Obituaries

Omer R. Pollock
1887-June 15, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, June 16, 1938, Page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

SON DIES

Mr. and Mrs. William Pollock and their grandson, Petro, 409 West Main street, received word this morning of the death of Omer Pollock, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pollock in Ludington, Mich., Wednesday night. He was a resident of Hart, Mich., and was visiting in Ludington. The body will arrive in Niles today after which funeral arrangements will be completed.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 17, 1938, Page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Services Saturday for Omer R. Pollock, Niles Ex-Resident

Funeral services for Omer Raymond Pollock, Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pollock, Niles, will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Price and Kiger funeral home.

Rites will be conducted by the Rev. D.G. Foote, Bad Axe.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mr. Pollock was a former Niles resident. He died Wednesday in a Ludington hospital after an illness of one week.

Besides his parents he leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Metzger, whom he married Jan. 29, 1923; two children, Janet and William and three mrothers[sic], Smyers, Dewey and Theodore, all of Niles.

Mr. Pollock was born in Walkerton, Ind.  He moved to Niles from Gary, and lived here until about three years ago when he moved to Hart.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 18, 1938, Page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

SERVE AS PALLBEARERS

Carl Hill, Clarence Humphrey, John Pfeil, F.J. Vietz, Fred Bauer and Edward Coonrod served as pallbearers at 3 o'clock this afternoon for the funeral of Omer Raymond Pollock. Services were conducted by the Rev. D.G. Foote, Bad Axe, in the Price and Kiger funeral home with burial in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Pollock, a former Niles resident, died Wednesday in a Ludington hospital.

Frank Taylor
July 23, 1869-June 6, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 8, 1938, Page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles Man Stricken in Berrien Center

Funeral services for Frank Taylor, 67, who died Tuesday morning in the Berrien county hospital, will be held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Price and Kiger funeral home.

Rites will be conducted by the Rev. T.O. Lee of the First Methodist Episcopal church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

As far as is known Mr. Taylor has no relatives.  He is said to have been born in Dowagiac.  He had been employed in Niles prior to entering the hospital for treatment.

Joseph Francis Flint
Sept. 2, 1892-June 11, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 11, 1938, Page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

DIES IN HOSPITAL

Late reports from Pawating hospital this afternoon told of the death of Joseph Flint, 1212 North Ninth street, in the hospital at 12:40 o'clock., after a long illness of pneumonia. Mr. Flint is survived by his wife, Mrs. Leona Flint, and three daughters, Marjorie, Joan and Patricia. The body was taken to the Rutherford Funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 13, 1938, Page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Service Tuesday for J.F. Flint, 46, Railway Employe

Funeral services for Joseph Francis Flint, 46, will be at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home.  The Rev. J.W. Walker of the A.M.E. church will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Essex Williams, Eugene Liggans, Hobart Riggs, William Wortham, Fred Shepard and Thomas Travik will serve as pallbearers.

A resident of Niles for 21 years, Mr. Flint died Saturday afternoon in Pawating hospital. He had been ill for three and a half weeks of pneumonia.

He leaves his wife, Leona, whom he married in St. Joseph, Oct. 5, 1913; three daughters, Marjorie, Jean and Patricia, Niles; his father, Harrison Flint, Chicago, and three brothers, Fred, Otie and Ernest Flint. Niles.

Mr. Flint was born in Huntsville, Ala. He moved to Niles from Chicago. Prior to his illness he had been employed as a locomotive oiler by the Michigan Central Railroad.

Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, June 14, 1938, Page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

FLINT RITES

The Rev. J.W. Walker conducted services at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Rutherford funeral home for Joseph Francis Flint, 46, veteran railroad man. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery. Mr. Flint died Saturday in Pawating hospital.

Thomas H. Thompson
Oct. 7, 1864-Sept. 20, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Monday, September 20, 1954, Page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Thomas H. Thompson of 911 Margaret street, died this morning at 9 o'clock.

His wife, Nancy, died May 17.

Removal was made to the Kiger Funeral Home. Arrangements are incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 21, 1954, Page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

THOMPSON SERVICES SET

Friends of Thomas H. Thompson, 89, of 911 Margaret street, who died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Wogoman, Edwardsburg, may call at the Kiger Funeral Home.

Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Thusday by Brother John Kinner. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

A resident of Niles since 1922, Thompson was a retired New York Central Railroad employe. He was born at Troy, O., Oct. 7, 1864, and came to Niles from Jonesboro, Ind.

Beside Mrs. Wogoman he is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. George Howell, Jonesboro, and Mrs. William Shaw, Galesburg; three sons, Glen, William and Perley Thompson, all of Niles, 17 grandchildren, [illegible] greatgrandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren

Lemuel H. Mead
July 29, 1861-May 31, 1951

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 1, 1951, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Lemuel H. Mead, 1328 Ferry street, died at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Berrien county hospital at Berrien Center.  Death was attributed to an arterial heart disease by Corner[sic] Louis Kerlikowski.

Mead had been hospitalized since March 14, when he was struck by an automobile and suffered a fractured rib and minor cuts.

Surviving are a son, Edgar Mead, of Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Bailey, of Niles; three step-cildren, Otto Anderson and Mrs. Russell Cramer of Niles, and Mrs. Charles Imus, of Mishawaka, Ind.; 10 grandchildren; five great-granchildren[sic]; two brothers, Samuel Mead, of Goodlin, Ind., Allen Mead, of Morocco, Ind. and a sister, Mrs. Anna Butler, of Goodlin.

Mead was born on Jyly 29, 1861, in Ottawa, Ill., and had lived in Niles for 30 years.  He was retired from The Kawneer Company.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. Percy D. Jones, rector of Trinity Episcopal church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

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.