre Building until 1942. Prior to his death he worked as a druggist in South Bend.

Surviving are : his wife, Blanche; a son, Robert Bernard, of St. Joseph, and two grandsons.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home here with the Rev. Chester Wetzel, assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. The casket will remain closed.

John Francis
Aug. 16, 1864-Oct. 28, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 29, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

John Francis, 92, of 114 North 10th Street, died Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in the home of Mr.and Mrs. Walter J. Miller, 1219 Barron Lake Road, where he had recently made his home.

Francis, a retired meat-cutter, was born Aug. 16, 1864, in Niles and had lived here all his life. He was a charter member of the Modern Woodmen of the World. Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Fred Babcock, of Niles, and niece, Miss Jane Calkins, also Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. John G. Carlton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home

Ida Griffith
April 18, 1871-Oct. 28, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 29, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

[Ida Griffith . .] native of Niles, died at 9 p.m. Sunday in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center.  She had been in poor health for a number of years.

Mrs. Griffith was born in Niles April 18, 1871, and for a number of years lived in California before returning here about 15 years ago. She is survived by a niece, Mrs. Jack F. Young, of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Trinity Episcopal Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. John G. Carlton, rector, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home.

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