Claude Moody
Aug. 25, 1880-July 29, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 31, 1950, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Claude Moody, of Brown street, died at his home early Saturday. He was a retired city employe and lifelong resident here.

Moody was born Aug. 25, 1880, in Texas. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Elmer Cochran, of Niles, and Mrs. Alma Bishop, of Cassopolis, and a son, Robert, of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Kiger funeral home. The Rev. T.M. Greenhoe will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Delano S. Marston
Feb. 24, 1873-July 31, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 31, 1950, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Delano S. Marston, 77, a retired carpenter and lifelong resident here, died at 4 a.m. today at his home at 310 Cass street. He had been ill for several years.

Marston was born Feb. 24, 1873, in Niles township. Surviving are his wife, Viola, three sons, Carl, of Albuquerque, N.M., Joseph, of Niles and Harold, of St. Joseph; and five grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe officiating. The body will be cremated.

David B. Edmonds
Feb. 9, 1868-July 29, 1950

Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 31, 1950, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

The body of David B. Edmonds, of Twining, Mich., will arrive here Tuesday morning, and services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Pifer funeral home by the Rev. Harold W. Hohman, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Edmonds died Saturday afternooon in Standish hospital, Standish, Mich., after a lengthy illness.

Surviving are his children, Walter Edmonds, of Frankfort, Ind., David, of Elkhart, and Paul, of Au Gres, Mich.; seven grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Cora Bentley, of Oakland, Cal., and two brothers, Mina D. Edmonds, Oakland,and E.J. Edmonds, of Denver, Colo.

Edmonds was born in Canada on Feb. 9, 1868.

Mary Casto
1837-March 28, 1888

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 28, 1888, page 3, col 1, and reprinted in Niles Mirror, Wednesday April 4, 1888, page 5, co. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Died, this morning at 7 o'clock, at her residence in this city, Miss Mary Casto, of pneumonia, aged 50 years.

David C. Irick
Oct. 19, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 22, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

COMMITTAL RITES HELD

Committal rites were held Saturday afternoon at Silverbrook Cemetery for David C. Irick, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Irick, of 1881 Lewis Drive, who was stillborn Friday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. The Rev. Joseph Stanley, pastor of Oak Manor Presbyterian Church, officiated.

Surviving besides the parents are: the grandparents, Mr.and Mrs. Herbert Irick, of Kokomo, Ind.,and a sister, Judith, and two brothers, Michael and Mark, all at home.

Marjorie Russell, 83
Dec. 22, 1928 — Jan. 4, 2012

Marjorie J. “Jean” Russell, 83, of Bailey Avenue in Niles, died at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at Lakeland Community Hospital in Niles.

Mrs. Russell was born Dec. 22, 1928, in Sullivan, Ind., to John and Inez Williams. At age 3, she moved from Sullivan to Buchanan, where she graduated from Buchanan High School. She was previously employed at Electro-Voice in Buchanan.

She attended Victory Tabernacle in Dowagiac.

Jean was married for more than 56 years to Jesse J. Russell, who survives. Surviving family also includes two sons.

She was preceded in death by two sons and one daughter.

Funeral services for Marjorie J. “Jean” Russell will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with the Rev. Dorothy Blassingame of Victory Tabernacle officiating.

Interment will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles following services.

The family will receive friends and relatives from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Contributions in memory of Jean may be made to Victory Tabernacle.

Niles Daily Star, Published online 5:39pm Friday, January 6, 2012