Verlin M. Williams
July 2, 1899-Jan. 10, 1981

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 12, 1981, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Verlin M. Williams, 81, 2323 E. Main St., Niles, died  5:30 a.m. , Saturday, January 10, at Pawating Hospital, after an extended illness.

He was a member of the Niles Elks Lodge and was retired from National Standard Company.

Williams was born July 2, 1899, in Marion, Indiana. He had lived in this area since 1916, when he moved from Marion.

August 6, 1919, in St. Joseph, Michigan, he married Olive P. VanLue, who survives him.

Also surviving are a son, B.J. Williams, of Niles; and three daughters, Mrs. G.T. (June) Frucci, and Mrs. Lois Donahue, both of  Niles; and Mrs. Keith (Betty) Russom, Eau Claire.

Also surviving are two brothers, Wayne of South Bend, and Russell, of Niles; and a sister, Mrs. Iva Lanham, of Nora, Nebraska.

He had 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Services will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday , at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles. The Rev. Fred Smith, of the South Niles Community Church, will officiate.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Friends may call at the funeral  home from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the South Niles Community Church.

Barbara Joan Cooper
June 6, 1926-Jan. 19, 1981

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 22, 1981, page 2, col. 5-6, microfilm Niles District Library

Barbara Joan Cooper, 54, of Hollywood, Calif., died at 1 p.m. Monday at her home.

She was a secretary for the Myers Drum Company.

She had been past president of the Chicago Lakeshore Chapter of the National Secretaries' Association (International.) She was a graduate of Niles High School.

She was born June 6, 1926 in Niles.

Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Mabel I. Kilgore of Niles and two sisters, Mrs. Charles (Shirley) Lunger of Niles and Mrs. Ann Reum of Dallas, Tex.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.

The Rev. Donald E. Nepstad of the First Presbyterian Church in Buchanan will officiate.

Burial will be in Silverbroook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Jarrell Lloyd Gentry
Feb. 10, 1940-Jan. 20, 1981

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 22, 1981, page 2, col. 6-7, microfilm Niles District Library

Jarrell Lloyd Gentry, 40, of 1421 Sheffield st., Niles, died suddenly, 8:25 p.m., Tuesday, January 20, at Pawating Hospital.

Gentry was born February 10, 1940, in Cass County, and was a lifetime resident of Niles. He was employed as a mechanic at Andy Legus Shell., Niles.

He was married June 3, 1967, in South Bend, to Betty Lou Cuthbert, who survives him.

Also surviving are three daughters, Lisa Marie, Lori Ann and Danielle Lynn, all at home; his father, Thurston, of Niles; a brother, Frank, and a sister, Mrs. Theodore (Joyce) Miller, both of Niles.

Gentry was a member of Niles F.O.P. Lodge. His CB handle was Double Dip.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 23, at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. The Rev. Mark Graham, of Wesley United Methodist Church, and the Rev. W.J. Coad, of the Apostolic Faith Assembly, will officiate.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday.

Ella F. Bartlett
May 26, 1912-Jan. 21, 1981

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 22, 1981, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Ella F. Bartlett, 68, of 19330 Darden Road, South Bend, died 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, January 21, at Memorial Hospital, South Bend.

She was formerly employed as a waitress in Niles.

Mrs. Bartlett was born May 26, 1912, in Royal Center, Indiana. Until August, 1979, she had lived in Niles for 25 years.

She was married June 15, 1940 to George E. Bartlett, who preceeded her in death in 1978.

Surviving are two brothers, Owen L. Farabee, of Osceola; and George L. Farabee of Mishawaka; and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Huenerkopf, of South Bend; and Mrs. Betty J. Breit, of Mishawaka.

Services ill be 1 p.m. Friday, in the Welsheimer North Chapel, 52803 US-33 North, South Bend. The Rev. William Imler, of Clay United Methodist Church, will officiate.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

Roberta Gullett
Jan. 1, 1909-Sept. 24, 1988

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 27, 1988, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Roberta I. Gullett, 79, 845 Carberry Road, Niles, died Saturday at 1:25 at St. Joseph Medical Center, South Bend, Ind.

She was a member of Washington Temple Church of God in Christ and a homemaker. She was born Jan. 1, 1909, in Batesville, Miss. and moved to Niles from Haiti, Mo. She married George Gullett Dec. 25, 1933. He died Dec. 8, 1960.

Survivors include two daughters, Tiza Taylor or Niles and Georgia Hamilton of Riverdale, Md.; and two brothers, Johnny Irvin of St. Louis, Mo. and Lawrence Irvin of Saginaw; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, Niles. Burial will be at Silver Brook Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Washington Temple Church of God in Christ.

Visitation is not being offered. Hoven Funeral Home in Buchanan handled arrangements.

Tiza Lee Taylor
Aug. 19, 1928-March 5, 2009

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 10, 2009, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Tiza Lee Taylor, 80, of Pineridge Court, Ypsilanti, died at 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at home.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 13, at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 2262 Moulder Drive, Niles, with the Rev. Fletcher McAffee, of the church, officiating.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Friends may call one hour before services at the church on Friday.

She was born on Aug. 19, 1928, in Battesville[sic], Miss.

A homemaker, she had lived in Niles since 1948.  She was a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, Niles.

On July 6, 1946, in St. Joseph, she married John Taylor, who died on Feb. 10, 1999.

She was also preceded in death by two sons, Jerry Taylor and John Taylor; a daughter-in-law Pat Taylor of Niles and a close friend, Tammie Gamble of Memphis, Tenn.

Surviving family include two sons, Ronald Taylor of Atlanta, Ga. and Robert Taylor of Flint; a daughter, Doris Tennyson of Ypsilanti; 16 grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren; a brother, Leon (Wanda) Mack of Ypsilanti and sisters, Georgia Hamilton of Riverdale, Md., Shelby (Jack) Word of Battle Creek, Aline (Don) Stokes of Oak Park and Betty Wilson of Oak Park.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.

Arrangements were by Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan.